BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Buccaneers volleyball hoster Fisher College and Lesley University for a tri-match on Saturday. The Bucs dropped their first match in five very close sets to the Falcons, 3-2. In their second match, the Buccaneers beat the Lynx handley, 3-0, not allowing Lesley to surpass nine points in any of the games.

Match 1 (v Fisher)

The Basics

Final: Falcons 3, Buccaneers 2 (22-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-22, 15-13)

Records: Fisher (3-5)

               Maritime (1-6)

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Freshman Gemma Geisler had a career day with a match-high 19 kills.
• Junior captain Marlo Stark wasn't far behind with 15 kills of her own.
• Sophomore captain Shayla Narodowg recorded a career-high in assists with 8 in the match, also a match-high. 
• Narodowg added eight aces to the mix for the Bucs.
• Junior Audrey Manning posted a career high in digs with 46 on the defensive end to lead all Bucs in the category. Stark added 24 digs and Narodowg had 17. 
• Chloe Johnson and Narodowg each had two solo blocks in the match. Johnson also assisted on another block with Geisler.
• In total, the Bucs tallied 53 kills with a hitting percentage of .116. They had 51 assists, 17 service aces, 118 digs and seven total blocks.

Fisher

• Alicia Tkach led the Falcons in kills with 18 and Lilliana Figueroa had 13.
• Setter Paola Velazquez had 34 assists to lead all Fisher players in the match.
• Four different Falcons had two aces in the win.
• Libero Edsyl Irizarry had a match-high 49 digs defensively. Sofia Campos and Tkach both had 23 digs to their credit. 
• Caroline Saucier had the lone solo block in the match though she did combine with Velazques for another block as well.
• In total, the Falcons had 47 kills with a .095 hitting percentage, 44 assists, nine aces, 119 digs, and two total blocks.

How It Happened

The Marathon of a match began with the Bucs taking a big 8-1 lead in the first set with Narodowg serving six straight times. Though the Falcons sprinkled in a few points along the way, the Bucs extended their set lead out to nine, 14-5. Slowly, the Falcon cut into the Big Buc lead and when they were down 19-12, they scored four straight to get within three points. In the game, the Falcons next got within less than two points of the Bucs as Maritime went on to win the first set, 25-22.

In set two, the teams were much closer on the scoreboard throughout. Fisher took an early three-point lead, 5-2, that the Bucs erased to take a 7-5 lead. Eventually the game was tied at 8-8 and Fisher took the lead once again and extended that lead out to six points, 15-9. Late in the set, the Bucs were down 23-16 and fought back into the game eventually getting within one point, 24-23. Then, with a service error by the Bucs, the Falcons won the set, 25-23, to tie the match at 1-1.

Set three began with the Bucs taking an early lead, 3-0, and holding that until the midway point when the teams were tied 13-13. Maritime took back a three-point lead which was turned around by the Falcons as they took a 17-16 lead. Later, tied 19-19, the Bucs jumped out to a 24-20 lead. One point from the set victory, Fisher rattled off three points to bring the score to 24-23. On a Falcons serve, the Bucs killed off the set to win 25-23 and take a 2-1 match lead.

Down 2-1, the Falcons had to make a move in the fourth set to keep it going. They did just that, starting with a 4-0 lead. They held their lead for a decent amount of time in the game and led 13-10 at the midway point. The Bucs scored four in a row to tie and take the lead, 14-13 but it didn't last long as the Falcons scored in bunches and retook the lead, their biggest advantage by four points, 22-18, late on. Maritime got the score back to 24-22 in favor of the Falcons and Tkach got a kill on the final point to win the set, 25-22, and tie the match at 2-2.

The 15-point fifth set started well for the Bucs, taking a 3-1 early lead. Fisher regained momentum and took back the lead and quickly jumped out to a five-point advantage, 10-5. Late into the deciding set, the Bucs tied the game at 12-12 but the Falcons went on to score three of the next four points to win the final set, 15-13, and the match, 3-2.

Match Two (v Lesley)

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 3, Lynx 0 (25-6, 25-9, 25-8)

Records: Maritime (2-6)

               Lesley (0-5)

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Chloe Johnson led all players in the match with six kills. Gemma Geisler recorded five of her own and Izabella Mackintosh had four. 
• Shayla Narodowg led all players in the match with 17 assists and a career-high 12 aces.
• Marlo Stark had six aces of her own and Geisler and Sydney McCarthy each had four. 
• Audrey Manning had a match-high in digs with nine on the defensive end. 
• Johnson recorded the only solo block of the match and combined with Narodowg for a second Bucs block.
• In total, the Bucs recorded 23 kills and a .288 hitting percentage, 19 assists, 26 aces, 28 digs and two blocks.

Lesley

• Emma Welch had three kills to lead the Lynx.
• Estephany Morales had two assists in the loss.
• Rayann Fatahi was the team leader defensively with seven digs. 
• Welch had the only block for the Lynx.
• In total, Lesley had six kills with a -.111 hitting percentage, five assists, one ace, 20 digs, and one block.

How It Happened

Maritime was out for a win by any circumstances in the match against Lesley after their loss to Fisher earlier in the day. They opened the first set by taking a 6-0 lead and never looked back. They scored in bunches with the biggest bunch coming late on when they led 18-5 and extended that to an 18-point, 23-5 advantage. Lesley scored once more followed by two points from the Bucs as the hosts took the first set 25-6.

In set two, the Lynx battled early, keeping the score close and then tied at 7-7. After a Buccaneers timeout, Maritime scored nine straight points to take a 16-7 advantage. Lesley would only score twice more and the Bucs scored the final nine points of the set to win it, 25-9, taking a 2-0 match lead.

In the third set, Maritime opened the game with seven straight points. Lesley scored two in a rown and the teams effectively went back-and-forth until the Bucs led 12-5. Maritime was sound, allowing just three more Lynx scores and with the score 19-8, the hosts scored six straight to win the set, 25-8, and the match, 3-0.

What's Next

The Bucs are on the road for their next match on Tuesday, September 19th against Lesley at their place at 7pm in non-conference action.