BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Bucs men's lacrosse hosted Norwich University in the annual rivalry game between the teams on Taylor's Point. After some pregame antics on Monday by Norwich, the Bucs buried the Cadets, 20-8. The Buccaneers had 12 different goal scorers in the game.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 20, Cadets 8

Records: Maritime (3-1)

               Norwich (2-3)

Between The Pipes

Maritime: Ronan Kearney (W, 2-0): 8 Sv | 8 GA | 16 SH | 60 Min

Norwich: Thomas Hopkins (L, 1-3): 12 Sv | 16 GA | 28 SH | 60 Min

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Freshman Joe Vricella led all players with four goals in the game. 
• Quinn Mucha, and Daniel Kane each scored three goals.
• Cooper Barrett added two goals in the win.
• Andy Aguado-Scheyer, Ryan Cameron, Evan Doig, Nick Leander, Jack Iversen, Kyle Shanahan, Patrick Donahue, and Grant McIver each scored once.
• Mucha assisted on eight goals in the victory for the Bucs. Iversen had five helpers of his own. Kane added two with Cooper McIntire, James Cassidy, and Braeden Kosiewicz all had one.
• Faceoff man Brian Rosher won 18-of-29 faceoffs and picked up a game-high 12 ground balls. 
• Defensively, Chris Sullivan, Shanahan, and Jack O'Donnell all caused three turnovers. The Bucs caused 15 turnovers in total. 
• In total, Maritime picked up 47 ground balls, converted 17-of-25 clear chances, won 18-of-31 faceoffs, scored two powerplay goals on three opportunities, and took 52 total shots.

Norwich

• Drew Fleury led the Cadets offensively with three goals. Five other Norwich players scored one goal apiece. 
• Fleury also led the team in assists with two. Three other Cadets recorded assists. 
• Clayton Cisar and faceoff man Thomas Muraski each had five ground balls in the game.
• Muraski won 13-of-28 faceoffs for Norwich.
• Defensively, Mason McMahon caused a game-high four turnovers. 
• In total, Norwich picked up 36 ground balls, were successful on 24-of-27 clearances, won 13-of-31 faceoffs, scored on one of two power play opportunities, and took 32 total shots in the game. 

How It Happened

Norwich struck first in the first quarter on a goal from Fleury at 12:19. Maritime scored 30 seconds later on Vricella's first and proceeded to rattle off four unanswered throughout the remainder of the first quarter. Vricells scored again at 10:36, Kane scored on a powerplay at 7:08, and Mucha scored his first at 3:39 to give the Bucs a 4-1 lead at the end of one. 

The second quarter was the highest scoring of the game with nine goals. Norwich started it off with a Mitchell McKay power play goal at 13:44. With the same penalty to the Bucs locked in, Kane scored with Maritime a man down at 13:33 to go up 5-2. The Bucs would score again at 11:24 and then immediately off the ensuing faceoff at 11:24 and then again off the next faceoff at 11:18 to go up five goals, 7-2. It took a little longer for the Buccaneers to get their next one, 28 seconds, but they scored a fourth unanswered from Barrett at 10:50 to make the score 8-2. Norwich broke up the party with two goals of their own at 8:25 and 5:26 to cut the deficit to four goals, 8-4. The Bucs closed out the first half with goals from LEander and Mucha to hit double digits and take a six goal, 10-4 lead going to the halftime break.

To open the third, Doig scored his first of the season to put the bucs up 11-4. Norwich got a goal from Matt Meehan less than a minute later to get back within six, 11-5. The Bucs scored two in a row from Barrett and Shanahan in less than a minute and extended the lead to 13-5. Fleury scored again for the Cadets at 4:30 and Mucha closed out the third with a Bucs goal at 4:09. Maritime led 14-6 at the end of three quarters of play.

In the fourth, The Bucs kept their foot on the gas scoring six more times. Vricella, Aguado-Scheyer, and Iversen on a powerplay, scored to go up 11 goals, 17-6. Tyler Seidel then scored for the guests to make it 17-7. Cameron and MacIver went down and scored for Maritime at 5:51 and 4:12 to make the score 19-7. Norwich got one more goal from Christian Rainis, their leading scorer, at 2:32 but the Bucs weren't done as they added one more from Donahue at 1:57 to complete the 20-8 win over the Cadets in Buzzards Bay.

What's Next

The Buccaneers are back home for their next game on Saturday, March 9th at 6pm against Curry College in non-conference action.