BUZZARDS BAY, Mass — The Buccaneers ran into a tough Suffolk Rams team at home on Tuesday evening and fell 6-1. Senior Captain Quinn Kelly scored the goal on the night for the Bucs.
The Basics
Final: Rams 6, Buccaneers 1
Records: Suffolk (3-2-2)
Maritime (1-4)
Between The Pipes
Suffolk: Ian Caldwell (1-0): 5 SOG | 1 GA | 4 SV | 90 Min
Maritime: Preston Joia (L, 1-4): 11 SOG | 4 GA | 7 SV | 51:21 Min
Kaden Winter: 3 SOG | 2 GA | 1 SV | 38:39 Min
Inside The Numbers
Maritime
- Quinn Kelly scored for the Bucs on a penalty kick in the 76th minute, his second goal of the season.
- The Bucs had five shots on target, three from Kelly, one from Brody Calvert, and another from freshman Michael Kennedy.
- In total, Maritime took nine shots and had two corner kicks in the loss.
Suffolk
- Damon Smargon scored twice for the Rams. Edward Aboudeid, Diego Pierantozzi, Luke Blawn, and Tommy Kurz all scored once.
- Smargon added two assists to his score line. Javen Ironside, Tommy Handelsman, and Taj Jensen all had one assist.
- Of the Rams 14 shots on target, Smargon took four of them to lead the team.
- In total, Suffolk took 28 shots and had three corner kicks, all in the first half, in the win.
How It Happened
Smargon scored first for the Rams in the 11th minute to give the visitors a 1-0 lead. In the 25th minute, Pierantozzi scored to make it 2-0. The teams went to the half time break with Suffolk leading, 2-0.
In the second half, Smargon scored again in the 47th minute to make the score 3-0. Five minutes later the Rams added their fourth goal from Blawn and just over a minute after Blawn’s score Abouzeid made the score 5-0 with his goal. In the 76th minute, the Buccaneers had their best offensive opportunity of the night on a breakaway up the middle. A Suffolk defender tackled the Buccaneers forward in the box to earn a penalty. Kelly stepped up and put the ball in the bottom right hand corner to erase the clean sheet for Suffolk and make the score 5-1. In the 82nd minute, the Rams tacked on one more from Kurz. Suffolk went on to win by a final of 6-1 over the Bucs.
What’s Next
Maritime opens their MASCAC slate on Friday night against Westfield State in Western Mass at 7pm.
