BUZZARDS BAY, Mass -- The Buccaneers hosted West Conn on Saturday in rainy Buzzards Bay for an LEC conference matchup. The league leading Wolves took it to the Bucs heading back to Danbury with a 16-10 victory.

The Basics

Final: Wolves 16, Buccaneers 10

Records: Maritime 7-4 (3-2)

               WestConn 8-6 (5-0)

Between the Pipes

Maritime: Eddie Keller (L, 4-4): 16 GA | 14 SV | 30 SH | 60 Min

WestConn: Jake Kelly (W, 5-2): 10 GA | 8 SV | 18 SH | 60 Min

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• James Sullivan and Quinn Mucha scored three goals apiece in the loss. Daniel Kane, Chilton Cabot, Joe Vricella, and Ryan McDonough scored one.
• Mucha, Kane, Sullivan, Cooper McIntire, and Braeden Kosiwicz all had an assist. 
• Keller led the Bucs in ground balls with four. 
• On the faceoff, Cole Jenkins won nine of 21 faceoffs.
• Defensively, Andy Aguado-Scheyer and Scott McKinnon recorded two caused turnovers.
• In total, Maritime picked up 27 ground balls, converted 21 of 26 clearances, won 10 of 29 faceoffs, and took 27 shots in the game.

WestConn

• Liam Ford scored six times in the win. Matt Sweeney and Tyler Starrett scored three. Tristan McMahon, Sam Rosa, Julian Duque, and Benjamin Hawthorne scored one.
• Sweeney notched three assists in the game. Starrett, Rosa, Duque, and Hawthorne recorded one. 
• Faceoff man Jon Russack-Baker picked up a game-high 12 grund balls and won 19 of 27 faceoffs he took.
• Defensively, Starrett caused two turnovers.
• In total, WestConn picked up 34 ground balls, converted 18 of 19 clearances, won 19 of 29 faceoffs, and took 54 shots in the victory.

How It Happened

Starrett opened the scoring for WestConn just over a minute into the game to give the Wolves a 1-0 lead. Cabot matched that with the Bucs first goal at 12:06 to tie the game, 1-1. The teams traded goals the entire first quarter, with the Wolves scoring five to the Bucs four and led 5-4 at the end of the first 15 minutes of play. 

Sullivan scored first in the second for Maritime to tie the game at 5-5. Starrett and Mucha scored for their respective teams at 9:41 and 8:48 to bring the game to 6-6 midway through the second. 17 seconds after Mucha's goal, the Wolved started a three-goal run over a minute and 54 seconds of game time. With 6:37 left in the first half, WestConn took a three-goal, 9-6 lead. Sullivan scored again for the Bucs at 4:13, and Rosa scored for the Wolves. At the half, WestConn led the Bucs 10-7.

In the third quarter, each team scored two goals. Hawthorne scored the first of the second half for the Wolves at 10:33. Maritime then scored back-to-back at 7:31 and 4:59 to cut the deficit to two goals, 11-9. Less than a minute after the Buccaneers second goal of the back-to-back, Sweeney scored for WestConn, and the Wolves went up three goals, 12-9, at the end of the third.

In the fourth, the Wolves went on a three-goal run, extending the unanswered streak to four goals going back to the third quarter. With 6:23 left in the game, WestConn led by six goals, 15-9. Kane scored for the Buccaneers to get the team to double-digit goals, and Ford added one more for the visitors at 2:28 to seal the 16-10 win for WestConn to remain undefeated in conference play.

What's Next

Maritime travels to Wheaton College on Tuesday to take on the Lyons in non-conference play at 7 pm.