The team is a member of the Florida Collegiate Summer League (FCSL) and plays its home games at Pat Thomas Stadium.

2009 brought a new head coach to the Lightning, former Major League Baseball World Series MVP and Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola.

After defeating the Belleview Bulldogs 2-0 in the semifinal, they went on to bring home the championship vs. the team that knocked them out the previous year (the Clermont Mavericks) by a score of 5-1.

After disposing of the Sanford River Rats in the playoffs semifinals 2-0, the Lightning headed back to the championship game vs. the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs.

Shortstop Jake Tillotson set an FCSL record with 63 and scored a league high 42 runs while batting .371 at the plate.

Relief pitcher Ethan Bader was named reliever of the year, leading the entire league in strikeouts with 47 in only 30.2 innings pitched.