Box Score THROGGS NECK, N.Y. – The Maritime women's lacrosse team opened up its 2017 season at Reinhart Field on Wednesday evening, where the Privateers dropped a non-conference matchup to the Ramapo College Roadrunners, 15-4.
 
Sophomore Krista Deleva (Sound Beach, N.Y./Miller Place) lead the Privateers with two goals on the night, while junior Christa Case (Southington, Conn./Southington) and sophomore Ciara Murphy (Pearl River, N.Y./Pearl River) each found the back of the cage once for Maritime. In the assists category, Case and junior Shannon Brady (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point) each tallied one. Defensively, the Privateers caused seven turnovers, with Brady, Deleva, and sophomore Courtney Salatto (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) each causing a pair of Roadrunner turnovers. Freshman Esmeralda Hernandez (Huntington, N.Y./Huntington) also made eight saves between the pipes for the Privateers.
 
The Ramapo attack proved to be too much for the Privateers as the Roadrunners jumped quickly and never looked back. Ramapo was lead early on by an unstoppable Alyssa Tachon who scored the Roadrunners first six goals over the first four minutes of action. The visiting team then was able to put through five more goals before the midway point, leading the Privateers 10-0 at halftime.
 
Maritime finally found the back of the net at the 22:09 mark in the second half off of a free position goal by Deleva. Nearly eight minutes later, Deleva found the mesh again with a nice diving shot for her second goal of the season. After another Roadrunner goal, Salatto caused a turnover followed with a picked up ground ball by Deleva. Once Maritime completed the clear attempt, Christa Case (Southington, Conn./Southington) collected a lead pass from the top of the offensive zone from Shannon Brady (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point) and was able to flick the ball in for her first goal of the season. Just three minutes later, Case scored Maritime's first unanswered goal of the contest, rolling the ball in with 5:28 left to play.
 
Maritime, now 0-1 on the season, will next see action when the team travels to Castine, Maine for the annual Maritime Cup against Maine Maritime and Massachusetts Maritime. The first contest against Maine Maritime will take place on March 10^th with opening draw set for 5:00 P.M., followed by a tilt against Massachusetts Maritime the following day at 11:00 A.M.