Fullerton, CA- The end of season GSAC Championship was held at HIU this year. The five GSAC STUNT team from Jessup University, Vanguard University, Ottawa University- Arizona and Arizona Christian University joined hosts Hope International University in the round robin tournament. Day one brought the Royals against the Spirit of OUAZ and the Lions Of Vanguard. The Royals defeated the spirit in a shut out of 21-0 only not scoring against the standard on 3 forfeited levels. The power players for the first game were Jasmone Rincon,
Nicole Contreras,
Kamea Binnquist,
Sophia Rosendale Jamie Goldman and
Ivy Martinez.
To close out day one of the tournament the Royals faced off against the Lions of Vanguard. Defeating the Lions 18-10 the Royals ended day 1 with a 2-0 record. The power players for the game were
Mackenzie Flowers,
Kaitlyn Kelly,
Kamea Binnquist,
Sophia Rosendale, and
Nicole Contreras. After Day one the placings were Jessup and HIU tied for first at 2-0, Vanguard in 2
nd with a 1-1 record and both ACU and OUAZ tied for last with 2-0 records for the day.
Day two brought more action to the Darling Pavilion with The Royals winning a perfect (modified, 2 rounds in 4
th quarter game) 18-0 match against the Firestorm from ACU. Power players for the game were
Sophia Rosendale,
Nicole Contreras,
Mackenzie Flowers,
Jasmine Rincon and
Kamea Binnquist. The final game of the day was against the two-time national champions, the Warriors of Jessup University. It was a very close match throughout the entire game going back and forth with both teams leading after each round. The final outcome was dependent on the final round. The Royals scored on PS 8 and the Warriors scored on PT8. Then in the JT section the Royals forfeited and a score for the Warriors would have put the game into overtime, but the Warriors did not meet the standard and were not awarded the point and the Royals were victorious with a final score of 13-12 making the Royals the GSAC Champions. This was the first time that the Royals defeated Jessup. Power players for the game were
Mackenzie Flowers, Sophia Rossendale, Nicole Contreas,
Kamea Binnquist,
Jamie Goldman and
Ivy Martinez.
The GSAC Final Tournament standings were HIU 4-0, Jessup 3-1, Vanguard 2-2, OUAZ 1-3 and ACU 0-4.
Kaitlyn Kelly,
Mackenzie Flowers,
Jamie Goldman and
Angelina Castanon were all named to the ALL- GSAC team.