BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. – The Roger Williams University Men's Lacrosse team was able to come back from an eight-goal deficit on Tuesday evening at Clean Harbors Stadium in their non-conference matchup at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, but eventually fell 14-13 in overtime.
Brady Lee (Mattapoisett, Mass.) helped lead the Roger Williams comeback, tallying five goals, with Caleb McKeown (Plymouth, Mass.) scoring three goals and dishing out an assist for four points. Harrison Steffens (Fairfield, Conn.) and Carter Shelton (Castle Rock, Colo.) each had two points, with Steffens dishing out two helpers and Shelton scoring twice. McKeown and Alex Burrill (Scituate, Mass.) each had two caused turnovers, while McKeown had seven ground balls.
Chilton Cabot tallied six points for the Buccaneers, while James Sullivan recorded five; both players had four goals in the contest. Joe Vricella had three goals in the matchup, and Chris Sullivan led the team with six caused turnovers. Cole Jenkins won 22-of-29 faceoffs for the Buccaneers, registering 14 ground balls.
Logan Dudley (Jericho, Vt.) had 10 saves while allowing 14 goals in the game, with Jonathan Visser making 17 stops out of 30 chances.
The matchup started level, as James Sullivan opened with a goal before the Hawks' Ethan Mahoney (Stonington, Conn.) put the first tally on the board for Roger Williams. Sullivan added another goal to retake the lead for Mass. Maritime, but Reece Moore (Marblehead, Mass.) connected with McKeown to level the score at 2-2, with 4:19 remaining in the opening frame. Taking advantage of a man-up opportunity, the Buccaneers saw Ryan McDonough put a tally on the board with 3:00 remaining in the first quarter to take a 3-2 lead into the second frame.
Sullivan scored the first two goals in the second period, followed by Cabot, taking a 6-3 lead. Lee then added one for the Hawks, with 5:12 remaining in the half, but a goal by Cabot with 2:30 remaining sparked a six-goal run for the hosts, taking a 12-4 lead with 9:40 remaining in the third quarter.
The Hawks responded with a stretch of their own, scoring seven straight goals, four during the stretch from Lee, that allowed the Hawks to come back to within one with 14:03 remaining. An answer with 11:42 remaining by Vricella allowed the Buccaneers to retake a two-goal advantage, but McKeown and Shelton tallied goals with 3:04 and 1:22 remaining, respectively, in regulation, forcing overtime.
In the overtime period, the Hawks had the ball firing a shot with 2:53 remaining that was saved by Visser, after a successful clear by Mass. Maritime, Vricella fired a shot, making it by Dudley, as the Buccaneers took the win.
Roger Williams (1-6, 0-0 CNE) will travel to face Emmanuel on Saturday, Mar. 21 at 12:00 pm before hosting Gordon on Wednesday, Mar. 25 at 7:00 pm. The Hawks will round out the week with a matchup on Saturday, Mar. 28 at Endicott.
