PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Thursday afternoon, in a late addition to the Buccaneers men's lacrosse schedule which served as the team's season opener, the Bucs took down the Johnson & Wales Wildcats in Providence by a 11-5 final. Daniel Kane led the scoring for the Bucs with three goals. Cooper Barrett, and freshman Quinn Mucha each scored twice for the Bucs in the win.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 11, Wildcats 5

Records: Maritime (1-0)

              Johnson & Wales (0-1)

Between the Pipes

Maritime: Eddie Keller (W, 1-0): 9 Sv | 5 GA | 14 Sh | 60 Min 

Johnson & Wales: Chris April (L, 0-1): 9 Sv | 10 GA | 19 Sh | 60 Min

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Kane scored three times to lead all players in scoring in the opener.
• Barrett and Mucha both had two goals in the win.
• Jack Iversen, Braden Kosiewicz, and freshmen Joe Vricella, and Grant MacIver all netted one goal.
• Mucha and Iversen provided two assists each with Ryan Cameron, Kane, and Barrett each recording one helper. 
• Defensively, Chris Sullivan caused four turnovers to lead the Bucs and tie for the game-high. James Cassidy recorded three turnovers and freshman Brady Deschennes had two to his credit.
• On faceoffs, Brian Rosher won eight of 20 faceoffs in the victory. 

Johnson & Wales

• Offensively, the Wildcats were led by Donny McInnis and Greg Centeio with two goals each.
• Kyle Marcinko added a goal in the loss.
• Four different Wildcats were credited with assists in the game.
• Defensively, Mike Catuosco led the team and tied for the game-high with four caused turnovers and won 11 of 16 faceoffs.

How It Happened

The Wildcats opened the scoring in the first quarter with a goal from Marcinko less than four minutes in. The Buccaneers equalized with eight minutes left in the quarter on Kosiewicz first goal of the season, from Iversen. Just over a minute later, Centeio netted a go-ahead goal for the hosts to make it 2-1. With 1:26 left in the first, Mucha scored his first collegiate goal, from Barrett, to make the score 2-2 at the end of the first. 

Maritime controlled the second quarter scoring all four goals in the period. Vricella opened the scoring with his first collegiate goal at 13:34. Barrett followed that up with his first of the season at 11:26. A minute later, MacIver scored his first career goal to put the Bucs up 5-2. Kane scored his first of the season, and first of three in the game, from Iversen with under a minute left until the halftime break. The Bucs led the Wildcats 6-2 at half.

In the third, the teams split the scoring with two apiece. Mucha scored his second a minute in to the half and Iversen scored with 9:21 in the third making it 8-2 Bucs. Maritime's 7-0 run ended at the eight minute mark of the third quarter on McInnis's goal. Centeio scored his second to cut the Bucs lead in half, 8-4, heading to the fourth. 

In the final quarter of regulation, the Wildcats scored first on McInnis's second goal to make the score 8-5. The Bucs went on to score the final three goals of the game, Barrett at 12:18, Kane at 11:50, and Kane again at 5:09, to bring the score to the eventual final, 11-5.

What's Next

The Buccaneers are back on the road for their next game on Saturday, February 24th at 1pm in Worcester, MA against the Clark Cougars.