BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- The Buccaneers hosted Maine Maritime on Saturday in their annual Admiral's Cup game in Buzzards Bay looking to snap a two-game losing streak. The Mariners were too stong in the end for the Bucs, taking the Cup back to Castine by a final of 12-4.

The Basics

Final: Mariners 12, Buccaneers 4

Records: Maine Maritime 4-1

               Mass. Maritime 1-3

Between The Pipes

Maine Maritime: Ella Bowes (W, 4-1): 4 GA | 7 SV | 11 SH | 60 Min

Mass. Maritime: Christiane Rech (L, 1-3): 12 GA | 9 SV | 21 SH | 60 Min

Inside The Numbers

Mass. Maritime

• Brady Deschamps led the team with two goals. Lindsy Durgin and Tessa Hinds had one goal each.
• Allie Dickinson had a team-high two assists and Karah Deveau added one.
• Deveau led the Bucs in ground balls with four in the game. 
• Durgin had five draw controls in the loss.
• Defensively, Mackenzie Hawkins recorded a single-game program record of seven caused turnovers for Maritime.
• In total, Mass. Maritime picked up 20 ground balls, were successful on 15-of-26 clears, won 10 draw controls, and took 15 shots in the game.

Maine Maritime

• Hadley Stoddard scored a game-high five goals for the Mariners. Lillian Diversi scored three and Hazel Stoddard netted two. Kirra Magana and Julia Wade scored one goal each.
• Bella Scolaro had a team-high two assists and Hazel Stoddards and Magana had one assist.
• Hazel Stoddard picked up a game-high five ground balls.
• Magan won four draw controls for Maine.
• Defensively, Diversi led the team with three caused turnovers.
• In total, Maine picked up 26 ground balls, were successful on 17-of-22 clears, won nine draw controls, and took 25 shots in the game.

How It Happened

Maine scored the only goals in the first quarter with two from the Stoddard sisters, one from Wade, and a fourth from Diversi. The Mariners held a 4-0 advantage after one quarter of play.

The Mariners kept their goal streak going in the second with two goals in the first two minutes to make it 6-0. The Bucs then went back to back with two goals from Deschamps at 10:27 and eight minutes later at 2:24. The Bucs trailed 6-2 late in the first half. With 25 seconds left in the second, Maine scored one more to take a 7-2 lead into the half.

Just two goals were scored in the third, one from each team. Durgin scored first at 8:17 to pull within four, 7-3, and Hadley Stoddard took the goal back late in the period. Maine led 8-3 after three quarters.

In the fourth, Maine outscored the Bucs 5-1. Three goals came on power plays for the Mariners, two from Hadley Stoddard, one from Hazel and then Diversi scored again to make the score 12-3. At the buzzer of the game, Hinds scored her goal to make the score 12-4, which was also the final.

What's Next

The Bucs are on the road for their next game on Tuesday, March 18th at Anna Maria with game time set for 6 pm.