SMCC men's soccer defeats Ben Franklin for first win of season

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine - A very hot Southern Maine Community College offense helped the Seawolves to an impressive 5-2 non-conference victory over Ben Franklin Institute of Technology for the first win of the young season. 

South Portland native Adam Helmke provided the spark for the Seawolves offense when he chipped a shot into the left corner of the net just 12 minutes into the contest. Four minutes later a versatile Evan Meiler (Saco, ME), who spent time at both the forward and defender positions this afternoon, laid a perfectly placed ball in front of teammate Sean Jackson (Berwick, ME) who was slicing down the middle of the field. Jackson found the back of the net to give the Seawolves a 2-0 lead. Center midfielder Douglas Cloutier (Berwick, ME) closed out the final ten minutes of the first half scoring back-to-back goals to give the Seawolves a four goal cushion going into the break. 

SMCC suffered a defensive lapse in second half, giving up two goals in a three minute span, and allowing Ben Franklin to pull within two, 4-2. After the second Ben Franklin goal the Seawolves' defense collected themselves and held the Chargers scoreless for the remainder of the game. 

Seawolves' forward Harrison Charwat (McLean, VA) chalked up the final goal of the afternoon off a beautiful pass from Hughes Bakunda (Burundi) to give SMCC the victory. 

The Seawolves have now improved to 1-1-1 and will play again this week when they go on the road on Thursday to take on Bridgton Academy.