NORTON, Mass -- The Bucs men's lacrosse team traveled up I-495 on Wednesday evening to take on former NEWMAC rival Wheaton in a non-conference matchup. The Buccaneers got four goals from Dane Kane in the game and tried to make a late comeback after a slow start, but were ultimately beaten by the Lyons, 17-10.

The Basics

Final: Lyons 17, Buccaneers 10

Records: Maritime 2-1

               Wheaton 6-1

Between The Pipes

Maritime: Nicholas Hall (L, 2-1): 17 GA | 13 SV | 30 SOG | 60 Mins

Wheaton: Evan Borchet (W, 6-1): 9 GA | 16 SV | 25 SOG | 56:51 Mins

Inside The Numbers

Maritime

• Dan Kane scored four goals for the second consecutive game to lead the Buccaneers attack. Chilton Cabot and Quinn Mucha scored twice in the game. James Sullivan and Ryan McDonough each scored once. 
• Kane and McDonough each notched two assists in the loss, with Joe Vricella, Mucha, and Cooper Barrett recording one. 
• Faceoff man Cole Jenkins led the Buccaneers with 11 ground balls in the game and won 19 of 28 faceoffs. Barrett picked up three ground balls in the game, surpassing 100 in his career.
• Defensively, Chris Sullivan caused a game-high four turnovers in the loss.
• In total, Maritime picked up 43 ground balls, was successful on 18 of 21 clearances, and took 46 total shots.

Wheaton

• Emmett Edwards led all players with five goals in the Lyons win. Three other players notched three goals in the game.
• Theo Stamatel recorded a game-high four assists.
• Henry Stamatel led the Lyons with four ground balls.
• On the faceoff, Chris Bodnaruk won 10 of 25 faceoffs for his team.
• Defensively, two players recorded two caused turnovers to lead Wheaton.
• In total, Wheaton picked up 28 ground balls, was successful on 27 of 29 clearances, and took 42 total shots.

How It Happened

Maritime fell behind early in the game, as Wheaton scored five goals in the first and kept the Bucs off the board. The Lyons led 5-0 at the end of one.

In the second, the Buccaneers scored first, nearly midway through the quarter, on a Cabot score to make it 5-1 Lyons. Wheaton went on to score four unanswered, including three goals in the final 1:37 of the second quarter, to bring the score to 9-1 at the halftime break.

The teams were even in the third quarter, with both scoring twice. Wheaton scored first at 9:04, then Cabot and Kane scored to bring the score to 10-3. The Lyons got one more goal in the quarter with five seconds left to give them an eight-goal, 11-3 advantage going to the fourth quarter. 

In the fourth, the Buccaneers outscored the Lyons, 7-6, not enough to erase the deficit. They did get within four goals with 7:55 left in the quarter, 13-9. Wheaton scored first in the final quarter of play, followed by three maritime goals, two from Mucha and one from Kane. Wheaton sprinkled in a goal before the Bucs scored three more unanswered, two from Kane, one from McDonough, which brought the score to 13-9. Then, the Lyons scored four times to make the score 17-9. Sullivan scored one more for the Buccaneers with 1:35 left in the game. Wheaton saw the game out and gave the Bucs their first loss of the season, 17-10.

What's Next

The Bucs travel to Maine on Saturday to take on Maine Maritime in the Admiral's Cup at 11am.