BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Women's soccer hosted Eastern Nazarene on Wednesday evening at Clean Harbors Stadium. After a scoreless first half, the Lions took a lead with the Bucs down to 10 players. In the waning moments of the game, the Bucs scored to take a point from the non-conference matchup with the Lions.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 1, Lions 1

Records: Maritime (1-5-1, 1-1)

               Eastern Nazarene (1-3-3, 1-1-1)

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Ayla Santoro scored her second goal in as many games and second of the season to tie the game up.
• Senior captain Abigail Lelievre delivered the assist on the Santoro goal. 
• Starting goalkeeper Brady Deschamps made two saves on two shot.
• Reagan Kerecz took over in the second half between the pipes and made five saves while allowing the one Lions goal.
• In total, the Buccaneers took 14 shots, 10 on target, and earned six corners with five coming in the first half.

Eastern Nazarene

• Jordan Lee scored the lone goal for the Lions.
• Kenna Cruise was credited with an assist on the goal.
• Goalkeeper Mackenzie Quick made nine saves and allowed one goal in the draw.
• In total, the Lions took 11 shots, eight on target, and earned two corners.

How It Happened

The two one-win teams battled hard for all 90 minutes of Wednesday's contest and though there were 11 shots in the first half neither team could find their way in to the back of the net. The game remained scoreless at the end of the first half with the Buccaneers down to 10 players after two yellows were shown to a Maritime defender.

In the second half, it took just over 15 minutes for the Lions to break the scoreless tie. Lee scored her first goal of the season on a pass from Cruise in the 61st minute to put ENC up 1-0. With the Lions staring at a 1-0 victory over the Bucs, Maritime earned multiple free kicks in the final minutes of the game and made one count. On a free kick from 35 yards out, Lelievre delivered a ball into the box past everyone except Santoro who barely stayed onsides. In her second clear chance of the game the freshman forward buried the ball into the bottom left corner to tie the game at 1-1 in the 87th minute. Both teams had one more shot to take the victory but the defenses stood pat leading to a 1-1 draw between the Bucs and Lions. 

What's Next

Maritime is on the road for their next match on Saturday, September 30th in conference play at Salem State with kickoff set for 1pm.