MESA, Ariz. – The Park University Gilbert women's soccer team earned an impressive 5–2 home victory over Benedictine University Mesa on Saturday evening at Santos Field. The Buccaneers responded strongly after conceding an early goal and took control of the match with a dominant offensive performance.
Benedictine opened the scoring just 48 seconds into the match when Rebecca Tomerlin found the back of the net. Park-Gilbert quickly responded, with
Mikenzie Kulish scoring in the fourth minute to make it 1–1.
The Buccaneers then took control.
Bekah Sipinga converted a penalty kick in the eighth minute to give Park-Gilbert a 2–1 lead. Kulish scored her second goal of the night in the 13th minute, followed by
Alexandria Bugal, who extended the lead to 4–1 in the 17th minute.
Sarai Mizzell added another goal in the 58th minute to put Park-Gilbert firmly in control at 5–1.
Benedictine scored once more through Tomerlin in the final minute, but the Buccaneers held on comfortably for the 5–2 victory. Park-Gilbert dominated the statistics with 33 shots, including 21 on target, compared with just eight shots for Benedictine. The Buccaneers also had an 8–1 advantage in corner kicks. With the 5–2 victory over Benedictine Mesa, the Park-Gilbert women's soccer team improved to 8–2–1 overall and 4–1–1 in conference play.
The Buccaneers are currently in third place in the GSAC standings, and their next challenge will be a big one. Park-Gilbert will return home on Thursday, October 8, to face No. 5 Embry-Riddle at 5:00 p.m.
