ACU Just Turned Away In Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita, Calif.- After dropping set one, Arizona Christian responded by winning the next two sets before just being turned away in the final two sets. Hailey Reynolds topped the Firestorm with 11 kills.
Match Info
- Set scores
- Set 1: TMU 25, ACU 9
- Set 2: ACU 25, TMU 12
- Set 3: ACU 25, TMU 22
- Set 4: TMU 25, ACU 21
- Set 5: TMU 15, ACU 9
- Records: Arizona Christian – 7-16, 0-10 GSAC, The Master’s – 14-10, 4-6 GSAC
- NAIA Top 25 Rank: Arizona Christian – not ranked, The Master’s – not ranked
- Location: The MacArthur Center, The Master’s University, Santa Clarita, CA
ACU Stats
- Reynolds – 11 kills
- Sydney Brown – 10 kills
- Emmi Jacobus – 8 kills, 5 blocks, hit .333
- Caitlin Chan – 20 assists, 9 digs
- Becca Thomson – 16 assists, 9 digs
- Nikole Lunsford – 19 digs, 5 assists
- Trinity Weidinger – 12 dig, 5 kills
Inside The Box Score
- The match opened to a 5-5 tie (Chan- ace, Reynolds- 2 kills)
- But the Mustangs rattled from 12 straight points
- ACU scored five of the first six points in set two (Reynolds- 2 kills, Brown- kill)
- The Firestorm never allowed a tie in the set
- Trailing 16-9 in the third set, Weidinger keyed a 5-0 run with a kill and two aces
- Behind 20-15, ACU rolled up a 7-0 run (Thomson- 2 aces, kill- Brown and Faith Baar)
- The Firestorm remained ahead in the set
- Set four saw TMU respond to lead the whole set
- Haley Duncan used a kill to tie the third set at 1-1
- ACU took a 2-1 lead before TMU scored five straight to stay in front
Thoughts from Coach Briscoe
“Tonight we came out of the gate flat and the Mustangs made us pay. We made some changes in the second set to help fortify our black line and provide some consistency in our serve receive to help get our engine going. We found a good balance of toughness and consistency from the service line that created a lot of opportunities for our blockers- and they capitalized on it. We had a couple of moments not go our way but ultimately I am proud of our effort and energy from our match. We are battling against ourselves and fighting to bring a better version of ourselves on to the court every match.”
Up Next
The last road match of the season will come at Life Pacific on Saturday. First serve from San Dimas will come at 1:00 pm.
