OC chad quiz error?

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the solution says it's SN2 reaction but if you look at the answer, -SCH3 didn't get inverted.
is this an error?
 

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the solution says it's SN2 reaction but if you look at the answer, -SCH3 didn't get inverted.
is this an error?

the nucleophile is the S therefore the inversion is on the other molecule. but since it has no chiral centers there is no observable inversion.
 
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