PALISADES, NJ (April 13, 2023) - Georgian Court Softball went on the road against a 14-win Felician team and swept both ends of a doubleheader with the Golden Falcons. After the games got moved twice because of weather, the two teams finally met with GCU coming out on top 9-1 in six innings and 7-4 in game two.

Game One - Georgian Court 9, Felician 1 - 6 Innings
How it Happened
• Georgian Court had everything working in game one collecting 12 hits and holding Felician to just three.
• After Felician got a run in the first, Maddie Rabe held them scoreless over the final five innings.
• The game started with back-to-back hits from Taylor Lipkins and Adriana Mungo. Kaitlyn Stufft and Jayda Jones followed with RBI singles as GCU staked Maddie Rabe out to a 2-0 lead.
• Felician got one back in the home half on a sacrifice fly, an unearned run which allowed the runner to advance into scoring position. 
• The Lions tacked on three more in the second inning. Jadalynn Rodriguez led off with a walk and Lipkins went opposite field for a triple to score Rodriguez.
• After that, it was the same duo as the first inning, Stufft and Jones driving in Lipkins and Mungo with RBI singles.
• Taylor Barraza drove in Jones in the fifth with a double and Lipkins' infield single allowed Lia DeMaio to score as well.
• Leading 7-1, the Lions weren't done. In the sixth Brittany Gable scored Jones with a ground out and a Golden Falcon error brought in the Lions ninth run.

Lions Stat Leaders
• Jayda Jones reached base four times with three singles and a walk. She drove in two and scored twice.
• Taylor Lipkins finished 3-4 with two RBI and two runs scored.
• Kaitlyn Stufft had a pair of run-scoring singles.
• Taylor Barraza doubled home a run as a part of her two-hit game. 
• Maddie Rabe needed just 70 pitches to retire the Golden Falcons in six innings. She allowed an unearned run on three hits with two strikeouts.

For the Golden Falcons
• Hannah Ramirez picked up two hits and scored a run. 
• Alexis Velotta doubled in a 1-3 game.
• Riley Williams struck out five but allowed seven runs on nine hits while also walking three and hitting two. 
• Mikayla Brown allowed two runs, one earned in two innings of relief with three strikeouts.

Game Two - Georgian Court 7, Felician 4
How it Happened
• Game two featured three lead changes in a back-and-forth game.
• The Lions outhit Felician 9-8. 
• Georgian Court took advantage of three Felician errors to score three unearned runs which proved the difference in the game.
• Once again Georgian Court got on the board in the first. After Taylor Lipkins walked, Adriana Mungo drove her in for a 1-0 lead two batters into the game.
• With two outs in the inning, Jayda Jones picked right back up where she left off in game one with an RBI single to bring in Savannah Simons.
• The lead didn't last long though as Felician scored three times in the bottom of the inning to take their first lead of the day, 3-2.
• In the third with Mungo on third, Simons legged out an infield single as Mungo scored the game-tying run.
• For the second time in the game, Felician responded right away. The retook the lead with an RBI ground out.
• The Lions took the lead for good in the fifth. With the bases loaded, Taylor Barraza singled up the middle and another run came in on a fielding error.
• GCU tacked on with two more in the sixth. Jones with another two-out hit, this time a double to bring in Simons and Coco Dunham.
• Sam Hildebrant did the rest allowing just a single over the final two innings to complete the Lions sweep.

Lions Stat Leaders
• Jayda Jones finished 3-3 with a double and three RBI. 
• Savannah Simons scored three times going 2-3.
• Adriana Mungo doubled and scored twice while driving in a run.
• Jadalynn Rodriguez reached base twice with a single, walk and a stolen base. 
• Sam Hildebrant got the win pitching 6.1 innings allowing a run on five hits while striking out two.

For the Golden Falcons
• Alexis De La Cruz threw the first six innings allowing seven runs, four earned with three walks.
• Mikayla Brown was 1-2 with three RBI and a double. She also pitched the final inning without allowed a run. 
• Kathryn Steinmetz picked up two hits and a run.
• Vienna Chierchia finished 3-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. 

News and Notes
• Jayda Jones was not retired in either game. She was 6-6 with a walk and a hit by pitch and drove in five runs. 
• Kaitlyn Stufft extended her hitting streak to 13 straight games.
• Jadalynn Rodriguez surpassed 200 career at bats.
• The Lions improve to 17-5 this season when scoring in the first inning.

Up Next
• The Lions will have a day to rest up before playing back-to-back road doubleheaders this weekend. Saturday afternoon they'll be at Caldwell to talk on the Cougars starting at 12 p.m.