MESA, Ariz. --- The Park University Gilbert beach volleyball team (0-7, 0-5) dropped a pair of home contests to the Wayne State College Wildcats (7-2, 0-0), Monday afternoon at Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa, Ariz.

Between the two matchups the Buccaneers won three flights and sent four into the three-set tiebreaker, as the team showed competitive promise in this non-conference doubleheader.

The number one flight of Taylor Van Winkle and Jessica Goldsmith went 2-0 on the day, and Porsche Bauer and Anna DeMario picked up a win in the first game.

Game 1: WSC 3 Park-Gilbert 2

1 Taylor Van Winkle and Jessica Goldsmith (PARK) def. Taylor Bunjer and Ava Spies (WSU) 16-21, 21-19, 15-10

2 Channatee Robles and Chloe Hanel (WSU) def. Keep Williams and Ashley Estrada (PARK) 21-11, 21-6

3 Porsche Bauer and Anna DeMario (PARK) def. Molly Romano and Brooklyn Kusler (WSU) 21-19, 10-21, 15-8

4 Ella Myler and Reese Johnson (WSU) def. Kyla Knight and Leilani Pollard (PARK) 21-15, 21-5

5 Brooke Peltz and Rhianna Wilhelm (WSU) def. Makala Detrick and Jaiden Kramer (PARK) 21-9, 21-6

Game 2: WSC 4 Park-Gilbert 1

1 Taylor Van Winkle and Jessica Goldsmith (PARK) def. Taylor Bunjer and Ava Spies (WSU) 21-14, 21-12

2 Channatee Robles and Chloe Hanel (WSU) def. Keep Williams and Ashley Estrada (PARK) 21-10, 21-10

3 Molly Romano and Brooklyn Kusler (WSU) def. Porsche Bauer and Anna DeMario (PARK) 13-21, 21-19, 15-13

4 Ella Myler and Reese Johnson (WSU) def. Kyla Knight and Leilani Pollard (PARK) 21-17, 19-21, 15-7

5 Laney Kathol and Anna Borner (WSU) def. Makala Detrick and Jaiden Kramer (PARK) 21-11, 21-13

Up Next

The Park-Gilbert beach volleyball team returns to conference play later this week, as they head to San Dimas, Calif., to compete in another Great Southwest Athletic Conference round-robin hosted by Life Pacific University. The Bucs will take on LPU this Thursday at 2:00 p.m. PST, and they face Hope International and The Master's on Friday.