“We’ve got real good sophomore leadership. They spend a lot of their free time together and they are very supportive of each other,” Collins said. More than that, they are a very close-knit bunch. More importantly, they are a team – in every aspect of the word. Head Coach Tim Collins, who has been named Region X Coach of the Year, said the Knights are talented. Making SCC’s Region X championship run this year even more remarkable is the fact that this is the program’s first winning season in seven years. Danville stayed alive with a 15-12 victory in the first game of a doubleheader Monday, but Surry rallied for a 16-10 win in the championship game. The Knights then defeated Danville in a 12-11 thriller Sunday to advance to the championship round. ![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way, Surry went 12-3 in Region X play to win the league’s regular season title to set the team up for the top seed in the Region X Tournament over the weekend at Danville.įreshman Tyler Lundy hurled a complete game in the tournament opener, a 5-1 victory over Thomas Nelson CC on Saturday. In the process, the Knights swept the region’s postseason awards and advance to this weekend’s district tournament against Prince George’s Community College with a berth in the College World Series on the line.Īfter starting the season with a miserable 2-10 record, SCC (28-20-1) has won 28 of its past 38 games and is currently ranked 11th in the nation among NJCAA Division III teams. For the first time since 2004, Surry Community College’s baseball team is the Region X champion.
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