BUZZARDS BAY, MA -- Women's lacrosse opened their season on Tuesday evening at Clean Harbors Stadium on a cold, drizzly night by The Bay. The Bucs welcomed in 1-0 Anna Maria who were coming off a 13-1 victory over Mitchell College over the weekend. The Buccaneers never trailed in this one as they took the game by a final of 11-3.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 11, AMCATS 3

Records: Maritime (1-0)

             Anna Maria (1-1)

Between The Pipes

Maritime: Aviva Beringhause (W, 1-0): 60 Min | 3 Sv | 3 GA | 6 SH

Anna Maria: Sarah Burt (L, 1-1): 60 Min | 9 Sv | 1 GA | 20 SH

In the Field

Maritime

• Senior captain Alyssa DiScipio scored seven goals for the Bucs in the win and added an assist.
• Freshman Allie Dickinson scored her first and second career goals in her debut and had an assist.
• Cassie Llewellyn and Paige Albertson each added a goal.
• Grace Calvert tallied two assists in the game in her first game since last year's season opener against Bridgewater State.
• Llewellyn and Nora McLaughlin each registered a helper in the win.
• Caleigh Thompkins and goalkeeper Aviva Beringhause led the squad with five ground balls each
• The Buccaneers picked up 31 ground balls in the game and succeeded on 16 of their 22 clear attempts. 
• In total, Maritime took 32 shots, 20 on target, in the game.
• Defensively, Sarah Smialek, Thompkins and Lindsy Durgin caused two turnovers each. The Bucs recorded 11 caused turnovers in the game.

Anna Maria

• Ashley Rufo scored two of the AMCATS three goals, the third came from Reagan Hachey. 
• No player was credited with an assist for Anna Maria.
• Goalkeeper Sarah Burt led the 'Cats with five ground balls. 
• Anna Maria picked up 21 ground balls and succeeded in 14 of 25 clear attempts.
• In total, the AMCATS took 14 shots, six on target.
• Defensively, Hachey led the team with two of their 10 caused turnovers.

How It Happened

The Buccaneers control the first quarter scoring two goals, both from DiScipio, in the first five minutes of the game. The Buccaneer defense held the AMCATS to no goals in the first though they could not net anymore in the period either. The game went to the second, 2-0, in favor of the Bucs.

In the second, the Bucs scored two more unanswered goals in the first seven minutes. Llewellyn scored her first of the season on an assist from Dickinson with just over two minutes gone in the quarter. Dickinson then scored her first career goal at the 8:53 mark of the second to give the Buccaneers a 4-0 lead. Later in the quarter the AMCATS found their way on to the scoresheet with a goal from Rufo with 3:55 remaining before the half. Less than a minute later, Hachey scored her only goal of the night to cut the Bucs lead in half, 4-2. That same score took the teams to the halftime break.

In the third period, with some mist falling on the field, the Bucs extended their lead three minutes in to the period on DiScipio's third of the night from McLaughlin. Down 5-2, Rufo scored again for the AMCATS later in the quarter. With 4:37 left before the fourth, the Bucs led 5-3. At this point the flood gates opened for Maritime. In the final four minutes of the third they rattled off five goals; three from DiScipio, one from Dickinson and the other from Albertson, her first of the season. At the end of three, the Bucs had a commanding 10-3 advantage.

The final 15 minutes of play was slow offensively on both sides with the only goal of the quarter coming from DiScipio with four second left in regulation. Maritime grabbed the win, 11-3, and are now 1-0 on the season.

What's Next

The Buccaneers will host the Annual Maritime Classic this weekend on Taylor's Point. The Bucs will open the tournament against SUNY Maritime on Friday at 5pm. Go to the team's schedule page to fine the live stat and video links for the game.