Beacon Sports Staff

With the fall sports season well underway, all of the Seawolves teams have taken to their

respective fields, compiling a 14-11-2 overall record. The Women’s Soccer team has

posted the best win/lost record to date, grabbing five wins while losing once. The Men’s

Soccer squad posts the second best record at 4-3-1, followed by the Seawolves baseball

team at 3-3-1, and softball team at 2-4.

On the women’s pitch, the Lady Seawolves dished out a bit of retribution on the

26th as they defeated Unity College 2-1 in overtime. The Lady Rams have eliminated the

Seawolves from post-season play the last 2 years.

Zyrah Giustra, USCAA and YSCC Player of the Week for the week of September

21st, put the Lady Wolves on the board first towards the end of the first half. The goal

was the result of Marina West winning the ball in the SMCC’s backfield, passing off to

Tori Cormier who found Zyrah across the field, enabling her to find the back of the net.

Unity leveled the score at one apiece before 60 seconds had elapsed from the

clock. For the remainder of the second half both teams threw offensive gambits at their

opponent as neither team could place the ball pass the goalkeeper. SMCC fired off 19

shots, forcing Ashia Pryor, the Unity goalkeeper, to make 15 saves, forcing overtime.

Kym Hendrix would find the back of the net in overtime after a pass from Tori

Cormier freed her to make a run at goal. After a scrum in front of the net, Kym broke free

and tapped in the game winner.

Kym was also named as USCAA Player of the Week for September 16th as she

scored the winning and only goal against New Hampshire Technical Institute. To date,

Kym has 4 goals, 2 assists, 16 shots on goal and a .174 shooting percentage.

The victory over Unity, which secured an overall record of 5-1 (2-1 in YSCC

play) has paid off for the squad as they are currently ranked fifth in the season’s first

USCAA coaches poll.

The previous two games saw the Lady Wolves dismantle both Dean College and

Central Maine Community College 8-0 and 7-1 respectively. The Lady Wolves have

flustered the netting 28 times this year and will host Bunker Hill Community College on

Wednesday, September 30th before traveling to University of Maine-Machias (27 team

goals to date) on Saturday, October 3rd.

While the Lady Wolves have built an impressive winning record, the Men Wolves

have struggled for the first half of the season, needing 8 games to break the .500%

barrier. The Men Wolves have gone 2-1 after their September 13th winning over

University of Maine-Machias (2-0), and 3-0 victories over Central Maine Community

College and Unity College, while dropping a lopsided 0-9 loose to Dean College.

In Saturday’s action against Unity, Gradi Lapika, who comes to SMCC from the

Democratic Republic of the Congo, started the scoring at the 6:56 mark when he rippled

the netting. Sean Jackson added to Unity’s woes as he padded SMCC’s lead, sending the

Seawolves into the break with a 2-0 lead.

Ten minutes into second half play, Seawolve Harrison Charwat embellished

SMCC’s lead when he placed a chip shot over Unity’s goalkeeper. The victory was

secured by the acrobatic play of SMCC’s goalkeeper Drew Martin, who made five

impressive saves in the final 35 minutes when he denied access to the scoreboard for

Unity on 3 breakaway shots and two power diving saves.

Drew Martin was also named National and Conference Player of the Week for

September 16th; his efforts in goal proved worthy of this honor. Drew earned his first

collegiate shutout against UMaine-Machias and has posted two more since blanking

CMCC and Unity College. Drew is currently sporting 1.25 goals against average through

the eight games played.

While the play on the pitch has proved a positive for the Seawolves squads, the

diamonds have been a bit rougher on the baseball and softball teams. To date the squads

have compiled a 5-7-1 record with both teams starting winning streaks at Central Maine

Community College’s expense.

In Wednesday’s games, the Wolves baseball team dominated the Mustangs,

winning 20-1 in the double-header opener. The Seawolves homered six times, as Kyle

Reichert went fence twice and Caleb Burpee, Cam Brochu and Celab Chambers out-

distanced the fence once each.

Ben Johnson took to the mound opening up the game by fanning the first five

batters, which set the tone for the fielders who helped him allow one run to cross the plate

through seven innings.

In the second game Kyle Reichert started where he left off by adding one more

homerun in the first inning, bringing his season total to 5. Kyle’s big hit was followed by

a second big homerun by Shawn Murphy.

The game remained tied at 2 through seven innings. SMCC took the lead in the

top of the 7th inning when Cam Brochu plated the go ahead run with a double. Amos

Herrin, SMCC’s starting pitcher in the second game, showed off some of his skills by

pitching a complete game and shutting down the Mustangs in the bottom of the 7th,

striking out 2 out of the 3 batters he faced and securing a 3-2 victory.

The victories against CMCC helped to alleviate some of the early season

frustrations after the Men Wolves started the season off slow, going 1-3-1. SMCC tied

Bridgton Academy 5-5 in the season opener, dropped two at the College of Saint

Joseph’s in Vermont (1-2 and 2-12), and split their home season opener to the University

of New Hampshire club team (4-5 and 11-1).

On the softball diamond it was the Lady Seawolves winning an incredible come-

from-behind showing in game one, followed by a lopsided win in game two over the

Lady Mustangs of CMCC that gave them their first 2 wins of the season.

The Lady Wolves found themselves trailing 2-6 when the top of the 7th inning

started. Shallon Nadeau earned first base with a walk and then advanced to second base

with a hit by Samantha Rioux. Abigail Nielsen and Micheala Willworth followed with

base hits, scoring Nadeau and cutting the CMCC lead to 3.

With the bases loaded and one out, Jennifer Genthner knotted the score at 6 with a

bases-clearing double. Next Erica Brochu singled, but the Lady Mustangs tagged

Genthner out at third for the second out of the inning. Erica Brochu stole second during

the next series of pitches.

Again SMCC was able to load the bases with a base hit and walk, which set the

stage for Quinn Racine who delivered a base hit single, scoring Brochu and securing a 5-

run come-from-behind rally win.

The second game of the double header saw SMCC jump out to a 4-run lead in the

bottom of the first inning and watch CMCC score five times over the next 3 innings to

take a short-lived 1 run lead as SMCC came to bat in the bottom off the fourth inning.

Erica Brochu again was incremental in kick starting the SMCC offense when she

drove in two runners with a double putting the Seawolves back on top in the bottom of

the fourth inning. The Lady Wolves would score twice more, grabbing an 8-5 lead going

into the fifth inning.

After a scoreless sixth inning the Mustangs tied the game once more at eight

apiece when they plated 3 runners. Again the lead was short lived as the Lady Seawolves

scored 9 times, ending the day with an offensive outburst that was stunningly beautiful

and overwhelming.

Prior to the CMCC game the Lady Seawolves struggled offensively, allowing 28

runs in three defeats to the College of Saint Joseph’s twice and the University of New

Hampshire club team once. The second game against UNH saw SMCC score 4 times but

allowed UNH to plate 14 runners.

In the world of golf, Greyson Waterman and Ville Wuorenjuuri, who comes to

SMCC from Helsinki, Finland, continue to keep the Seawolves golf team competitive.

On the 26th the Seawolves traveled to Vassalboro to compete at the USCAA Qualifier

held at Natanis Golf Course.

Greyson Waterman finished atop the leader board, shooting an impressive 76 and

holding off UMA’s Lee MacDowell who is ranked 7th in the nation. Ville Wuorenjuuri

finished the day with a 93, which placed him in the top ten, as the next Seawolve was

Brian Gallagher who shot a 96.

The Seawolve golfers will return to the links on October 3rd when they host Great

Bay Community College and University of Maine-Augusta at Sable Oaks.