Bucs Outrank Colonels in Rainy Milton
MILTON, Mass -- Women's Lacrosse traveled to Curry College on Saturday morning to take on the Colonels and left Milton with a 15-6 victory behind five goals from Sarah Naar and four from Cassie Llewellyn.
The Basics
Final: Buccaneers 15, Colonels 6
Records: Maritime (3-5)
Curry (4-5)
Between The Pipes
Maritime: Madison Selby (W, 3-5): 3 Sv | 6 GA | 9 SH | 60 Min
Curry: Alexa Puopolo (L, 0-2): 18 Sv | 16 GA | 23 SH
Inside The Numbers
Maritime
- Sarah Naar led all scorers with five goals in the game. Cassie Llewellyn added four scores.
- Lindsy Durgin, Allie Dickinson, and Caleigh Tompkins all scored twice.
- Dickinson led the way with three assists in the win. Llewellyn added two helpers and Naar recorded one.
- Naar led the team in ground balls with five.
- On the draw, Llewellyn tallied 12 draw controls for the Bucs.
- Defensively, Tompkins caused a game-high three turnovers.
- In total, Maritime picked up 28 ground balls, were successful on 15-of-18 clearance, won 17 draw controls, scored four-of-nine free position attempts and took 45 total shots in the game.
Curry
- Grayson Goolgasian and Ellie Hardman each scored two times. Ava Doyle and Casey Conneely both scored once.
- Natalie Keenan recorded two assists and four other Colonels tallied one.
- Goolgasian picked up a team-high three ground balls for Curry in the loss.
- Keenan tallied three draw controls to lead the team.
- Defensively, Goolgasian led the team with two caused turnovers.
- In total, Curry picked up 16 ground balls, were successful on 16-of-27 clearance chances, won six draw controls, did not have a free position attempt, and took 17 total shots in the game.
How It Happened
Curry jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first quarter with goals from Conneely at 10:54 and one from Goolasian at 8:36. Naar put the Bucs on the board at 8:06 and the remainder of the quarter belonged to Maritime. Llewellyn, Durgin, and Dickinson each scored over the final 5:24 of the quarter and the Bucs led 4-2 at the end of one.
Maritime extended their goal run to six in the second quarter with a goal from Llewellyn and one from Tompins. Halfway through the second, the Bucs led the Colonels, 6-2. Curry scored with 6:05 from Doyle to cut the deficit to three goals and Hardman added a score with 18 seconds left in the half to cut the Bucs lead to two goals, 6-4, at the halftime break.
Tompkins scored her second a little over two minutes into the second half to put the Buccaneers back up three goals, 7-4, and Curry answered a little over a minute later to make the score 7-5. Maritime proceeded to go on a 4-0 run getting three goals from Naar and one from Dickinson sandwich in between. All four of the goals were scored in a three-minute span and with 8:13 left in the third Maritime led 11-5. Curry closed out the third with a goal of their own from Hardman and the Colonels trailed at the end of three, 11-6.
In the final quarter of regulation, the Bucs scored the only goals and their defense stood strong against their hosts. Llewellyn scored the first two of the quarter at 13:17 and 12:27, Naar scored at 7:35 and Durgin capped off the win with a goal at 2:29. The Buccaneers left Curry with their third win of the season, 15-6, over the Colonels.
What's Next
Maritime will host Bridgewater State on Tuesday, MArch 26th at 7pm. The game will be preceded by a Senior Night celebration for the rostered seniors.