BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Friday evening, the Buccaneers women's lacrosse team played host to Fitchburg State in conference play. A game that saw 28 goals and 23 cards went the way of the Falcons as the were victorious, 18-10, over the Bucs.

The Basics

Final: Falcons 18, Buccaneers 10

Records: Maritime 2-7 (0-2)

               Fitchburg 2-9 (1-1)

Between The Pipes

Maritime: Christiane Rech (L, 2-7): 18 GA | 10 SV | 28 SH | 60 Min

Fitchburg: Dakin Kovatch (W, 2-8): 10 GA | 7 SV | 17 SH | 60 Min

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Lindsy Durgin and Allie Dickinson scored three times in the game. Brady Deschamps scored twice, and Caleigh Tompkins and Karah Deveau scored once.
• Dickinson tallied two assists, and Descamps, Durgin, and Tompkins had one.
• Deveau and Rech led the Bucs in ground balls with three. 
• Dickinson and Deveau led the team in draw controls with four apiece.
• Defensively, Durgin and Rech caused two turnovers.
• In total, Maritime picked up 10 ground balls, were successful on nine-of-18 clearances, won 12 draw controls, and took 27 shots in the loss.

Fitchburg

• Jessica St. George and Autumn Tibbetts scored six goals apiece. Hannah Azzari and Delaney Ponder scored two, and Jeannine Preston and Kiley McFadden scored one.
• Ponder recorded three assists in the game, and Sophia Yates, St. George, and Tibbetts notched one assist.
• Leah Faria led all players with four ground balls. 
• St. George won a game-high six draw controls. 
• Defensively, three Falcons caused one turnover apiece.
• In total, Fitchburg picked up 17 ground balls, were successful on 14-of-16 clearances, won 18 draw controls, and took 34 shots in the win.

How It Happened

Fitchburg scored first midway through the first quarter on St. George's first of the night. Tibbetts followed that up with her first at 7:23, and Azzari scored at 3:17 to give the Falcons a 3-0 advantage. With 12 seconds left in the quarter, Tompkins scored to cut the deficit to two goals, 3-1. 

In the second, the Bucs scored first less than two minutes in on a Durgin score to get back within one goal, 3-2. Fithburg then scored two in a row, both from St. George, at 12:38 and 11:34 to go up 5-2. Durgin scored again at 10:37 to make the score 5-3. Five minutes later, Tibbetts scored for the Galcons to make the score 6-3. In the final 3:28 of the half, the Bucs got goals from Dickinson and then Durgin with 12 seconds left to bring the score to 6-5 in favor of Fitchburg at the halftime break.

The Falcons opened the scoring in the second half with another from St. George just under three minutes in. Deveau got that one back for the Bucs, and Maritime trailed 7-6. The Falcons went on a three-goal run from 6:55 to 3:28, with two goals from Tibbetts and one from Ponder to get the Falcons to double digits with a four-goal lead, 10-6. Deschamps and Dickinson scored back-to-back for Maritime to get back within two goals, and Tibbetts closed the scoring in the third with another to make the score 11-8 after three.

In the fourth, the Falcons scored early and often, scoring seven goals over 10:16 of the quarter, taking an 18-8 lead. In the final 2:10, Deschamps and Dickinson scored one goal apiece to make the score 18-10, the eventual final score in favor of the Falcons.

What's Next

The Bucs are off until Saturday, April 12th, when they take on Worcester State on the road in conference play at 4 pm.