Box Score Waterville, Maine - The Thomas College Terriers men's lacrosse team recorded a non-conference 12-4 loss to the Mass. Maritime Buccaneers Saturday afternoon at Bill Alfond field on the campus of Colby College. Mass. Maritime came out strong scoring six unanswered goals and never surrendering the lead. Buccaneers attackmen Daniel Sibbald led all scorers with a hat trick. Thomas midfielder Gunnar Shelton led the team with a two goal performance.
With the loss the Terriers fall to 0-3 (0-0 NAC) on the year, while the Buccaneers improve to 1-0 on the season.
The first quarter was a back and forth affair until the 4:45 mark when Dylan Freudenberg recorded the first goal of the game giving the Bucs a 1-0 lead. The Bucs quickly scored again at the 4:14 mark with a goal by John Hojnoski to put them up 2-0 to end the quarter.
The second quarter started with Mass. Maritime scoring 4 more unanswered goals. The Terrier's responded with three unanswered goals for themselves, one each by Matt Davis, Erik Tiner II and Shelton to go into half only down by three.
In the third quarter, the Bucs took control only turning the ball over 6 times and outscoring Thomas 4-1. Thomas turned the ball over a game high 13 times in the quarter. Shelton recorded his second goal of the game at the 2:00 mark as the Terriers went into the fourth trailing 10-4.
Sibbald score two of his three goals in the fourth to complete the hat trick and help lead the visitors to victory. With the win, Mass. Maritime goalie Paul Painten recorded his first win of the season making 7 saves on 11 shots. Jesse Morkeski shoulders the loss for the Terriers making a respectable 22 saves on 34 shots.
Along with Sibbald, Freudenberg, and Hojnoski; Will Doucette, Jake Bickley, and Dan Langley tallied goals for the Bucs.
The Terriers next game will be March 14th at 6:30 p.m. when they take on the Dolphins of Mt. St. Vincent at Colby College. The Buccaneers will head up I-95 to Bangor, Maine tomorrow to take on Husson at 12:00 p.m.
Story by: Jacob Jandreau
