By The Beacon Sports Staff

As the extended stunningly luscious fall weather lingers in southern Maine, the Lady SeaWolves look to play into November with a solid showing at the YSCC Championship in Concord, New Hampshire. To date, the Lady SeaWolves have compiled a 4-2-1 conference record and a 6-4-1 overall record.

New Hampshire Technical Institute enters weekend play with the best record at 6-0-1, as SMCC, University of Maine-Machias and Unity College sport identical records of 4-2-1. SMCC will have their hands full as they play NHTI in Saturday’s game. Machias and Unity will play each other, with the winners playing Sunday for a trip to the USCAA Nationals in Pennsylvania.

Since the last paper, the Lady SeaWolves have won one and have lost one, winning at Central Maine 6-0 and losing to UMM at home 1 to nil. The last time the Lynx and SeaWolves met on the pitch was Sept. 20; SMCC would fall to NHTI 2-1.   

Against CMCC, Callie O’Brien and Jordan Chase scored a goal apiece in the first half. In the second half, Samantha Munson and Madeline Wade would ruffle the net four times and top the day’s work off with two assists. The Lady ‘Wolves got off 41 shots against CM, while the CM offense could only muster 11 shots, of which only four were within the posts and crossbar.    

After the game, Head Coach Julia Cyr thought that the SeaWolves had “an important showing,” and that the ‘Wolves were “getting back in a groove offensively coming off a draw with Unity.” Now, she said, “a result against Machias on Saturday will put us in a position to have success in playoffs.”

The desired result against Machias would not materialize, as the Lady ‘Wolves would fall 1-nil in a hard-fought contest. The SeaWolves would outshot Machias 20-10, placing 10 on goal, yet never find the back of the net. The Clippers would score the winning goal nearly 12 minutes into the second half on Josie Griffin’s goal.

On the men’s side of the pitch, the season did not pan out with the results that they had hoped for.   

On the 11th, the men traveled to Quincy, Massachusetts to take to the pitch against Quincy College in a non-conference match. The SeaWolves would fall 2-1 with the winning goal for Quincy coming with 20 seconds remaining in the game.

The ‘Wolves would find the equalizer when Hanssen Casey finished off of a corner kick by Samuel Marshall in the second half. Quincy had started the scoring for the day in the first half.

Nine days later the SeaWolves traveled to Auburn to take on Central Maine Community College in a YSCC must-win for the ‘Wolves. At the end of the day, the ‘Wolves would prevail 4-nil. Senior Senai Yenie would record the fastest goal of the season for the ‘Wolves, ruffling the back of the net with only 2:47 gone. Three minutes later, Junior Gradi Lapika would double SMCC’s lead with his second goal of the season.

First-years players Stephen Brady and Yaroslav Philbrook would pad the SeaWolves’ lead at the beginning and end of the second half, securing the 4-nil win for SMCC.

Prior to the Central Maine game, SMCC took to the field against conference rival University of Maine-Machias on October 14. The ‘Wolves were hoping for a win which might have helped them to make it into postseason play. Unfortunately, they had to settle for a tie in a match that was called after 52 minutes of play, falling short of the 70 minutes that need to be played for a regulation game.  

The Clippers’ Lorenzo Segura scored in the 32nd minute of play, weaving a shot from the left baseline and catching the opposite side of the net for UMM’s sole goal of the day. Hanssen Casey would equalize the scoring with his team-leading fifth goal of the season off of a pass from teammate Thomas DuRivage.

Minutes after DuRivage’s goal, the ugly side of competitive sports reared its presence on the Wainwright fields, as tempers got the better part of players on both teams. After the players were separated, the game was called.

In the end, three players from UMM and two players from SMCC caught soccer’s version of the Scarlet Letter, a public acknowledgement of shame. Players who receive a red card are not eligible to play in the next game.  

This past Sunday the men finished off their season against the University of Maine at Presque Isle, which was Senior Day. The results of the game would not be available for this edition of The Beacon.