BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- Bucs softball hosted Bridgewater State on Monday for their annual conference doubleheader. The Bucs and Bears split the day with Maritime winning game one, 2-0, and BSU took game two, 15-3. 

Game One

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 2, Bears 0

Records: Maritime 16-13 (3-6)

               Bridgewater 10-15 (3-6)

In The Circle

Maritime: Jennamarie Klemp (W, 8-8): 7 IP | 5 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 2 K

Bridgewater: Lily Gagnon (L, 0-1): 6 IP | 5 H | 2 R | 0 ER | 4 BB | 9 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Hannah Burton, Kelsey Booker, Rubi Butler, Natalie Gale, and Klemp had a hit in the game. 
• Ryan McDonald and Gale scored the runs in the game.

Bridgewater

• Angelina Lynch, Makayla Ansell, Sydney Schaefer, Amelia Blake, and Sidney Schwartz all had a hit in the loss. 
• Schaefer had a double in the game.
• Lynch stole a base.

How It Happened

A pitching duel ensued in game one between Gagnon and Klemp, with the two combining for 11 strikeouts and nine runners left on base.

Looking for a way to score in a scoreless game, the Buccaneers found a way in the bottom of the sixth inning. With McDonald on first as a pinch runner, Gale laid down a bunt and reached first with a hit. McDonald went for third with no one covering and with the left fielder coming in to try and make a play, Gagnon threw the ball away into left field. This allowed McDonald to come in to score, and the speedy Gale to come all the way around to score the second run. The Bucs led, 2-0, after six innings.

In the top of the seventh, Bridgewater led off with a single and had a runner reach third, but Klemp faced four batters in the inning, retired three of them, and left a runner on third. The Bucs picked up the win in game one, 2-0.

Game Two

The Basics

Final: Bears 15, Buccaneers 3

Records: Maritime 16-14 (3-7)

               Bridgewater 11-15 (4-6)

In The Circle

Maritime: Ashleigh Catlett (L, 8-6): 2.1 IP | 6 H | 5 R | 5 ER | 3 BB | 1 K

Bridgewater: Olivia Hargreaves (W, 5-4): 7 IP | 6 H | 3 R | 3 ER | 2 BB | 13 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Reagan Kerecz and Ab'c'de Patane recorded two hits in the game. Sarah Holler and Natalie Gale had one.
• Gale drove in two runs, and Kelsey Booker drove in one.
• Kerecz, Patane, and Camryn Whitman scored the Bucs three runs. 
• Gale had a double, the Bucs only extra-base hit. 
• Kerecz stole two bases, and Patane and Whitman had one steal.

Bridgewater

• Sydney Schaefer and Hargreaves had four hits in the win. Angelina Lynch had three hits, and Makayla Ansell, Amelia Blake, and Emily Marcotte had two hits. Victoria Becker, Olyvia Mendonca, and Isabel Bishop had one hit.
• Schaefer drove in six runs, Lynch drove in three, and Becker, Ansell, Blake, Hargreaves, Mendonca, and Marcotte drove in one. 
• Ansell and Schaefer scored three times. Lynch, Blake, and Marcotte scored twice, and Becker, Hargreaves, and Mendonca scored once.
• Schaefer hit two home runs in the win. Lynch had a triple and a double. Ansell, Schaefer, and Hargreaves all had a double.
• Lynch, Blake, Riley Fitzgerald, and Sarah Silvia had stolen bases.

What's Next

The Buccaneers are back home on Wednesday, April 23rd to play a non-conference doubleheader against Regis beginning at 4 pm.