BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- In the Buccaneers' second doubleheader in as many days, the team took on Bay Path University and, allowing just two runs on the day, swept the Wildcats, 7-1 and 9-1.

Game One

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 7, Wildcats 1

Records: Maritime 5-4

               Bay Path 3-8

In the Circle

Maritime: Jennamarie Klemp (W, 4-2): 7 IP | 5 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 2 B | 3 K

Bay Path: Kaitlyn Kerstetter (L, 0-4): 3 IP | 5 H | 5 R | 5 ER | 4 BB | 1 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Reagan Kerecz, Camryn Whitman, and Natalie Gale each had two hits in the win. Hannah Burton, Abbey Doherty, and Mikale Lemons each had one hit. Burton's one hit in the game was her 100th career hit, becoming the fourth player in program history to reach the mark.
• Whitman had a double, the only extra-base hit for the Bucs in the game.
• Kerecz drove in two runs in the win. Burton, Whitman, and Gale all drove in one run.
• Whitman and Lemons scored twice. Kerecz, Doherty, and Gale scored once.
• Kerecz stole three bags in the game, and Patane stole one.

Bay Path

• Five different players had one hit each in the loss.
• Ansley Morrison had a double, the only extra-base hit in the game for the Wildcats.
• Madison Tessmer drove in the only run.
• Morrison scored the lone run.

How It Happened

After a scoreless first inning, the Buccaneers scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning. The first came in on a wild pitch with Whitman scoring. Kerecz then singled to left center, bringing in Gale and Lemons to make the score 3-0. The fourth run of the inning came on an interesting play in which Kerecz scored on a walk of Burton, where she was caught between first and second after running past first, and Kerecz scored before the third out at second base.

In the top of the third, Bay Path scored their only run when Tessmer grounded out to shortstop and Morrison came in to score. The Bucs led 4-1. The Bucs added one in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Whitman with Doherty coming in to score. The Bucs led 5-1 after three. 

Maritime went on to score a run in the bottom of the fourth on a single by Burton, her 100th hit, that brought in Lemons. They would score another run in the bottom of the fifth on a Gale single to left that Whitman scored on. 

The Bucs led 7-1 after five, and Klemp and the Bucs defense shut down the Wildcats the rest of the way to win game one, 7-1.

Game Two

The Basics

Final: Buccaneers 9, Wildcats 1 (5 Innings)

Records: Maritime 6-4

               Bay Path 3-9

In The Circle

Maritime: Ashleigh Catlett (W, 2-2): 5 IP | 2 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 5 BB | 6 K

Bay Path: Jenna Boudreau (L, 1-1): 4 IP | 15 H | 9 R | 9 ER | 0 BB | 1 K

Inside the Numbers

Maritime

• Kelsey Booker and Ab'c'de Patane each had three hits in the game. Reagan Kerecz, Camryn Whitman, and Mikale Lemons each had two hits in the win. Hannah Burton, Abbey Doherty, and Cassie Lynch all had one hit.
• Patane hit a three-run home run in the game, her first of the season. Kerecs, Booker, and Patane each had a double. 
• Patane drove in five runs in the win. Burton, Whitman, and Lynch added one apiece. 
• Booker and Patane scored two runs each. Kerecz, Burton, Lyv Belbin, Lemons, and Lynch all scored once.
• Lemons recorded two stolen bases in the win. Kerecz and Booker each had one. For Booker, the steal was the first in the senior's career.

Bay Path

• Jenna Boudreau and Eliana Tena had the only two hits for the Wildcats.
• Boudreau drove in the only run.
• Madison Tessmer scored the Bay Path run.
• Tessmer stole two bases in the loss.

How It Happened

In the bottom of the first, the Buccaneers scored four runs. Burton singled in Kerecz, Patane doubled in Burton and Booker, and Whitman drove in Patane to give the Bucs a 4-0 lead after one.

Maritime added a run in the bottom of the second inning. Patane singled and was thrown out at second, allowing Booker to come in to score and make it a 5-0 game.

Bay Path scored its lone run in the top of the third on a Boudreau infield single, bringing in Tessmes. The Bucs led 5-1 after three innings. 

In the bottom of the fourth, Lemons singled and proceeded to steal second and third. Then, Lynch knocked her in with a single. Later in the inning, Patane homered, scoring herself, Belbin, and Lynch to put the Bucs up eight runs.

After retiring the side in the top of the fifth, the Bucs won the game by run-rule, 9-1, to sweep the doubleheader. 

What's Next

Maritime hosts Clark on Sunday at Rollins field for a non-conference doubleheader beginning at noon.