Baseball 

Ross Hickey

Massachusetts Maritime opened its Northern schedule last weekend by sweeping a pair of non-league twinbills from Rivier (14-6, 11-0) on Saturday and Lyndon State (9-3, 13-0) at Commodore Hendy Field, as Head Coach Bob Corradi's Bucs rapped out 47 hits and scored 47 runs in 24 innings of work. Sophomore Brad Musk (Dania, Fla.) batted .545 with six hits and four RBI on the weekend for the hosts, while fellow sophomore Ross Hickey (Centerville, Mass.) led the way at the plate for Massachusetts Maritime with a .625 batting average that included a pair of extra base hits, four RBI and a 1.000 slugging percentage. Freshman Jared Lowe (Brimfield, Mass.) impressed on the mound for the Bucs by tossing a complete-game one-hit shutout in his first collegiate start in Saturday's nightcap against Rivier, as he earned a spot on this week's MASCAC weekly honor roll for his efforts, while junior David Hike (Riverview, Fla.) allowed just one hit and fanned 10 in five innings of work in Sunday's nightcap triumph against Lyndon State. Sophomore Corey Murphy (East Wareham, Mass.) struck out a career-high 12 in Saturday's opener against the Raiders, while junior Matthew O'Brien (Swampscott, Mass.) and sophomore Nick Levitre (Grafton, Mass.) combined for a win and save in Sunday's opener against the Hornets. Massachusetts Maritime, 4-3 overall on the young season, continues a six-game homestand Wednesday afternoon by hosting Eastern Nazarene in a non-league outing at Commodore Hendy Field beginning at 3:00 p.m. EDT.

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Brian Burke 

Sophomore Jake Bickley's (Wilbraham, Mass.) goal with 8:39 remaining proved to be the game-winner and lifted Massachusetts Maritime to a 10-9 non-league college men's lacrosse victory over UMass Dartmouth Monday afternoon at Cressy Field in North Dartmouth, Mass.

Bickley converted a feed from junior Connor Burke (Del Mar, Calif.) on the deciding tally for Head Coach Barry Joyce's Buccaneers in a contest that saw seven lead changes and six ties.  Massachusetts Maritime overcame an early 3-1 deficit to take a 5-4 advantage at the break, and the Bucs built a 9-7 third quarter lead on the strength of two goals each by Connor Burke and his junior brother Brian (Del Mar, Calif.), as the latter's marker with 6:31 to play in the third stanza accounted for the two goal difference. 

Brian Burke notched six goals in the triumph for Massachusetts Maritime, while Connor Burke finished with a pair of markers and four assists for six points as well.  Freshman Kyle Lersch (Suffolk, Va.) added the other tally of the day for the Buccaneers, who also received an assist off the stick of senior John Herman (Stamford, Conn.).  Junior James Hitchings (Dover, Mass.) picked up his second win in goal for Massachusetts Maritime with a 10-save effort as the Buccaneers outshot the Corsairs by a 34-33 margin.

Massachusetts Maritime, 2-1 overall on the young season, heads to Throggs Neck, N.Y. this evening for a non-league match with New York Maritime in a battle for the inaugural "Maritime Cup" that begins at 7:00 p.m. EDT. 

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Both Massachusetts Maritime outdoor track and field teams opened their respective seasons with solid performances at the Northeastern Spring Husky Invitational last Saturday afternoon on the Solomon Track in Dedham, Mass.

Sophomore Rory O'Donnell (Somerset, Mass.) led the Buccaneer men's squad with a second place finish in the triple jump, as he posted a mark of 12.96 meters as the top Division III entrant in the event.  O'Donnell also posted an eighth place finish in the high jump with a mark of 1.78 meters en route to earning the nod as the MASCAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week, while freshman Chris Sullo (Canton, Mass.) placed fifth in the high jump (1.83 meters) and 13th in the 110 meter hurdles (18.41). 

Junior Jason McWhirter (Melvin Village, N.H.) posted an eighth place performance in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 11:44.58 for Massachusetts Maritime, which also received a top 20 finish from freshman James Hutchinson (Pembroke, Mass.) in the javelin (45.03 meters).  Sophomore Meredith Hall (Duxbury, Mass.) led the way on the women's side for the Buccaneers with a 17th place finish in the javelin (25.40 meters) on the afternoon. 

Both Massachusetts Maritime squads, under the direction of co-Head Coaches Chris Barry and Cathy Lohse-Whitelaw, return to action on Saturday, March 28th by heading to Smithfield, R.I. to participate in the Bryant Invitational that begins at 10:00 a.m.

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Massachusetts Maritime captured the varsity smallbore team title in the Marksman Division of the 2009 MAC Rifle Championships on March 7th on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va. 

Head Coach Oliver Deibert's Buccaneers posted a team score of 1,965 points to edge runner-up Indiana (Pa.)'s total of 1,915 points, as sophomore Michael Surette (Lynn, Mass.) led the way with an individual score of 531 points.  Junior Kevin Geisel (Gloucester, Mass.) was next with a score of 520 points, while senior Junita Goldman (Oakdale, Conn.) followed with 480 points.  Freshman Ethan Lowe (Wareham, Mass.) rounded out the Massachusetts Maritime contingent with a score of 434 points for the competition.

Surette and Geisel finished 19th and 23rd, respectively, in the final smallbore individual standings, while Goldman placed 32nd in the competition.  Freshman Justin O'Donnell (North Attleboro, Mass.) posted a score of 458 points in the individual air rifle competition for the Bucs.

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