BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Buccaneers softball hosted Norwich University in a non-conference doubleheader on Saturday on rainy and cold Taylor's Point. Looking for redemption after a Cadets sweep last year, the Bucs swept Norwich 10-1 in six innings and 10-0 in five innings to improve to 10-6 on the season. With the win, the Bucs surpassed their win total of eight games from 2022. Kelsey Booker extended her hitting streak to 16 games with hits in each game and Ab'c'de Patane extended her hitting streak to 12 games with hits in both games.

Game One

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 10, Cadets 1

Records: Maritime (9-6)

               Norwich (1-6)

In the Circle

Maritime: Jennamarie Klemp (W, 8-5): 6 IP | 5 H | 1 R | 0 ER | 1 BB | 2 K

Norwich: Maren McGinn (L): 3.1 IP | 8 H | 8 R | 7 ER | 2 BB | 3 K

At the Plate

Maritime

• Kelsey Booker and Ab'c'de Patane each had three hits in the game. 
• Erin Donlan, Hannah Burton, Abby Pope and Klemp each had one hit.
• Donlan and Booker both drove in three runs, Patane drove in two and Burton and Pope both drove in one run in the win.
• Donlan scored twice and eight other Buccaneers all scored once.
• All of Booker's hits in the game were of the extra base variety with two doubles and an inside the park home run.
• Patane had a double and hit her third home run of the season.
• Donal hit her second homer of the year. 
• Reagan Kerecz stole a base and leads the team with six stolen bases this season.

Norwich

• Brook Pawlowski had two hits for the Cadets. 
• Liliana Rolfe, Ashley Parker, and Rachel Kempf all had one hit in the loss.
• Julia Vawter drove in the only run of the game that Sydney Wood scored.

How It Happened

Maritime opened the scoring in the bottom of the first on a Booker double that scored Kerecz to give the Bucs a 1-0 lead.

Klemp, keeping the Cadets off the board, kept the Bucs up 1-0 until the bottom of the fourth when the Buccaneers drastically opened their lead scoring seven runs. Burton reached on a fielder's choice, scoring pinch runner Riley Fox from third. Pope singled to center field to plate Klemp. Donlan hit a three run home run off the left field foul pole followed by Patane's third dinger scoring pinch runner Taylor Lane and herself to make it 8-0 Bucs.

In the top of the fifth with the Buccaneers needing three outs to end the game by mercy rule, Norwich scored once when Vawter reached on a fielder's choice, scoring Wood to make it 8-1 and extend the game to the sixth.

In the bottom of the sixth, with Donlan on base, Booker hit a ball to center that rolled to the fence. She came all the way around for an inside the park home run to essentially walk Maritime off with the 10-1 win in game one.

Game Two

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 10, Cadets 0

Records: Maritime (10-6)

              Norwich (1-7)

In the Circle

Maritime: Erin Donlan (W, 2-1): 5 IP | 3 H | 0 R | 1 BB | 5 K

Norwich: Allison Northup (L): 2.2 IP | 13 H | 10 R | 4 ER | 1 BB | 1 K

At The Plate

Maritime

• Rubi Butler led the Bucs in hits in game two with three.
• Donlan, Kelsey Booker, and Ab'c'de Patane all had two-hit games.
• Reagan Kerecz, Carleen Harring, Jennamarie Klemp, Hannah Burton, and Grace Biondo all had one hit games.
• Donlan, Patane, and Klemp all drove in two runs.
• Kerecz, Butler, and Burton each drove in one.
• 10 different Buccaneers scored in the win.
• Donlan and Patane had a double each for the two extra base hits in the game for Maritime.
• Kerecz, Patane, and Burton all had sacrifice flies.
• Patane, Burton and Abby Pope all stole a base in the game.

Norwich

• Charlotte Charbonneau, Liliana Rolfe, and Maren McGinn had the three hits in the game for the Cadets.

How It Happened

Maritime scored all of their runs in the second and third innings. In the second inning they scored eight runs to take an 8-0 lead after two.

In the third inning, Donlan doubled to left center to drive in one and Patane hit a sac fly to center to score Lizzie Weber from third.

Donlan and the Bucs defense held strong not allowing the Cadets to win and walked away with the game two win, 10-0, and the sweep of Norwich.

What's Next

Maritime is back home on Monday, March 27th for a non-conference doubleheader with Regis College beginning at 4pm.