WELLESLEY, Mass -- The Buccaneers men's lacrosse team traveled to Babson College to take on the Beavers in the second round of the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship Tournament. Coming off a first-round win over Husson on Wednesday, the Bucs had their work cut out for them against a tough Babson squad. At the end of 60 minutes, the Maritime magic came to an end with a final of 26-8 in favor of the Beavers.

The Basics

Final: Beavers 26, Buccaneers 8

Records: Babson 17-2

               Maritime 16-3

Between The Pipes

Maritime: Nicholas Hall (L, 14-3): 26 GA | 6 SV | 32 SOG | 60 Mins

Babson: Andrew Almquist (W, 17-2): 7 GA | 13 SV | 20 SOG | 53:30 Mins

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• James Sullivan scored four times in the game for the Bucs. Daniel Kane added three scores, and Joe Vricella had one goal in the loss.
• Sullivan and Kyle Shanahan each had an assist.
• On the ground, Chris Sullivan picked up a team-high seven ground balls. 
• On the faceoff, Cole Jenkins won four of the 18 faceoffs he took. 
• Defensively, C. Sullivan caused a game-high three turnovers. 
• In total, Maritime picked up 26 ground balls, was successful on 17 of 22 clearances, won five of 37 faceoffs, and took 39 shots in the game.

Babson

• Braden Reilly scored a game-high five times in the win for the Beavers. Patrick McAleavey scored four times, and Sam Sisk netted three. 10 other Babson players scored at least once in the game.
• Sisk led the game with three assists. Eight other players had assists in the game.
• On the ground, Will Reading picked up a game-high nine ground balls. 
• Faceoff men Beck Trafton and Reading each won 13 faceoffs. 
• Defensively, eight different players caused one turnover.
• In total, Babson picked up 46 ground balls, was successful on 19 of 19 clearances, won 32 of 37 faceoffs, and took 61 total shots.

How It Happened

Babson scored first 47 seconds into the game to take a 1-0 lead. The Bucs tied the game at 1-1 on Kane's first goal of the game. Unfortunately, that was Maritime's only goal of the quarter, and the Beavers went on to score nine more in the first 15 minutes. Babson led 10-1 after one quarter of play.

Sullivan scored first in the second, 31 seconds into the period, to bring the score to 10-2. Babson scored back-to-back to extend the lead to 10 goals, 12-2. Vricella scored his goal at 11:31 to make it a 12-3 contest, followed by back-to-back goals again from Babson. At 4:29, Kane scored his second to get back within 10, 14-4. The Beavers scored at 3:15 and with one second left in the half to take a 16-4 lead heading to the break.

Babson opened the second half with three goals to make the score 19-4. Kane scored his third at 9:37 to make it 19-5. Over the final 8:32 of the third, Babson scored six times and led 25-5 heading to the fourth quarter.

In the fourth, the Buccaneers outscored their hosts 3-1. Sullivan scored all three goals for Maritime, and Babson got one more goal with 2:50 left in regulation. The lead was insurmountable for the Buccaneers, and they fell in the second round, 26-8, bringing their historic season to an end.