DANBURY, Conn -- Maritime traveled to Danbury on Saturday to take on West Conn, a team that has had the Buccaneers number in each of the last six meeting between the teams. Today, the Buccaneers snapped that losing streak on the foot of George Lampros (Bridgewater, MA) who made five field goals to help the Bucs past their conference foe, 22-20.

The Basics

Final: Maritime 22, West Conn 20

Records: Maritime 4-3 (3-2 MASCAC)

          West Conn 3-5 (2-4 MASCAC)

For The Bucs

• Freshman quarterback Colbe Andrews (Old Lyme, CT) led the passing attack for the Bucs completing five of 10 passes for 113 yards. On the ground, Andrews scored the only offensive touchdown for the Bucs on a seven-yard run. He ran for 21 yards on five carries.
• Curtis Cann (Easton, MA) threw for 91 yards on 10 completions.
• Jonah Mitchell (Sanford, FL) led all rushers in the game with 77 yards on 15 carries, an average of 5.1 yards per carry.
• Andrew Brightman (Wareham, MA) caught eight passes for 143 yards, his third 100+ receiving yard game of the season.
• Defensively, Cobey Williamson (North Easton, MA) intercepted his fourth pass of the season and made three solo tackles while also breaking up two other passes.
• Senior captain Kyle Rogers (Abington, MA) led all defensive players with seven tackles, five solo, and made his first interception of the season.
• Junior captain Mack Brown (Harvey, LA) made three tackles and was credited with the only sack of the day for either team. He now had four sacks on the season.
• Linebacker Cole Keefe (Merrimack, N.H.) made six total tackles, five solos in the game.
• Lampros was the story of the game as he was a perfect 5-for-5 on field goals from 18, 21, 28, 42 and 46 yards. The 42 yarder that came in the first quarter was a career-high for the graduate kicker. His 46 yarder later in the game broke that mark and proved to be the game winning kick for the Bucs.
• Lampros also punted the ball four times for 163 yards with a long of 44 yards and an average of 40.8 yards with one punt inside the 20 yard line. 

For West Conn

• Quarterback John Giller completed 21 of 36 passes for 319 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. 
• Chad Blaszky led West Con with 48 yards on the ground on 11 attempts. 
• Mack Driver was a force on the ground for the hosts with two toucdowns on 10 carries and 26 yards. 
• Julian Ferguson caught Gillers touchdown and caught 12 other passes for 209 yards. 
• Defensively, Jameson Charlestin led West Conn with seven total tackles, four solo.
• West Conn had six total tackles for loss in the game.
• On special teams, kicker Anthony Weidtman went 0-for-2 on field goals and 2-for-3 on PATs in the game. 
• Punter Brandon Ciullo punted the ball three times for 128 yards, an average of 42.7 yards wit ha long of 46 yards.

How It Happened

Maritime got on the board first on the first possession of the game. After an Evan Dyer (East Bridgewater, MA) kick return of 30 yards on the opening kickoff, Cann hit Brightman for 33 yards. A pass interference penalty on West Conn moved the Bucs in side the West Conn 20. Maritime went on to gain five yards and stall, going to Lampros from 28 yards to make it 3-0 Bucs. On the ensuing West Conn drive, Williamson picked off Giller at his own 35 yard line. That set up a 40-yard, five-play drive that got the Buc offense to the West Conn 25. On forth and eight Coach Cameron sent out Lampros again and he hit from 42 yards, his career-long at the time, to make it 6-0 Bucs. Two punts on the next two drives set up a long drive for West Conn. The hosts proceeded to go 77 yards on 10 plays, draining more than five minutes off the clock. The finished off the drive with a Driver touchdown run from one yard out. Weidtman hit the extra point to give West Conn their first lead of the game. The teams went to the second with West Conn leading, 7-6.

To Open the second period of play, the Bucs went on a road trip of their own, going 69 yards on a drive that took 12 plays and nearly six minutes, including a 26-yard pass from Andrews to Brightman. The Bucs got to the West Conn one yard line and, unable to get in the end zone, called on Lampros once again, this time from 18 yards. He converted, giving the Buccaneers the lead back, 9-7. On the very first play of the next drive the Buccaneers picked off Giller again, this time it was Rogers who returned the back 28 yard to the West Conn 10 yard line. With a short field behind them, the West Conn defense held strong keeping the Bucs out of the endzone. On fourth and goal from the four, Lampros came on to make it four for four from 21 yards to give the Bucs a 12-7 lead, a lead they would protect until the halftime break.

West Conn received the opening kickoff of the second half and took the ball 71 yards on nine plays, scoring on a Giller to Ferguson four-yard touchdown pass. Weidtman would miss the extra point but West Conn had retaken the lead, 13-12. West conn forced a punt on the next Buccaneer drive and the Bucs did the same to their hosts on their next possession. After a Ciullo 46-yard punt the Bucs took the ball from their own 29 yard line and marched down the field. In eight plays they consumed 71 yards. On second and six from the West Conn seven, Andrews scored his second rushing tochdown of the season to make it 19-13 after Lampros converted the PAT. That same score would hold as the teams headed to the fourth quarter of play. 

To Open the fourth, West Conn put together yet another double-digit play drive. This time they went 51 yards and finished it off with a Driver rushing score, his second of the game. Thie time, Weidtman converted the point after to give his team a 20-19 advantage with 11 minutes still to play. West Conn forced the Buccaneers to punt on their next drive from their own territory. Looking to extend their lead and finish off the game, West Conn took three minutes off the clock but also could not get out of their own territory. Ciullo punted the ball back to Maritime and they took over on their own 24 yard line. Mitchell took over the drive for the Buccaneers, racking up 45 yards on the ground on three plays including runs of 27 and 14 yards. Maritime tried to go back to the air on second and third down. A pair of incomplete passes led them to fourth down from the 29. The Maritime coaching staff once again sent out Lampros to attempt the longest field goal of his career from 46 yards. the snap and hold were perfect and so was the kick which game the Bucs a 22-20 lead with 2:44 to play. Down two, West conn for the ball back on their own 21. They pushed the ball up the field, including a 34-yard pass and catch from Giller to Penn-Consentino. The proceeded to get the ball to the Maritime 24 yard line for a fourth and three. With only 14 second left on the clock and no time outs, they called on Weidtman from 41 yards. The kick had the distance but ended up wide right, keeping the score 22-20 in favor of the Bucs and ultimately the final score after Maritime kneeled the ball to run out the clock.

What's Next

the Buccaneers will play host to the current conference lead, Framingham State, on Saturday, October 30th at 12pm at Clean Harbors Stadium.