BUZZARD BAY, MA -- Friday afternoon, the Bucs took on Nichols at home in a non-conference matchup at Hendy Field. Though they let up an early run to the Bison, the Bucs came back and went on to win the game by a score of 3-1 to improve to 2-3 on the season.

The Basics

Final:  Buccaneers 3, Bison 1

Records: Maritime (2-3)

              Nichols (1-5)

On The Mound

Maritime: Sam Huffman (W, 1-0): 5 IP | 4 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 2 BB | 3 K

                Brady Parks (Sv, 1): 4 IP | 3 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 4 K

Nichols: Justin Hurley (L, 1-1): 5.2 IP | 4 H | 3 R | 1 ER | 0 BB | 5 K

At The Plate

Maritime

• The Bucs racked up eight hits in the game, two each from senior captain Frank Aten, A.J. Luciano and Zach Sylvia. Aten recorded the only extra-base hit in the game, a double to right field.
• Luciano drove in two runs, John Tropea drove in the other. Tropea's RBI came on a sacrifice fly.
• Hunter Dean, Tucker Leslie and Aten each scored a run.
• Luciano stole a base in the game, his second of the season.

Nichols

• The Bison tallied seven hits in the loss. Andrw Croteau had two with five other players all recording hits.
• Nathaniel Cormier drove in the only Nichols run, scored by Ben Jerome.
• Jerome and Kevin Murphy each drew walks in the game.
• Jerome and Cormier each hit a double, the two extra-base hits in the game. 
• Croteau was credited with a stolen base, Jerome was caught stealing.

How It Happened

Nichols wasted no time getting on the board, scoring in the top of the first on a Cormier double that scored Jerome who had led off the game with a walk.

The Bucs were not able to answer in the first or second, allowing the Bison to hold their lead until the bottom of the third. In the third, the Bucs tied the game and took the lead, 2-1. Luciano provided the first run with a single that scored Dean. The very next hitter, Tropea, flied out to left which scored Leslie in the process to give the Bucs the lead that they would never look back from.

Buccaneer pitching got in some minor jams throughout the game but the defense and excellent recovery by the pitchers kept the home team in the game.

In the bottom of the fifth, Maritime got an insurance run on a Luciano single to left that scored Aten. 

Huffman was done after the fifth and Parks came in to shut the door on the Bison, picking up a four-inning save. The Bucs picked up their second victory of the week and improved to 2-3 on the year with their 3-1 win over Nichols.

What's Next

The Buccaneers will host Eastern Nazarene on Monday, March 14th at 4pm in non-conference play at Hendy Field.