BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Bucs men's lacrosse played host to Clark on Tuesday night in non-conference play. The long-time rivals played to a close 15-13 final in favor of the Cougars. The score matches the score from last year's meeting, which Clark won, 15-13.

The Basics

Final: Cougars 15, Buccaneers 13

Records: Maritime 5-2 

               Clark 6-3

Between the Pipes

Maritime: Eddie Keller (L, 3-1): 15 GA | 10 SV | 25 SH | 60 Min

Clark: Casey McCullough (W, 5-3): 13 GA | 15 SV | 28 SH | 60 Min

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Ryan McDonough led Maritime with four goals in the game. Daniel Kane, James sullivan, and Joe Vricella all scored twice. Cooper Barrett, Cooper McIntire, and Braeden Kosiewicz scored once.
• Kosiewicz notched two assists, and Quinn Mucha, and Sullivan recorded one assist.
• Keller and Brian Rosher led the team with four ground balls.
• Rosher won 11 of the 28 faceoffs he took. 
• Defensively, Chris Sullivan and William Dykeman caused three turnovers.
• In total, Maritime picked up 27 ground balls, were successful on 18-of-27 clearances, won 12-of-32 faceoffs, and took 41 shots in the loss.

Clark

• Michael Berman Annunziata scored a game-high five goals. Matthew Minkwitz scored four times. Six other Cougars scored once.
• 10 Different Clark players recorded assists. 
• Patrick O'Rourke, Jack Insalaco, and Mason Kaufman all had four ground balls.
• Clark's faceoff takers, O'Rourke, Huy Doan, and Spencer Arzanipour won 7-of-11, 7-of-11, and 6-of-10 faceoffs, respectively.
• Defensively, Jacob Wharton caused three turnovers. 
• In total, Clark picked up 37 ground balls, were successful on 21-of-24 clearances, won 20-of-32 faceoffs, and took 42 shots in the win.

How It Happened

The Buccaneers took an early lead on a McDonough goal 51 seconds in. Clark followed that up with two goals to take a 2-1 lead halfway through the first. Sullivan tied the game for the Bucs at 2-2, and then Clark ran out to a three-goal 5-2 lead with just under four minutes left. Kane scored another for the Bucs, and the Cougars scored one more in the quarter with a minute left. Clark led 6-3 after one.

In the second, Barrett scored first to get the Bucs within two goals. Clark scored to pull back out to a three-goal lead, 7-4. Maritime then proceeded to score two goals in 20 seconds from Vricella and McDonough, and McDonough scored again two minutes later to tie the game at 7-7. Maritime scored the last goal of the half from McIntire with 1:42 on the clock and took their second lead of the game, 8-7, and led by that score at the half-time break.

In the third, Clark scored off the faceoff, five seconds in, to tie the game at 8-8. Sullivan gave the Bucs another lead, 9-8, with a goal at 13:51. The Cougars went on to score four unanswered and open up a three-goal lead in the third, 12-9. Kane scored another for the Bucs in the third to make it a two-goal game. Clark scored shortly after and led 13-10 at the end of the third quarter.

Maritime outscored Clark in the fourth, 3-2, including the last two goals of the game, though it wasn't enough to come back and the Cougars left Buzzards Bay with a 15-13 win.

What's Next

The Bucs continie their conference schedule on Saturday with a 1 pm game at Keene State up in New Hampshire.