LAKEWOOD, NJ (April 21, 2023) - There are five days left in the CACC Softball regular season and Georgian Court plays on four them starting tomorrow afternoon. 

Opponents
Dominican Chargers (8-30, 4-14 CACC)

Where
Lakewood, NJ - GCU Softball Complex

When
Saturday, April 22 - 12 p.m.

How to Watch
• Saturday's games are available to watch via a free-to-view broadcast on the Georgian portal of the CACC Digital Network powered by HUDL. Live stats are also available at gculions.com. 

Previously vs. Dominican
• Dominican is one of Georgian Court longest-tenured rivals.
• This will be the 62nd and 63rd meeting between these two teams.
• All-time the Lions are 36-25 against the Chargers. 
• Last season, the Lions shutout the Chargers in both ends of their doubleheader, 6-0 and 4-0.
• Mikayla Gilgert pitched a total of 10 innings between the two wins allowing just four hits and no runs.
• Game one was scoreless until a four-run sixth inning put GCU on top. 

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court split a wild doubleheader midweek at Goldey-Beacom.
• GCU won game one in a landslide 16-1 in five innings.
• Game two required twice as many innings. The Lightning walked-off winners in 10 innings.
• Kaitlin Stufft and Jayda Jones each homered.

Who's Hot?
• Jayda Jones was named the CACC Player of the Week. She hit .571 with 12 hits in six games last week driving in six runs. She continued her hot hitting with a home run at Goldey-Beacom. 
• Kaitlyn Stufft has a 17 game hitting streak, the longest for a Lion this season. She has 23 RBI in those 17 games as well.
• Taylor Lipkins has 23 hits in her last 46 at bats with 19 runs scored and at least one in 13 straight games. 
• Maddie Rabe hasn't allowed an earned run in 15 straight innings. 
• Adriana Mungo is riding a eight-game hitting streak with 10 hits and 10 runs in those games. 
• Jadalynn Rodriguez has a hit in five straight games with four RBI. 

Individual Milestones
• Kaitlyn Stufft needs one home run to get to 30. Something only six other Lions have done.
• Jayda Jones needs three hits to get to 100. 
• With eight more at bats Taylor Lipkins will reach 200. She's six stolen bases away from the Lions single-season stolen base record. 
• Alyssa Herrera is six at bats away from 400.
• Two more RBI will get Taylor Barraza to 100.

Playoff Picture
• Georgian Court appeared in the first NCAA Regional Rankings. The rankings were listed alphabetically indicating who is in consideration for a bid. 
• GCU was ranked fourth in the NCAA performance indicator rankings.
• In the CACC Georgian Court is still behind in games played so they haven't clinched a playoff spot yet. 
• GCU is currently in third place in the standings. By the unofficial SID calculations, the Lions would clinch tomorrow with two wins plus two losses from Jefferson plus one loss from Post. 

Lions in the CACC (statistic minimums set by NCAA)
• Within the conference, Georgian Court has one of the most potent offenses. They rank in the top-five in nearly every offensive category.
• GCU leads the league in home runs with 26 and slugging percentage at .507.
• With 6.95 runs per game, GCU leads the CACC and is 19th in the nation in scoring offense. 
• The Lions baserunning has played a big part in their success. They are second in the CACC in stolen bases per game with 2.31. They also rank sixth in the nation in with 20sacrifice flies and fourth with 24 triples. 
• Taylor Lipkins 37 stolen bases are the most in the CACC and ninth in D2. 
• Jadalynn Rodriguez ranks sixth in the CACC with a .413 batting average. 
• Jayda Jones' 16 doubles are fourth in the conference. 
• Kaitlyn Stufft leads all of Division II with six sacrifice flies. She's also second in the CACC with 45 RBI.
• Adriana Mungo is fourth in the league with 44 runs batted in. 
• In the circle Maddie Rabe's 1.88 ERA ranks fifth and Janelle Blaszka leads the CACC with three shutouts. 
• Savannah Simons is ninth in Division II with 14 hit by pitches. 

About the Opponents
Dominican Chargers
• Dominican comes to Lakewood at 8-30 on the season and 4-14 in league play.
• They are currently on a seven-game losing streak.
• Playing away from home, Dominican is just 2-10 this season.
• While GCU has hit the most home runs in the CACC, Dominican is hitting the most per game. They have 24 on the season led by Giovanna Salcido's 12. 
• Madison Walker has hit nine homers and carries a team-best .554 slugging percentage with a .370 on-base percentage.
• In the circle, Dominican has a 7.21 team ERA. Emily Baxter has thrown 116.2 innings with a 4.08 ERA and 5.52 strikeouts per seven innings.