(Chandler, AZ) The Park University Gilbert volleyball team (7-13, 2-10) to the Justice University Lions by a score of 3-0, Wednesday night on the road.
The Buccaneers have now won two consecutive games as they defeated the Lions in straight sets (25-22, 25-6, 25-23). Park-Gilbert now moves to 6-0 all-time against Justice University.
A competitive first set began with Park-Gilbert jumping out to a 17-10 lead as the Bucs won the frame by three points.
Park then had its most dominant set performance since head coach Pisila Tukia‘s debut against Justice on Aug. 30; 2024; where the Bucs claimed the third and final set by 20 points. In the second set of this match the Buccaneers had three separate runs with at least five unanswered points. Early in the frame, Park scored eight straight points to make the score 14-3.
Justice responded by holding the lead for majority of set three. The Lions were up 17-12 before the Buccaneers went on another 8-0 scoring run en route to their second straight 3-0 victory.
Hayven Lick and Lainey Calvary led the way offensively with 10 kills a piece. Calvary was particularly efficient with a .600 attack percentage.
Kyla Knight logged a career-high 18 digs against Justice on Wednesday night, beating her previous best of 12 most recently against La Sierra University last season. Porsche Bauer also had double-digit digs with 11.
Defense won the day against the Lions as the Buccaneers totaled three solo blocks and 26 block assists. Park’s 16 total blocks marked the most in a game all season. Molly Aikens and Adrianna DeMario both logged season-highs with nine and six block assists respectively. Aikens also set a career high as the sophomore continues to climb up the Park-Gilbert all-time blocking recordbook. Both Knight and Calvary logged four assists with Lainey tacking on a solo block. Hayven Lick posted two solo blocks and two block assists.
TEAM STATS
| Park-Gilbert (AZ) | Justice | |||||||
| K | E | TA | % | K | E | TA | % | |
| 1 | 14 | 9 | 43 | .116 | 8 | 7 | 35 | .029 |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 | .294 | 4 | 11 | 29 | -.241 |
| 3 | 16 | 5 | 40 | .275 | 16 | 8 | 45 | .178 |
| 36 | 15 | 100 | .210 | 28 | 26 | 109 | .018 | |
INDIVIDUAL STATS
| Kills | Calvary, Lainey (10), Lick, Hayven (10), Williams, Keep (6) |
| Aces | Knight, Kyla (3), Hice, Athena (1), Williams, Keep (1) |
| Blocks | Aikens, Molly (9.0), DeMario, Adrianna (6.0), Calvary, Lainey (5.0) |
| Assists | DeMario, Adrianna (26), Calvary, Lainey (3), Bauer, Porsche (2) |
| Digs | Knight, Kyla (18), Bauer, Porsche (11), DeMario, Adrianna (5) |
Up Next
Park-Gilbert resumes conference play this week against the top two teams in the GSAC standings. The Bucs will hit the road this Friday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. MST, to face the OUAZ Spirit (18-5, 11-1) at Faith Arena in Surprise, Arizona.
Press Release courtesy of Park University Athletics – Garrett Campbell
