At game time it was a brisk 51 degrees in McLean, Virginia. The Bucs jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, causing Langley to call an early timeout to try and regroup.  They were able to stop the bleeding and close the gap but Benjamin was still up 5-3 headed into the half.

Junior Defenseman John Dorsett broke his thumb in the 3rd and played the whole second half with it, showing some true heart.  He and the rest of the Benjamin defense really stiffened up in the third quarter and had the Bucs up 8-4 going into the last quarter. The Bucs were outscored 3-0 in the fourth but did enough to win, coming out with with an 8-7 victory. Junior Goalie Anthony Cicio continued his incredible play this season recording 13 saves, including 2 point blank stops with under 5 mins to play to help seal the game. Senior middie Colby Kempe and senior attackman Timmy Corrigan led the Bucs with two goals each. Mckenna Johnston, Ryan Silvester,  Robert Jacobs, and Charlie Nicklaus each had one goal. Jacobs, Phillip Benz, and Andrew Packer each had an assist. R Benjamin faces off against Jupiter this Wednesday at home at 7:00 in the battle of two top five teams!