Gio DiFazio

Communications & New Media Major

The weekend of May 7th saw the YSCC tournament come to SMCC at the Graves Athletic Complex. In the opening game of the tournament NHTI beat CMCC 3-2 to move on to the championship game against the Seawolves.

The Lynx got on the scoreboard in first inning plating three runs off of starting Seawolves pitcher Nate Boyle. Boyle started off the game striking out the first batter, giving up a single to the next batter, who would advance to third on a ground out. The Lynx would plate their first run of the inning on an error by the Seawolves which also allowed the batter to reach first base safely. The Lynx would continue to get batters aboard. With two outs and men on first and second a Lynx double scored two runs pushing the NHTI squad to a three run first inning.

Boyle would end the inning by getting the seventh batter he faced to ground out to the shortstop stranding a Lynx runner. The bottom of the opening inning saw the Seawolves load the bases only to be denied scoring any runs when Shaun Murphy flied out to center field. After holding NHTI scoreless in the top of the second inning SMCC went to town scoring six runs in the bottom of the inning. Tucker Lee put the ball in play and reached first on an error by the shortstop.

Following a flyout from Nate Cyr, Joe Apon reached first when the Shortstop de-
cided to throw to second for the force out, and allow Apon to safely reach 1st. Apon was able to add a step to his lead, and successfully take second base. The following at bat, Tim Rodrigues drove in two runs on the RBI single, which kickstarted SMCC’s six run inning. Caleb Burpee, the very next batter, drove Rodrigues in on an RBI single. A Caleb Chambers single allowed Rodrigues to find his way to the opposite corner, on third base. Kyle Reichart has been delivering in big situations all year, and he was able to send Burpee home on with an RBI single. The six run inning was solidified when Sean Murphy knocked a 2 RBI single to score Riechart and Chambers. SMCC proceeded to walk away from the Lynx, as the final score read, 10-5 in SMCC’s favor.

The Lady Seawolves Softball team refused to let the wet spring put a damper on their season. After finding themselves in the win column only a couple of instances during the season. The Lady Seawolves squared off against the third ranked NHTI Lynx for a doubleheader. The Lynx are among the the YSCC’s top squads, sporting a 19-1 record headed into the double-header against the Seawolves on April 23rd.

Grace Davis of SMCC started on a rel-
ative high note with a strikeout, which was short lived. Her strikeout was followed by an offensive bombardment by the Lynx. NHTI went up 5-0 and never had to look back for the remainder of the contest. NHTI pitcher Tori Lemay, finished a productive day with 8 strikeouts. The Lady Seawolves could not find an answer to the explosive offense, and solid pitching that was exhibited by NHTI. NHTI fired on all cylinders starting with the opening pitch of the ball game. An offensive onslaught in the first inning put SMCC down early and quick, by eight runs. SMCC could not claw their way back into the game, and after another five run inning in the sixth, it was apparent that the game was out of reach of the SMCC Seawolves.

SMCC and the Lady Seawolves traveled to Vermont to take on The College of St. Joseph’s in the YSCC tourney. SMCC put up a solid fight against St. Joes., at St. Joe’s came away on top to put a cap on SMCC’s season in which they look to improve on next year.

This Seawolves baseball squad has had a more favorable spring season in the Yankee Small College Conference. Kyle Reichart and the SMCC Seawolves finished the season with a strong 9 game stand that included seven victories. After a six game win streak, SM lost 2 of the final 3 games of the regular season.

Outfielder Caleb Burpee (Kennebunk, ME) led this Seawolves group in the regular season with 36 hits, while batting .364 and posting a .420 OBP. Kyle Reichart (Portland, ME) was the leading power hitter for SM, leading the squad with 9 dingers and 29 RBIs.