South Portland, ME. The Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) baseball team hosted the University of Maine Presque Isle (UMPI) for the second time this week.  Even though in the last meeting the Seawolves were swept by the Owls, today they came ready to play. SMCC was able to turn the tables as they swept UMPI while only allowing 1 run in either game. In the first game, the Seawolves only gave up 6 hits leading them to victory by a score of 3-1. In the second game, SMCC was down 1-0 going into the bottom of the 6^th inning when their bats came alive. Nate McKeown (Biddeford, ME) came up with a big hit with the bases loaded to score the tying and go ahead run. The Seawolves would put together 2 more runs in the inning to win by a score of 4-1.

To lead the way for the Seawolves in game 1 was sophomore outfielder Michael Calabrese (Dover, NH) who went 1 for 2 at the plate while also drawing a walk. Calabrese also contributed a stolen base and scored 2 of SMCC's 3 runs. Freshman third baseman Jason Weatherbee (Wiscasset, ME) and freshman short stop Ethan Bilderback (Annapolis, MD) each went 1 for 3. Bilderback scored the other SMCC run and stole a base. Pitcher Daniel French (Richmond, VT) pitched a complete game with 4 strike outs while only giving up 1 run for the win.

In the second game, SMCC was led by freshman DH Nate McKeown (Biddeford, ME) who came up big with the 2 RBI hit that helped lead the Seawolves to the win. McKeown also had another hit and scored a run. SMCC had 5 other players with a hit as it was a total team win. On the mound was freshman pitcher Corey Mongiat (Waterboro, ME) who went the whole game, earning himself the win.

With both wins today, SMCC improves to 17-19-1 overall while they remain at 7-1 in the Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC). The Seawolves will travel to YSCC rival New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI) tomorrow Saturday, April 20^th for a big double header. Game times are 11:00AM and 1:00PM.