Sophomore Logan Bender set a Catawba Valley Community College record for strikeouts in a game over the weekend in a victory over Fayetteville Tech. The Red Hawks will be the No. 4 seed in the Region X tournament that begins on Friday in Greenville, N.C./CODY DALTON, CATAWBA VALLEY ATHLETICS
Red Hawks’ first tournament game is
Friday against fifth-seeded Southeastern
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Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) will be the fourth-seeded team in the Region X Southeast District baseball tournament when it opens on Friday in Greenville, N.C., with four games.
CVCC RESULTS, SCHEDULE: http://gocvcc.com/sports/bsb/2018-19/schedule
The Red Hawks will face No. 5 seed Southeastern at 1 p.m. in the second game of a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) event that sends its winner to the World Series in Enid, Okla., on May 25-31.
Brunswick Community College is the top seed for a five-day tournament at the Pitt Community College Stadium, and the championship game is scheduled May 14.
CVCC (32-19) and 15-7 in Region X, had a record-setting pitching performance on its “Sophomore Day” on Sunday, beating visiting Fayetteville Tech 1-0 at the Fairgrounds in Newton.
Sophomore pitcher Logan Bender struck out a program-best 18 in that victory, allowing just one hit and one walk over eight innings.
Bender prevailed in a pitching duel with Tamiris Palmer, who allowed just two hits, walked four and struck out four.
The game was scoreless until the ninth inning when CVCC loaded the bases and scored when R.J. Conner drew a walk-off walk that scored pinch-runner Vinny Consolo.
Reliever Timothy Davila got in fourth win after replacing Bender. Davila allowed one hit, walked one and struck out one in one inning.
REGION X SE DISTRICT BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
(Friday through next Tuesday at Pitt Community College)
Friday’s games
Game 1: No. 8 Guilford vs. No. 1 Brunswick, 10 a.m.
Game 2: No. 5 Southeastern vs. No. 4 CVCC, 1 p.m.
Game 3: No. 7 Wake Tech vs. No. 2 Paul D. Camp, 4 p.m.
Game 4: No. 6 Pitt vs. No. 3 Pasco Hernandez, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Game 5: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 1 p.m.
Game 7: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 4 p.m.
Game 8: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Game 9: Game 7 loser vs. Game 6 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 10: Game 8 loser vs. Game 5 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 4 p.m.
Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 7 p.m.
Monday’s games
Game 13: Game 11 loser vs. Game 12 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 13 loser, 7 p.m.
Next Tuesday’s games
Game 15, if needed: Championship, 1 p.m.