CASTINE, Maine – The Maritime Women's Lacrosse team kicked off the 2017 Maritime Cup on Friday morning, dropping the opening matchup to Maine Maritime at Ritchie Field by a 13-2 score.
 
The Privateers saw goals from freshman Miller Condrack (Siesta Key, Fla./Out of Door Academy) as well as sophomore Ciara Murphy (Pearl River, N.Y./Pearl River). Sophomore Courtney Salatto (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) also tallied one assist for Maritime.
 
Maritime's Catherine Pfundstein (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) won the opening draw for the Privateers, but an immediate turnover allowed the Mariners to gain possession and found the back of the net on their first trip down the field. Just 43 seconds later, Maritime was fouled and sent Condrack to the top of the arc where she put through a free position goal for the Privateers to tie up the match, 1-1. After Maine Maritime scored twice in a row, a successful clear attempt led Murphy to net a goal of her own, assisted by Salatto. The Mariners followed that up with two straight free position goals to send the team to halftime, leading 5-2.  
 
Despite being outscored 5-2 in the first half, the Privateers hung with the Mariners in the shots category, trailing 8-7 at the break.
 
The second half was all Mariners as the Privateers were outscored 8-0 in the final stanza, as Maritime was held to just four shots while the Mariners compiled 18. All four of those shots were on goal, however Maine Maritime's Sierra James saved all four of Maritime's opportunities to keep them scoreless over the final thirty minutes.
 
Freshman Esmeralda Hernandez (Huntington, N.Y./Huntington) made four saves for the Privateers, as Jessica Yee (Freehold, N.J./Freehold) and Ciara Murphy (Pearl River, N.Y./Pearl River) also led defensively with three caused turnovers each. Murphy also picked up a team-high five ground balls.
 
The Privateers, now 0-2 on the season, will return home for two straight home matches and will host Morrisville on Friday, March 17^th for a 4:00 P.M. start, and Wilkes on Saturday, March 25^th at 11:00 A.M.
 
Maritime will also look to reschedule their match against Massachusetts Maritime as part of the 2017 Maritime Cup with the time, date, and location of that match to be determined.