KINGSTON — The Buccaneer fastpitch squad piled seven runs on the visiting Olympic Trojans in just the first two innings Tuesday, on their way to an 8-6 victory behind the pitching of Katie Lomas and Lauren Peiguss.

Jordan Tapp led the Buccaneer offense, going 3-for-3, and Lexi Orteza was 5-for-5 for the Trojans.

Lomas, a freshman, recorded her fourth win of the season and allowed only two runs in the first three innings as the Bucs built a five point lead over the Trojans. Peiguss started on first base, but switched with Lomas in the fourth and held Olympic to just one additional run through the sixth inning. The Trojans managed a late push, scoring three in their final at-bat, but the Bucs held the visitors at bay long enough to snag the win.

“We knew that we had to hold them,” said Lomas. “We just kept together.”

Kingston began the game strong, with a multiple-hit first inning that netted four runs and included a two-RBI double by Greta Coleman. After the Trojans failed to score in the second, the Bucs tacked on another three points, starting with a lead-off bunt by Hannah Knight, who ended up on third after an error at first base.

Olympic replaced pitcher Stephanie Meigs at the top of the third with Kelsey Strickland, who proceeded to strike out seven and allow only one run through the final four innings. But the damage was already done, and the Trojans had dug themselves a hole that was too deep to climb out of. Peiguss allowed her first run in the sixth, and the Kingston defense began to bend in the final inning, as three Trojans crossed the plate. But the Bucs refused to break. With two out and a runner on third, Kira Vardy came to the plate for Olympic. On a check swing, Vardy knocked the ball straight toward first, where Lomas was waiting to leap up high and end the game.

“A lot of us just stuck with each other and just kept the faith up,” Lomas said of her team’s ability to hang on.

The game was a striking turnaround for Kingston, after a 9-1 blunder the previous afternoon against North Mason, in which Lomas picked up her first loss of the season and the Bucs racked up 10 errors. Kingston head coach Joe Schiel blamed a long, languid spring break for the Monday loss, but said the Bucs appeared to be getting