{"id":1720,"date":"2021-08-29T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2021-09-03T15:41:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T21:41:43","slug":"firestorm-improve-to-4-0-cap-classic-with-thriller-against-embry-riddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/?p=1720","title":{"rendered":"Firestorm improve to 4-0, cap Classic with thriller against Embry-Riddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"00db3667993c2ddddbdd3e706fc01492\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Above Post Ad 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:638px;height:70px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4024319323781499\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8631827568\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><em>ACU Athletics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GLENDAL<\/strong>E &#8211;  Arizona Christian and Embry-Riddle (AZ) played a thrilling five set finishing match to the Firestorm Volleyball Classic on Saturday.\u00a0 Paired with their victory against Lewis-Clark State earlier in the day, the Firestorm improved to 4-0 on the young season with their win over the Eagles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACU beat Embry-Riddle for the first time in 10 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>I have never been prouder of our team then how our athletes have battled this weekend,&#8221; Coach Briscoe said. &#8220;We asked them to show up and give us their most gritty effort. \u00a0They did exactly that in the midst of fierce competition. \u00a0Our team dug deep and tapped into potential that we have never seen before.\u00a0To finish the weekend winning a five set thriller while going 4-0 on the weekend was a true testament to teamwork we saw from our athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Tomorrow&#8217;s day of rest will be much needed for our athletes and a great opportunity to thank God for the many gifts He has given us!<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, Arizona Christian will host Park-Gilbert and Trinity International for a tri-match in the Firestorm Recreation Center.\u00a0 The ACU matches will be at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm.\u00a0A Park\/Trinity match will be sandwiched in between their matches with the Firestorm.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACU Athletics GLENDALE &#8211; Arizona Christian and Embry-Riddle (AZ) played a thrilling five set finishing match to the Firestorm Volleyball Classic on Saturday.\u00a0 Paired with their<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[474,23,15],"tags":[475,48],"class_list":["post-1720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arizona-christian","category-top-news","category-volleyball","tag-arizona-christian","tag-volleyball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1721,"href":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions\/1721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonasports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}