The Galaxy Fastpitch 12U Red softball team recently became only the second club in the history of the organization to win a World Series.

The squad went to Myrtle Beach, S.C. for the World Fastpitch Connection World Series Aug. 3-8 and returned with a 7-0 record and the title.

“It was a combination of everything, really — great pitching, great defense and we got the timely hits when we needed them,” Galaxy 12U Red coach Allen Wetmore said.

“I always preach to the girls, ‘Don’t give good teams extra outs,’ and we didn’t do that, and we capitalized on a couple of their mistakes to be successful there.”

Nine of the 12 players on the team are from Suffolk, and 11 of the 12 have been playing together for at least a year.

“The girls we have together now — we say they gelled together,” Wetmore said. “They get along pretty good. That was a big supporting mechanism to help them out on that kind of a caliber tournament.”

Galaxy 12U Red played four games in pool play, first beating the Olney Cougars from Maryland, 5-4.

Next, they registered a 12-0 victory over another Maryland-based team, the Crofton Cardinals.

“Cali Hinnant pitched that game and actually pitched a perfect game,” Wetmore said. The game lasted three innings, each a three-up, three-down inning.

Then, Galaxy 12U Red defeated Riviera Beach Revolution of Maryland 6-0.

“We got the timely hit again,” Wetmore said, this one by Anni Groves of Suffolk. She scored two runs in that game, while Suffolk’s Anya Colyer and Julie Jones each scored one.

Concluding pool play, the local girls won 8-0 against New Jersey’s Nexxt Level Pitbulls Gold.

In that game, Suffolk’s Aryn Kinsey and Groves produced two runs apiece.

Going 4-0 and giving up the least number of runs in pool play made Galaxy 12U Red the No.-1 seed in bracket play, and the team received a first-round bye.

Its next game was a rematch against the Olney Cougars, which Galaxy won 4-3.

Cali Hinnant of Suffolk ended the game with a walk-off home run.

The local girls’ final two games of the World Series came against the South Carolina Illusion. Galaxy 12U Red won the first meeting 1-0, thanks in large part to the pitching of Suffolk’s Reese Byrd.

Offensively, “we had a walk-off base hit to win that game by Anya Colyer,” Wetmore said. “And Reese was actually on first when Anya hit, and we scored that.”

The Illusion emerged from the loser’s bracket to meet the Galaxy squad in the final and fell 5-3.

Byrd again starred in the circle, throwing four strikeouts, and she was not rattled by title game pressure.

“It was competition, and it was fun to be pitching the championship game,” she said.

Peyton Penland of Poquoson scored two runs for Galaxy 12U Red, and the team also turned an impressive double play in the top of the fifth inning. The South Carolina squad hit a ground ball to Aryn Kinsey, who flipped the ball to Cali Hinnant at second base for one out, and then Hinnant threw to Julie Jones at first base for the second out.

The team’s coaches praised the defensive play of Franklin’s Jordyn Greene, who played all seven games at catcher amidst the South Carolina heat and produced put-outs at first, second and third.

“I think it means a lot,” Hinnant said of winning the World Series, “especially since they’re all my best friends.”