BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- The Buccaneers played their second conference game of the season on Saturday to close out Homecoming Weekend at the Academy and won convincingly, 2-1, over MCLA at rainy Clean Harbors Stadium.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 2, Trailblazers 1

Records: Maritime (1-5, 1-1)

               MCLA (1-3-2, 0-2)

Inside the Numbers

Maritime

• Freshman Ayla Santoro scored her first career goal near the end of the first half.
• Senior captain Abbie Lelievre scored her first goal of the season in the second half and was credited with an assist on Santoro's goal. 
• Goalkeeper Brady Deschamps earned the win between the pipes making two saves and allowing one MCLA goal.
• In total, the Buccaneers took 18 shots, 12 in the first half, and earned five corners in the win.

MCLA

• Cidnee Frymire scored the only goal of the game for the Trailblazers.
• Kylie DeMaio was given an assist on the goal.
• Goalkeeper Eva Eberwein made six saves and allowed two goals in the loss.
• MCLA took three shots in the game and had three corner kicks.

How It Happened

With steady rain throughout the game, the teams remained scoreless for the first 40 minutes of the first half. Then, in the 42nd minute, Lelievre found Santoro in the middle of the field and she dribbled to her right and found the bottom right corner of the net to put the Bucs up 1-0. Maritime took that one-goal lead to the halftime break.

In the second half, less than 10 minute in, the Bucs earned a free kick and from 25 yards out, Lelievre put the ball in the bottom left corner to give the Bucs a 2-0 lead in the 55th minute. Maritime held their clean sheet for 15 more minutes when, in the 70th minute, Frymire scored from the middle of the field in the 18-yard box on a pass from DeMaio to cut the deficit to one goal. MCLA controlled the ball for much of the remainder of the game and the Buccaneers defense held strong holding the Trailblazers off to earn the 2-1 conference victory.

What's Next

The Buccaneers are back home for their next match on Wednesday, September 27th against Eastern Nazarene at 7pm.