Gio DiFazio CNMS

The Lady Seawolves softball spring season opened in late March and with the arrival of an early spring in southern Maine a renewed sense of purpose and improvement is high on the to do list for the Lady Wolves.

To open up the spring season, SMCC was scheduled to and did take to the diamond against Northern Essex Community College on March 29th. After falling behind right out of the gates by ten runs, SMCC showed great resolve by battling such a large deficit for the greater part of the day, but Northern Essex constrained SMCC in every facet of the game. Northern Essex was firing on all cylinders and they had no trouble taking the day with a 19-1 win.

A doubleheader was scheduled for the day, and as the late spring afternoon rolled on, it was decided that the second game had to be postponed due to lack of light.

The following weekend of Friday, April 1st, slated three doubleheaders for this Lady Seawolves squad. The weather had everyone fooled as the doubleheader that was scheduled for April Fool’s Day, had to be postponed due to the weather.

On the next day of Saturday April 2nd, SMCC stood face to face with University of Maine-Presque Isle for the first meeting of the two teams since the kickoff of the spring season.

Game number one had Presque Isle running away with the contest early on, and not looking back to allow the opposing Seawolves to catch up. After SMCC gained an early lead due to Abigail Nielsen getting knocked in by Grace Davis on a ground out to second. To say the least, the lead was short lived, and the Owls hopped out in front during the second, scoring three runs and found themselves with the upper hand. Presque Isle continued to lead the charge with an explosive offense that could not be stopped. The Owls lit up the scoreboard over the next three innings, scoring 15 runs and ending the game in the fifth inning.

The second game of the double-header ended with The Owls on top once again, but in a far less dominant fashion. SMCC managed to limit Presque Isles offensive production, finishing the game on the losing side of the contest 7-2. While the Wolves didn’t end up with a knotch in the win column, it is easy to see that this Seawolves squad is moving in the right direction.

On Sunday, April third, inclement weather pushed the contest against Dean College back. One can hope that after the initial weekend in April, that the weather will be more compliant to our spring sports schedule as interested SMCC softball fans will be able to catch their Wolves in action.

The most recent contest on April 9th, pit the SMCC Seawolves against familiar foe, University of Maine-Presque Isle. The Seawolves are came off of a doubleheader in which the fell to UMaine Presque Isle, in the previous weekend.

SMCC situated them selves in a position for a win after they found themselves down by one run going into the fourth inning. Maria Veino’s double put two runners in scoring position as Sami Rioux and Abigail Nielsen followed up with RBI singles to put the score at 3-2.

SMCC could not fend of The Owl’s red-hot bats, as Presque Isle scored again in the fourth and sixth innings. SMCC could not find a way to stay in the game dropping the contest, 8-4.

As evening slowly approached, SMCC and The Owls battled for the second time of the day. Presque Isle easily handled SMCC once again and finished with a commanding 17-6 victory. Late game heroics allowed the Owls to easily fly away from SMCC. In the final two innings, SMCC went from being down 3-1 to 17-6, to drop another pair of games to Presque Isle.

The Seawolves stand with a combined record of 2-12 (fall and spring games are included in the overall record). On April 10th SMCC traveled to Massasoit Community College for a doubleheader. The games could not be covered in this paper. The Lady Seawolves will take to the diamond to play Northern Essex Community College on Tuesday, April 12th at Northern Essex, and return home for a doubleheader vs. SUNY Delhi on Thursday, April 14th. On Friday and Saturday, April 15th and 16th, SMCC is home for doubleheaders on each day against The College of St. Josephs.