FITCHBURG, MA -- In a weekend where conference play opened for a number of Buccaneer teams, women's lacrosse took a trip to Fitchburg State to take on a very competitive Falcons team. After falling behind early, the Bucs surged ahead of their hosts, including Alyssa DiScipio's 100th career goal, to win their first conference game of 2022, 15-11, over Fitchburg State.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 15, Falcons 11

Records: Maritime (7-2, 1-0)

              Fitchburg (5-5, 0-1)

Between The Pipes

Maritime: Aviva Beringhause (W, 7-2): 11 GA | 60 Min | 13 Sv | 24 SH

Fitchburg: Francesca Reyes (L, 5-4): 8 GA | 19:48 Min | 4 Sv | 12 SH

                 Alyson Cote: 7 GA | 40:12 Min | 17 Sv | 24 SH

In the Field

Maritime

• DiScipio and Nora McLaughlin each scored five goals in the win. DiScipio's first goal of the game was her 100th. A milestone she reached in 33 games, the fastest Buccaneer to reach 100 goals and the fourth player in program history. The five goal for McLaughlin marked a career high for the senior attacker
• Cassie Llewellyn  and Lindsy Durgin each scored two goals.
• Allie Dickinson scored a goal as well for the Bucs.
• DiScipio led all players with eight draw controls. 
• Llewellyn, McLaughlin and DiScipio all had one caused turnover.
• The Buccaneers picked up 23 ground balls, were successful on 17 of 21 clears, won 14 craw controls, scored six of 12 free position shots and took 43 shots total in the game.

Fitchburg

• Julie Miele led all Falcons with four goals. 
• Eva Kozikowski scored three goals. 
• Nicole Orlowski scored twice and Abaigeal Gilman scored once. 
• Kozikowski tallied a game-high four assists. Alexis Raymond had three helpers. Orlowski tallied two assists.
• Orlowski led the Falcons with five draw controls. 
• Grace Wetherbee led all players with three caused turnovers.
• Fitchburg took a total of 25 shots, picked up 18 ground balls, succeeded on 14 of 24 clear attempts, won 14 draw controls and scored one free position attempt.

How It Happened

The highest scoring quarter of the game, the teams scored 10 total goals in the first. Fitchburg scored first, 47 seconds in to the game. It only took a minute for the Bucs to answer on a Durgin free position goal. Fitchburg retook the lead, 2-1, 30 seconds later. With 8:41 left in the quarter, DiScipio netted her 100th goal to tie the game at 2-2. Llewellyn broke the tie to give the Bucs their first lead o the game halfway through the first. The Falcons tied the game once again with just under three minutes to play in the quarter. In the final two minutes, the Bucs netted three goals to the Falcons one. McLaughlin, Dickinson and Durgin all scored for Maritime, Kozikowski scored for the Falcons. The Bucs led 6-4 at the end of one.

In the second, the teams combined for six goals, the Bucs scored four, Falcons netted two. Fitchburg opened the scoring to pull back within one. Maritime rattled off two in a row to go up three scores, 8-5. At the 10-minute mark, Fitchburg's Orlowski made it 8-6. The Buccaneers closed out the half with two McLaughlin goals within a minute of each other to take a commanding, 10-6, lead going into the break.

Fitchburg outscored the Bucs in the third, scoring two goals down a man within 20 seconds of each other to make the score 10-8. The McLaughlin show continued for Maritime as she scored her fifth followed by DiScipio's third to make it 12-8. With 23 second left in the third, Fitchburg scored on a Miele goal and cut it back to 12-9 as the teams went to the fourth.

The Buccaneers scored three in the fourth to Fithburg's two. DiScipio scored the first of the final quarter halfway through the 15 minutes. Fitchburg went on to score two goals in 30 seconds to pull within two goals, 13-11. In the final four minutes, Maritime added insurance with goals from Llewellyn and DiScipio, her fifth, to take a 15-11 lead which would prove to be the final score.

The Bucs go to 1-0 in conference play with a 7-2 record overall.

What's Next

The Buccaneers host Emerson on Tuesday, April 5th at 7pm at Clean Harbors Stadium.