Baseball Game Preview: Legion Collegiate Academy Lancers vs. North Brunswick Scorpions

The Legion Collegiate Academy Lancers will take on the North Brunswick Scorpions in a tournament on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Legion Collegiate Academy has four straight victories, North Brunswick has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Legion Collegiate Academy barely beat Buford the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Lancers blew past the Yellow Jackets 12-2 on Friday. The Lancers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by six runs or more this season.

Briggs Lee

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/18/25 @ Buford	4
03/06/25 @ Combine Academy National	3
04/04/25 @ Varsity Opponent	2
03/27/25 @ Carmel Christian	2
03/02/25 @ West Ashley	2

Briggs Lee and Charlie Bailey dominated on the mound. Lee tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit, while Bailey pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave Lee a new career-high in strikeouts (four).

At the plate, DJ Douglas was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Will Bartnikowski also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Legion Collegiate Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .629. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Buford only posted an OBP of .211.

Meanwhile, North Brunswick fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against South Brunswick on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 5-4.

North Brunswick saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Thomas Callahan, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI. Another was Carter Cox, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.

Legion Collegiate Academy's record is now 15-8. As for North Brunswick, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.

North Brunswick's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Legion Collegiate Academy has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .449. It's a different story for North Brunswick, though, as they've only averaged .343. Will they be able to contain Legion Collegiate Academy's hitters? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.