Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 PHILADELPHIA (April 24, 2023) - Georgian Court got down in the first inning of both games of a doubleheader with Chestnut Hill, but didn't seem to be phased as they came back and easily put away the Griffins for a two-game sweep. The Lions are now 30-16 and 14-6 in the CACC.

Game 1 - Georgian Court 8, Chestnut Hill 1
How it Happened
• The Lions pounded out nine hits with three going for extra bases.
• GCU held the Griffins to just one run on three singles.
• Chestnut Hill stranded seven runners on base. The Lions left six on.
• The Griffins made three errors in the field, but none led to any GCU runs. The Lions were error free for the third straight game. 
• Chestnut Hill manufactured a run in the opening scoring on a two-out single for an early 1-0 lead.
• They held that lead until the third when the Lions broke through for four runs. Adriana Mungo started it with an RBI single to score Jadalynn Rodriguez and Kaitlyn Stufft gave the Lions a 2-1 lead with a sacrifice fly.
• With two outs and two on, Taylor Barraza produced the biggest hit of the frame. An opposite field, two RBI double bring in Mungo and Savannah Simons.
• Two innings later Stufft made it a 6-1 game with a long home run to left field.
• The Lions tacked on two more in the seventh. Savannah Simons scored on a wild pitch and with two outs, Coco Dunham drove in Brittany Gable with an infield single. 

Lions Stat Leaders
• Kaitlyn Stufft homered and drove in three runs.
• Savannah Simons was 3-2 with a pair of runs scored.
• Taylor Barraza drove in two runs with a double.
• Coco Dunham finished 2-4 with a run batted in.
• Janelle Blaszka got the win pitching the final five innings allowing just one hit and no runs.
• Jackie Cherry started giving up a run on three hits. 

For the Griffins
• Kayla Rolon was 2-3 with a run batted in.
• Steph Tonuci singled and scored in three at bats.
• Mianna Lopez Del Haro reached base twice with a single and a walk.
• Gabriella Quinones started and gave up six runs in five innings with three walks. 

Game 2 - Georgian Court 15, Chestnut Hill 3 - 6 Innings
How it Happened
• Like game one, the Griffins scored first. They put the first four on base with two coming in to score.
• The Griffins were primed for more when Janelle Blaszka entered with the bases loaded and nobody out. She got a strikeout and a double play to end the inning and escape further damage.
• Chestnut Hill took a 3-0 lead an inning later with a two-out RBI single in the second.
• Georgian Court broke through for a run in the third when Adriana Mungo drove in Jordan Mendolla.
• Still trailing 3-2, the Lions inched closer with a sacrifice fly from Kaitlyn Stufft in the fifth. Still batting with no out and the bases empty, the next seven batters all reached base as the Lions totaled six runs on eight hits in the inning. Coco Dunham's triple and Mendolla's home run were the biggest hits of the inning.
• The Lions came right back with another big inning, this time scoring seven runs in the sixth. Just like the inning before when a dropped fly ball should have ended the inning, the Griffins got the third out, but a dropped third strike allowed Mendolla to reach and the inning continued.
• After the passed ball, six more batters reached base. Savannah Simons and Brittany Gable had RBI doubles in the inning while Taylor Lipkins drove in two with a single.
• Maddie Rabe didn't allow a hit over the final three innings and the Lions took game two in six, 15-3.

Lions Stat Leaders
• Taylor Lipkins collected three hits with a run, two RBI and a stolen base.
• Kaitlyn Stufft had another three-hit day with three singles and three runs batted in.
• Jordan Mendolla doubled and homered and scored three runs.
• Savannah Simons was 2-4 with two doubles and two runs scored.
• Adriana Mungo and Brittany Gable each scored twice.
• Maddie Rabe got the win pitching the final four innings allowing just a hit while striking out four.

For the Griffins
• Steph Tonuci finished 2-3 with an RBI.
• Skyler Cunningham and Peyton Baldwin each knocked a hit.
• Mianna Lopez Del Haro walked, singled and scored.
• Abbie Alt-Ambriz started and allowed seven runs, three earned) on nine hits.

News and Notes
• Kaitlyn Stufft's game one home run gives her 30 for her career. She's just the sixth Lion to ever hit 30 home runs.
• Stufft also upped her hitting streak to 21 straight games. 
• Taylor Barraza picked up her 100th career RBI.
• The 17 hits in game two match the second-most for GCU this season.
• For the first time this season, GCU has gone four straight games without an error. The last time they did that was May 20-22 in 2021. 
• Taylor Lipkins has scored a run in 17 straight games. 

Up Next
• Georgian Court stays on the road for a doubleheader tomorrow afternoon. They take on Caldwell for a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.