Park University Gilbert has announced its Buccaneer Players of the Week for the past two weeks as women's volleyball player Lainey Calvary won for her performance during the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1.  Women's soccer player Mikenzie Kulish and men's goalkeeper Nicklas Lagesen won co-player of the week honors for their performance this past week Nov.2-8.  

The Buccaneer Player of the Week is voted on by the coaches, staff and faculty at Park Gilbert. The player with the most votes wins for the week. The award recognizes athletic excellence and good sportsmanship.

Calvary had a solid numbers during her week, posting 23 kills and a .409 hitting percentage. She also had 7 digs which is impressive for a middle blocker and 7 blocks over nine sets. She also helped lead the Bucs to a 3-0 win over Arizona Christian, their first win against the Firestorm since September 2, 2023.

This past week, Kulish and Lagesen were instrumental in their teams victories in the first round of the GSAC tournament.

Kulish scored both goals in regulation for the Bucs, including the tying tally with 10 minutes to go in the game to send it to overtime and eventually to penalty kicks where they won the match 4-2.

Lagesen was instrumental in the Bucs win over Soka. While only having to make one save in regulation and overtime, Lagesen stood on his head in the shootout knocking away the last three attempts by the Lions to help lead the team to victory. This was Lagesen's second postseason victory and both of them came against Soka. Lagesen defeated Soka 1-0 as a freshman at Soka in the first round of the Cal Pac Soccer Championships in 2023.

Games on Tap this week:

Women's Basketball

(Exhibition) at Southern Utah; Monday, Nov. 9, 6 pm (ESPN+)

At Cal Tech, Thursday, Nov. 12, 8 pm

At Occidental, Friday, Nov. 13, 6 p.m.

 

Men's Basketball

At Grace (Calif.), Saturday, Nov. 14, 6 p.m.