BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Men's lacrosse hosted Roger Williams in their home opener on Tuesday night in Buzzards Bay. Coming in at 3-1, Maritime was looking to put on a show against the 1-5 Hawks, and they did just that. Maritime held a 7-4 lead at the half and extended that lead to eight, 12-4, midway through the third, then the Hawks came soaring back, ultimately tying the game at 13-13, sending it to overtime. Just over a minute into the first overtime period, the Buccaneers found the back of the net on a Joe Vricella goal to win the game 14-13.

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 14, Hawks 13

Records: Maritime 4-1

               Roger Williams 1-6

Between the Pipes

Maritime: Jason Visser (W, 1-0): 13 GA | 17 SV | 30 SOG | 61:43 Mins

Roger Williams: Logan Dudley (L, 0-2): 14 GA | 10 SV | 24 SOG | 61:43 Mins

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Chilton Cabot and James Sullivan each scored four goals in the win. Joe Vricella added three goals, and Quinn Mucha, Cooper Barrett, and Ryan McDonough each had one.
• Cabots recorded two assists in the game; Andy Aguado-Scheyer, Barrett, and Sullivan each had one helper.
• Cole Jenkis picked up a game-high 14 ground balls and won 22 of 29 faceoffs he took. 
• Defensively, Chris Sullivan recorded six caused turnovers.
• In total, Maritime picked up 44 ground balls, was successful on 19 of 27 clearances, won 22 of 31 faceoffs, and took 48 total shots.

Roger Williams

• Brady Lee scored a game-high five goals in the loss. Caleb McKeown scored three for the guests, and Carter Shelton scored twice. Three other players scored once for the Hawks.
• Harrison Steffens had two assists in the game. Five other RWU players had one assist.
• McKeown led all Hawks with seven ground balls. 
• On the faceoff, Alex Burrill led the team with four wins in 13 tries. 
• Defensively, McKeown and Burrill each caused two turnovers. 
• In total, Roger Williams picked up 36 ground balls, was successful on 13 of 23 clearances, won nine of 31 faceoffs, and took 43 total shots.

How It Happened

Maritime scored first at the 11:58 mark of the first on Sullivan's first of the game. The Hawks matched it at 10:36 to tie the game at 1-1. The Bucs went on to score two more in the quarter to one from the Hawks. Maritime led, 3-2, at the end of one. 

Roger Williams opened the second with a goal that tied the score at 3-3. Then, Sullivan scored two, and Cabot scored once to open the Bucs' lead to their biggest of the night, so far, 6-3. Lee and Cabot scored one more time for their teams, and the Buccaneers led by three at the half, 7-4.

To open the third, the Buccaneers scored five unanswered goals, two from Cabot, and one apiece from Vricella, Barrett, and Mucha to open the lead to eight goals, 12-4. Following the fifth goal by the Buccaneers in the quarter, the Hawks took a timeout and instantly turned the momentum in their favor. Over the last 8:32 of the third quarter, the Hawks scored six unanswered to get the game within two goals, 12-10, at the end of the quarter.

In the fourth, Roger Williams made the unanswered streak seven goals to get within one goal, 12-11. Vricella scored at 11:42 of the fourth, the Bucs' last goal of regulation, to make it 13-11. At 3:04, McKeown scored to make it 13-12, and with 1:22 left in regulation, Shelton scored to tie the game at 13-13. Though each team had another chance at ending the game in regulation, this game was destined for overtime.

In the first overtime period, decided by the first goal scored, the Hawks threatened, even getting a shot off of Visser that would have ended it. Following the save, the Buccaneers went down the field and waited for the right moment to strike. Then, with 2:17 left in the first overtime, Vricella fired a shot from 15 yards out and scored the game-winner. Maritime went on to win, 14-13, and improve to 4-1 on the season.

What's Next

The Buccaneers open Little East Conference play in their next game on Sunday, March 22nd, at WestConn at 1 pm.