South Portland - This afternoon was all about a bitter rivalry as the Seawolves and Clipper of the University of Maine - Machias engaged in a hard fought 90 minutes in front of great crowd of fans and SMCC alumni.Tied at one goal each since the 30:55 mark the game looked like it was headed for overtime until UMM forward Juan Solares nailed the game winning shot into the back of the net with 5:55 remaining in regulation giving UMM the 2-1 victory.

The Seawolves got off to a great start early when midfielder Sean Jackson (Berwick, ME) scored just 5:39 into regulation. However the Clipper defense only allowed the Seawolves to get off six more shots for the remainder of the game, of which they were unable to connect on any of them. The Clippers got 22 shots off including the goal by Solares and one by teammate Frank Zeba.

Seawolves' goalkeeper Spencer Hoyt (Rochester, NH) had 14 saves and Clipper keeper Everett Senetar had four.

The Seawolves are currently 1-3-1 overall and 1-1-0 in YSCC play. They play again on September 17th at Eastern Maine CC at 4pm. 

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