Southern Maine CC Captures Baseball Championship
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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NHTI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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Southern Maine CC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 0 |
South Portland, ME - The Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) baseball team hosted the Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) tournament able to take down rival NHTI in the championship game. The Seawolves had a hot start scoring 4 runs in the first inning and that was all they needed with junior pitcher Daniel French (Richomond, VT) on the mound. French pitched a 3 hit complete game with 4 strike outs leading SMCC to a 4-1 victory. With his play on the mound, French earned YSCC tournament Most Valuable Player.
Leading the way for the Seawolves and earning tournament Most Outstanding Offensive Player was freshman first baseman Zachary Horton (South Portland, ME) who went 2 for 3 from the plate while scoring a run. Sophomore outfielder Alex Brown (Weymouth, MA), sophomore center fielder Michael Calabrese (Dover, NH) and freshman Brendan Reil (Berwick, ME) each contributed a hit with Calabrese and Brown each scoring a run.
NHTI earned a spot in the YSCC Championship Game after beating Eastern Maine Community College (EMCC) earlier in the day in the semi-final round. NHTI beat EMCC on a walk off hit in the 7th inning by a score of 8-7. Freshman Connor Angus earned the honors of tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player.