LAKEWOOD, NJ- The Georgian Court University softball squad clubbed 24 hits and tallied 20 runs as they cruised to a CACC doubleheader sweep (12-0, 5 inn.; 8-4) of visiting Goldey-Beacom College Tuesday evening. The Lions (21-15, 8-4 CACC), with their most recent offensive onslaught, are now batting .307 as a team.

GAME ONE

The usual suspects, CF Dara Schroeder (3-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI) and 2B Rachel Ruch (2-for-2, 2 R, 3 RBI), paced the GCU offense, which included a seven-run second inning and a four-spot in the fourth. Ruch ripped two doubles, amazingly the only two extra-base hits for the Lions.

P Brooke Hull (1-for-2) provided two RBI in the clean-up spot while C Christina Masitti went 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI in the nine-hole. 3B #Kelsey Cutler (1-for-2) and PH Vanessa Flores (1-for-1, R) each contributed a RBi of their own.

Hull (15-9) went the distance for her third shutout and 19th complete game of the year as the GCU ace scattered six hits and a walk while striking out two.

Shannon O'Hara (5-2) suffered the defeat for the Lightning as the senior yielded eight runs (6 ER) on seven hits and a walk in just one inning of work.

GAME TWO

Five Lions ripped two hits in the nightcap as GCU jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back.

Schroeder (2-for-4, R, RBI), Ruch (2-for-4, 2 R, RBI), Hull (2-for-4, R, 2 RBI), LF Alyssa Paradiso (2-for-3, 2 R) and Masitti (2-for-3, RBI) each tallied two knocks in the ballgame. RF Selina Santillo (1-for-3) crunched a two-run homer in the first inning, her first long ball of the year.

Schroeder tallied five stolen bases on the afternoon, giving the freshman 34 on the year, which is just three swipes short of the CACC season record (37).

Hull (16-9) again earned the "W" in the circle, yielding four runs on 12 hits and walk while striking out one. GBC's Ashley Antosh (3-6) took the loss by allowing six runs (5 ER) on six hits and a walk in just one inning of action.


Georgian Court travels to Concordia College this Saturday for another CACC double-dip. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 PM.