BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- On Saturday afternoon, the Bucs hosted Fitchburg State at Rollins Field in a conference doubleheader. After losing game one by a 15-11 final the Bucs shutout the Falcons in game two, 5-0, to earn their first conference win since April 21st 2018 when they beat Westfield State 6-0 at home. 

Game One

The Basics

Final: Falcons 15, Buccaneers 11

Records: Fitchburg (8-16, 3-2)

               Maritime (10-13, 0-5)

In The Circle

Fitchburg: Mackenzie Leveille (W, 3-5): 4.1 IP | 6 H | 4 R | 2 ER | 1 BB | 2 K

Maritime: Jennamarie Klemp (L,8-11): 7 IP | 20 H | 15 R | 12 ER | 2 BB | 3 K

At The Plate

Maritime

• Erin Donlan and Rubi Butler led the Bucs with three hits each in the loss. 
• Reagan Kerecz, Hannah Burton, and Ab'c'de Patane each had two hits in the game.
• Kelsey Booker, Carleen Harring, Jennamarie Klemp, and Abby Pope each had one hit.
• Booker and Donlan each hit a double and Kerecz had a triple for the Bucs.
• Kerecz, Patane and Harring each drove in two runs.
• Donlan, Klemp and Pope drove in one each.
• Donlan and Klemp scored twice. Kerecz, Burton, Riley Fox, Patane, Harring, Butler, and Pope all scored once.

Fitchburg

• Madison Mantegani, Julia Gauvin, Kiara Bigeau, and Ella Marshall each had three hits in the game.
• Molly Grass, Mackenzie Leveille, and Lauren Kirkconnell all had two hits.
• Dana Cisowski and Isabella Sousa poth had one hit.
• Mantegani, Grass and Bigeau all hit doubles and Gauvin had a triple.
• Gauvin drove in four runs, Grass, Leveille, Marshall and Sousa each drove in two runs. Mantegani drove in one.
• Cisowski scored three times, Bryanna O'Connor, Grass, Bigeau, and Leveille all scored twice. Srah Cahill, Marshall, Shaelyn Burns, and Sousa all scored once.

How It Happened

Fitchburg scored the first runs of the game in the top of the second, scoring twice to go up 2-0. 

Maritime scored seven runs in the bottom of the third to take a 7-2 lead after three innings.

In the bottom of the fourth, Maritime added four runs to extend their lead to a commanding 11-2.

In the fifth inning the Fitchburg bats came alive as they scored three times to make the score 11-5. 

In the sixth, the Falcons added five more runs to pull within one run, 11-10. 

In the top of the seventh, the Bucs couldn't hold on and allowed five runs as the Falcons took a 15-11 lead. Leveille sat down the Bucs in the seventh and secured the 15-11 win for the Falcons in game one.

Game Two

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 5, Falcons 0

Records: Maritime (11-13, 1-5)

               Fitchburg (8-17, 3-3)

In the Circle

Maritime: Erin Donlan (W, 3-2): 7 IP | 2 H | 0 R | 6 BB | 2 K

Fitchburg: Mary Kate Moreau (L, 2-4): 3 IP | 6 H | 5 R | 3 ER | 1 BB | 1 K

At The Plate

Maritime

• Reagan Kerecz and Carleen Harring each had two hits. 
• Hannah Burton, Grace Biondo, and Rubi Butler each had one hit.
• Harring and Biondo both hit doubles. 
• Biondo and Butler were credited with an RBI in the win.
• Harring scored twice, Erin Donlan, Biondo, and Butler all scored once.
• Donlan and Harring were credited with stolen bases.

How It Happened

The scoring for the Bucs began in the second inning with their first run scoring on Biondo's double to plate Harring. Later in the inning, Kerecz reached on a fielding error by the third baseman allowing Butler and Biondo to come in to score. The Bucs led 3-0 after two innings.

In the third, the Bucs executed a double steal with Donlan stealing home for the fourth run of the game. Butler then singled up the middle allowing Harring to score from second base to give the Bucs a 5-0 lead.

Donlan threw four innings allowing no hits and closed out the game with solid defense behind her to secure the conference win for the Bucs, their first since April of 2018.

What's Next

The Buccaneers host Bridgewater State on Patriot's Day, Monday, April 17th, in a conference doubleheader beginning at 12pm.