BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- The Buccaneers and Bears met for a Patriot's Day conference doubleheader at Rollins Field on Monday and coming off of their first conference win in five seasons, the Bucs split with the Bears winning game two 7-3 and losing game one 10-3. The win over Bridgewater is Maritime's first since 2003 and the second time ever.

Game One

The Basics

Final: Bears 10, Buccaneers 3

Records: Bridgewater (7-21-1, 4-3)

               Maritime (11-14, 1-6)

In The Circle

Bridgewater: Tatiana Burcy (W, 1-3): 2.2 IP | 1 H | 0 R | 2 BB | 0 K

                      Madelyn Klingel: 4.1 IP | 8 H | 3 R | 3 ER | 0 BB | 5 K

Maritime: Jennamarie Klemp (L, 8-12): 6.1 IP | 6 H | 6 R | 6 ER | 3 BB | 1 K

At The Plate

Maritime

• Hannah Burton, Kelsey Booker, and Abby Pope each had two hits in the game.
• Reagan Kerecz, Erin Donlan, and Rubi Butler each had one hit. 
• Kerecz and Booker each had a double.
• Kerecz drove in two runs, Pope drove in one. 
• Donlan, Butler, and Pope scored the three Bucs runs.

Bridgewater

• Janet Jolly led the Bears with three hits and four RBI in the game.
• Six other hitters had hits for Bridgewater in the win.
• Ava Novakoski drove in two runs. Emily Marcotte and Olivia Silva each drove in one.
• Novakoski had a triple, the only extra base hit of the game for the Bears.
• Kerrin McLaughlin scored twice, eight other Bears scored once.

How It Happened

Bridgewater got on the board first on a Jolly single in the top of the first inning to score McLaughlin. Bridgewater's 1-0 lead lasted until the bottom of the second.

In the bottom of the second, the Buccaneers scored three times with the first run scoring on a Pope single to center bringing in Donlan. The next two runs scored on Kerecz's double to left bringing in Butler and Pope. 

Jolly struck again for Bridgewater in the third singling off of Klemp's leg bringing in Klingel to score cutting the deficit to one run. It was 3-2 Bucs after three.

The 3-2 score held for the Bucs until the top of the seventh inning when the bats came alive for the Bears. Bridgewater scored eight in the top of the frame and Burcy sat the Bucs down in the bottom of the seventh to finish the game off with the Bears winning 10-3 in comeback fashion.

Game Two

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 7, Bears 3

Records: Maritime (12-14, 2-6)

               Bridgewater (7-22-1, 4-4)

In The Circle

Maritime: Erin Donlan (W, 4-2): 6.1 IP | 12 H | 3 R | 3 ER | 1 BB | 2 K

Bridgewater: McKayla Cusack (L, 3-7): 5 IP | 9 H | 6 R | 2 ER | 1 BB | 2 K

At The Plate

Maritime

• Reagan Kerecz and Hannah Burton both had two-hit games in the win. Kerecz recorded her first career home run in the game.
• Kelsey Booker, Ab'c'de Patane, Erin Donlan, Carleen Harring, Grace Biondo, and Rubi Butler each had one hit.
• Patane and Donlan both hit doubles in the victory.
• Kerecz drove in three runs, Burton drove in two. Patane and Donlan each drove in one run.
• Kerecz scored twice, Biondo, Butler, Pope, and Ashley Haller all scored once.

Bridgewater

• Emily Marcotte, Janet Jolly, Madison Dana, Olivia Silva, and Kailey Collins-Fiore all had multi-hit games.
• Kerrin McLaughlin, Amelia Blake, and Molly Thibaudeau each had one hit. 
• Dana and Silva both hit doubles in the loss.
• McLaughlin, Dana, and Thibaudeau all drove in one run.
• Collins-Fiore scored twice and Madelyn Klingel scored the third Bears run.

How It Happened

The Bucs took the early lead in the first inning in game two and never looked back in this one. Patane doubled in the bottom of the first bringing in Kerecz to score making it 1-0 Maritime.

The Buccaneers scored again in the second, this time on a Burton two-run single down the right field line, plating Butler and Biondo. 

Down 3-0, the Bears scored their first run in the top of the third. McLaughlin singled to center bringing in one run to cut the Bucs lead to 3-1.

In the top of the fourth, Bridgewater scored again to make it a one-run game. Thibaudeau singled to score Klingel making it 3-2 Maritime.

In the bottom of the fifth, Donlan tacked on another run for the Bucs with an RBI double to right center bringing in Patane to score. The Buccaneers led 4-2 after five.

Looking for some insurance runs, Maritime scored again in the bottom of the sixth, this time of a three-run shot over the left field fence off the bat of Kerecz bringing in herself, Pope, and Haller to score making it 7-3 Buccaneers.

In the top of the seventh, the Bears loaded the bases and threatened the Bucs lead. Dana fouled out with the bases loaded which allowed Collins-Fiore to come in to score making it 7-3. Coach Griffiths had already gone to Klemp's arm in the circle prior to that and she was able to shut the bears down through the final 2/3 of the inning to secure the first win for the Bucs over the Bears in 20 years.

What's Next

The Buccaneers host Fisher College on Wednesday in a non-conference doubleheader beginning at 4pm at Rollins Field.