UZZARDS BAY, Mass – Mass Maritime softball played their first home games since April of 2019 this afternoon against Westfield State. It was the first time the team played on the newly laid surface of Rollins field since it was done in the summer of 2019. It was also the first home games coached by second year head coach Will Griffiths. Though the Buccaneers went down fighting, they dropped both games to the Owls, 6-3 and 5-3.

Game One

Inside The Numbers

In The Circle

Westfield: Emily Arredondo (W, 3-3): 7 IP | 8 H | 3 R | 1 ER | 1 BB | 7 K

Maritime: Malarie Pittsley (Dighton, Mass) (L, 0-3): 7 IP | 11 H | 6 R | 6 ER | 0 BB | 2 K

At The Plate

Maritime

• Outfielders Camryn Roberts-Capak (Barnstable, Mass) and Abby Pope (Falmouth, Mass) each went 2-for-4 in game one with two singles. They both scored in the game.
• Senior captain Madison Coughlin (Monroe, Conn), senior Savanna Leite (New Bedford, Mass), and freshmen Emma Ruginski (Plymouth, Mass) and Olivia Camelo (Carver, Mass) each had a single in the game. Coughling also drew the lone walk in the contest.
• Coughlin drove in two runs for the Bucs in the loss. Camelo scored a run in the game.
• Following her two hit, two stolen base performance last week against Framingham, Pope matched that this week with two stolen bases in game one. Roberts-Capak and Leite each stole a base as well.
• The Buccaneers struck out seven times in the game and left seven runners on base.

Westfield

• Outfielder Sarah Meunier led all players with three hits in the game, including a double.
• Shortstop Alyssa Clark, right fielder Farrah Adam, center fielder Lindsay Cordopari and designated player Madison Philbrook all had multi-hit games. Philbrook included a double in her score line and drove in three runs.
• Three other players recorded RBI for the Owls.
• Meunier and Cordopatri both scored twice in the game one win.
• Cordopatri recorded two a stolen base in the game, bringing her season total to 11 in 13 games.

How It Happened

After a clean first inning for both pitchers, Westfield broke the scoreless tie in the top of the second inning on a Coughlin error that scored Meunier. The Owls took a modest 1-0 lead in to the third.

In the third, both teams put up crooked numbers with the Owls scoring their second run on an Arredondo ground out that scored the speedy Cordopatri. Down 2-0, the Buccaneers answered in the bottom of the third on a Coughlin single to right center which scored Pope and Camelo. Earlier, the inning had been extended due to an error causing both of the runs to be unearned for the pitcher Arredondo. After three innings the game was tied at 2-2.

The next three innings were relatively uneventful. Each team threatened in the fifth and sixth innings but couldn't get any runs across. In the sixth, the Bucs has runners on second and third with one out but were not able to bring anyone in to score.

In the seventh, Westfield loaded the bases with one out and Meunier singled to bring in one run. That was followed by Philbrook taking advantage of the bases loaded situation and with two outs in the inning and she doubled, bringing in three runs to take a 6-2 lead. In the bottom of the seventh, Maritime got a one out bunt single from Roberts-Capak and a single from Pope. After they each stole third and second respectively, Ruginski grounded out to second which brought in one run. With the score 6-3, Coughlin grounded out on a hard hit ball to short to end the game at that same score.

With the win the Owls improved to 6-7 on the season, the Bucs fell to 0-3.

Game Two

Inside The Numbers

In The Circle

Westfield: Brenna Welch (W, 1-3): 7 IP | 5 H | 3 R | 3 ER | 6 BB | 3 K

Maritime: Malarie Pittsley (L, 0-4): 7 IP | 11 H | 5 R | 3 ER | 0 BB | 2 K

At The Plate

Maritime

• The Buccaneers strung together five hits from five different players in game two. Catcher Marchela Corrolla (New Haven, Conn), Maia Ostromecki (Barre, Mass), Coughlin, Roberts-Capak, and Camelo each had a hit.
• Camelo recorded the lone extra base hit of the day, an RBI triple in the seventh.
• Roberts-Capak also had an RBI in the game.
• Coughlin, Leite and Camelo all scored for Maritime.
• Freshman Megan Turley (Marshfield, Mass) worked three walks at the plate, ending the day 0-for-0, Leite drew multiple walks in the game as well.
• Senior Captain Lucia Buzzell (Quincy, Mass) stole a base in the game as a pinch runner.

Westfield

• The Owls had multi-hit games from Cordopatri, whose both single were of the bunt variety, Alyssa Clark, Madison Philbrook and Jordyn Carpenter.
• Pitcher Brenna Welch, Farrah Adam and Meghan Doyle each had hits as well.
• Welch helped herself with an RBI while Doyle and Carpenter also drove in runs.
• Five different players scored the five runs for the Owls in the game two win.

How It Happened

As it was in game one, the first inning was clean for both pitchers. In the second inning, the Owls took a 2-0 lead after a run scored on a wild pitch and on a Carpenter double that scored Philbrook.

With the score 2-0 Westfield, the next two innings were quiet. Both teams went down in order in the third and both threatened in the fourth though no runs came across.

In the fifth inning the Owls extended their lead to 5-0 on a Welch single, a Philbrook foul out that turned in to a Sacrifice fly with the bases load and a Doyle infield single to bring another run in. On the sacrifice fly in foul territory, Pope made an outstanding diving catch in foul territory to get the out. It was the second spectacular defensive play for Pope in the game.

Down 5-0, the Buccaneers found life late in the game. They scored a run on a strange 1-3-2-4 double play that caught Ostromecki in no-man's land. After six inning the Bucs trailed 5-1.

In the seventh, the Buccaneer kept up their momentum from the sixth, getting an RBI triple from Camelo that scored Leite. That was followed by a Roberts-Capak single, scoring Camelo. Now down 5-3, the Bucs had back-to-back round outs to end a second exciting game at Rollins field in the team's home opener.

With the win the Owls improve to 7-7 on the season. The Bucs fall to 0-4 with the loss.

What's Next?

The Buccaneers are on the road on Saturday, April 17^th at Fitchburg State for a doubleheader beginning at 12pm.