BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- The Buccaneers softball team hosted Bridgewater State on Tuesday in MASCAC Play. Debuting their new all-white jerseys, the Bucs were unable to pick up a win on the field, losing game one, 8-2, and game two, 5-2.

Game One

The Basics

Final: Bears 8, Buccaneers 2

Records: Maritime 8-10 (1-4)

               Bridgewater 13-8 (4-1)

In the Circle

Maritime: Jennamarie Klemp (L, 6-5): 7 IP | 12 H | 8 R | 7 ER | 0 BB | 1 K

Bridgewater: Lily Gagnon (W, 2-1): 7 IP | 8 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 2 BB | 4 K

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Hannah Burton and Kelsey Booker had two hits in the game. Reagan Kerecz, Sarah Holler, Carlee Hiddeman, and Mikale Lemons each had one hit. 
• Burton and Booker drove in one run each. 
• Kerecz and Burton scored the two Buccaneers runs.
• Lemons stole a base in the loss.

Bridgewater

• Angelina Lynch and Sydney Schaefer had three hits in the game. Ella Staffier had two hits, and four other Bears recorded one hit.
• Lynch and Aubrey Carberry both had a triple in the win. Schaefer, Staffier, and Savanah Dubois all had a double.
• Schaefer and Carberry drove in two runs each. Lynch, Victoria Becker, Staffier, and Emily Easman had one RBI apiece.
• Lynch scored three times, and Schaefer scored twice. Carberry, Staffier, and Dubios all scored once.
• Staffier recorded a stolen base in the game.

How It Happened

The Bears scored first in the top of the first inning. Schaefer doubled in Lynch, followed by a Carberry sacrifice fly to bring in Schaefer. When the Bucs came to bat in the bottom of the inning, they answered, getting one run back on a Burton RBI single to score Kerecz. The Bears led 2-1 after one.

In the top of the third, Schaefer grounded out to shortstop, allowing Lynch to score and make the score 3-1 Bridgewater. In the bottom of the frame, the Bucs closed the gap back to one run on a Booker RBI single to right, bringing in Burton. The Bucs trailed 3-2 after three.

Bridgewater scored two runs in the top of the fourth to extend the lead to three runs, 5-2. They went on to add three more runs in the top of the seventh. The Bucs, unable to answer, lost game one, 8-2.

Game Two

The Basics

Final: Bears 5, Buccaneers 2

Records: Maritime 8-11 (1-5)

               Bridgewater 14-8 (5-1)

In The Circle

Maritime: Ashleigh Catlett (L, 2-6): 7 IP | 8 H | 5 R | 5 ER | 3 BB | 5 K

Bridgewater: Olivia Hargreaves (W, 3-3): 7 IP | 8 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 0 BB | 11 K

Inside the Numbers

Maritime

• Ab'c'de Patane had two hits for the Bucs in the loss. Reagan Kerecz, Hannah Burton, Kelsey Booker, Sarah Holler, Abbey Doherty, and Eva Warren each had one hit.
• Booker and Doherty recorded doubles in the game.
• Patane and Doherty drove in the two Maritime runs.
• Kailyn Durham and Mikale Lemons scored the two runs.
• Lemons stole a base in the loss.

Bridgewater

• Victoria Becker had three hits in the win. Makayla Ansell added two hits, and Sydney Schaefer, Aubrey Carberry, and Savanah Dubois each had one hit.
• Carberry hit a triple in the win. Ansell had two doubles in the game, and Carberry and Becker added one apiece.
• Becker drove in two runs, and Carberry drove in one.
• Schaefer and Ansell each scored twice, and Carberry scored once.
• Schaefer and Becker stole two bases in the win. Carberry and Dubois added one stolen base each.

How It Happened

Bridgewater scored first in the top of the first inning on a Carberry would-be home run that drove in one run. Carberry was called out at the plate for team interference on the field, and the Bears took a 1-0 lead in the first. 

Bridgewater held that 1-0 lead until the fifth inning when they extended their lead to 4-0. Carberry drove in another run on a double to center field. Then, Becker singled in Ansell to make the score 3-0. Carberry stole home as part of a double steal with Becker, and the Bears went up 4-0 after five.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Bucs were able to get on the board twice. Patane singled in Durham, a pinch runner, and Doherty doubled in Lemons later in the inning to cut the deficit to two runs, 4-2.

In the top of the seventh, Bridgewater added an insurance run on an RBI single from Becker to make it a 5-2 game. The Bears kept the Bucs off the board in the bottom of the seventh, and the Buccaneers fell in game two, 5-2.

What's Next

The Bucs are in Worcester to take on the Lancers on Saturday in a conference doubleheader beginning at noon.