Adiel Kaduya scored twice and Trent Rickard added a goal and an assist as The Master's University men's soccer team beat Park-Gilbert 3-1 in the GSAC Championship semifinals Thursday afternoon at Reese Field.

The Mustangs (12-4-3) advance to Monday's GSAC Championship match on Nov. 9, where the winner earns the conference's automatic berth to the NAIA National Championship.

TMU struck early as Kaduya set up Rickard in the 11th minute for the opening goal. Kaduya then scored himself in the 32nd minute off a feed from Andrew Sorto for a 2-0 halftime lead.

Park-Gilbert pulled within a goal in the 60th minute when Olli Saksinen finished a pass from Anton Aaltonen. The Mustangs kept pressing, though, putting six shots on goal over the next 25 minutes. Park-Gilbert goalkeeper Nicklas Lagesen turned away chances from Rickard, Sorto and Zenden Berbari to keep his team within one.

TMU finally broke through for good in the 88th minute. Rickard and Michael Masimango combined to set up Kaduya for his second goal of the day and a 3-1 cushion.

Kaduya finished with two goals and an assist on six shots, four of them on target. Rickard took a game-high eight shots, five on goal. His goal and assist push his season totals to 27 goals and 67 points. The 27 goals now rank alone in third on the GSAC's all-time single-season list, behind only Fresno Pacific's Orlando Ramirez (31 in 2003) and Vanguard's Matthew Hess (29 in 2003). His 67 points move him past Hess into sole possession of second, trailing only Ramirez's 77.

Sorto had an assist and three shots on goal. Franco Barba made four saves in goal, including back-to-back stops on Arwed von Oertzen in the final two minutes.

TMU outshot Park-Gilbert 24-10, held a 16-5 edge in shots on goal and earned seven corners to Park-Gilbert's one. Lagesen made 13 saves for the Firebirds.

The Mustangs will face the winner of the Embry-Riddle/Benedictine Mesa semi-final game for the GSAC title on Monday, Nov. 9.