CALDWELL, NJ (April 25, 2023) - Georgian Court Softball went to Caldwell and did something no other team has done this season. The Cougars hadn't been beaten at home all season but the Lions weren't intimidated. They took it to the Cougars sweeping both games 7-0 and 10-7. With the wins GCU is now 32-16 and 16-6 in the CACC.

Game 1 - Georgian Court 7, Caldwell 0
How it Happened
• The Lions knocked 10 hits, nine singles and stole two bases.
• Caldwell picked up six hits, no runs with two doubles and four singles. They left nine on base.
• Georgian Court was able to take advantage of four Cougar errors as five of the seven runs were unearned.
• After two scoreless innings, Georgian Court got on the board with a big third inning. Taylor Lipkins led off and her single got behind the centerfielder allowing her to scamper all the way to third.
• Two batters later, Lipkins crossed the plate on Kaitlyn Stufft's RBI ground ball. 
• The inning continued as Brittany Gable scored Stufft with a sacrifice fly. With two outs and two on, Jordan Mendolla delivered the biggest hit of the inning, a single to drive in both runs and put the Lions up 4-0.
• The score stayed that way until the sixth. With Coco Dunham on third, Jadalynn Rodriguez took off for second. The catcher's throw went into the outfield allowing Dunham to score. 
• Caldwell had a scoring threat brewing in the home half of the inning. They put two on with two out. A long drive to center looked ticketed to get to the wall, but Lipkins made a highlight reel, diving catch with her back towards home plate to end the inning and keep the Cougars scoreless.
• Georgian Court tacked on two more in the seventh. With two out and two on, Gable scored them both with a long double.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Maddie Rabe earned the complete game shutout allowing six hits with one strikeout.
• Taylor Lipkins finished 2-4 with a run scored and a stolen base.
• Savannah Simons singled twice and scored two runs.
• Brittany Gable doubled and drove in three runs.
• Coco Dunham was 2-3 with a run scored.
• Jordan Mendolla singled to drive in two.

For the Cougars
• Ashleigh Tavaska doubled twice.
• Brooke Martin pinch hit and singled.

Game Two - Georgian Court 10, Caldwell 5
How it Happened
• Georgian Court played a lot of small ball again with 12 hits and 11 singles. 
• Unearned runs were again a factor. Two of the Cougars five runs were unearned and four of the Lions 10.
• Caldwell left nine runners on base and the Lions stranded eight.
• After GCU went scoreless in the first, Caldwell loaded the bases looking to take an early lead. Janelle Blaszka got a strikeout though to end the inning unscathed.
• In the second, Savannah Simons led off with a double and Taylor Barraza drove her in with an opposite field single and a 1-0 lead.
• The third is when the Lions broke the game open. Kaitlyn Stufft made it a 3-0 game with a bases loaded single to score Jadalynn Rodriguez and Taylor Lipkins. One batter later, Simons flair over first base fell past the outstretched arm of the second baseman and Adriana Mungo crossed the plate.
• Brittany Gable capped the scoring in the third with a two-RBI single up the middle.
• Caldwell made a run to get closer in the home half of the inning. They scored four runs but it could have been much more. With the bases loaded, a drive to left sent Jadalynn Rodriguez back and crashing through the fence for the second out of the inning.
• Leading by two, Stufft made it 7-4 with an RBI single to drive in Rodriguez.
• The Cougars again cut the lead down to two, 7-5, with a two-out RBI single.
• The Lions put the game away with three more in the seventh. A bases loaded walk brought in Brittany Gable and Adriana Mungo knocked in two more with a single to center.

Lions Stat Leaders
• Kaitlyn Stufft drove in three runs with two hits.
• Adriana Mungo reached base three times with two singles and a walk. She drove in two and scored a run.
• Taylor Barraza was 2-2 with a walk and an RBI.
• Savannah Simons doubled as part of a 2-4 day with two runs scored.
• Brittany Gable had two RBI and scored a run.
• Jadalynn Rodriguez walked three times and scored a run. She also stole a base.
• Janelle Blaszka pitched all seven innings giving up five runs, three earned on eight hits with two strikeouts.

For the Cougars
• Delany Ridgell was 2-4 with a double and two RBI.
• Maya Rodriguez had two singles with an RBI and a run scored.
• Ashleigh Tavaska singled and drove in a run and scored.
• Brooke Martin reached base twice with a hit and a walk. 

News and Notes
• Entering the game, Caldwell had been 18-0 at home this season.
• Kaitlyn Stufft upped her hitting streak to 23 straight games.
• Taylor Lipkins scored in her 19th straight game. 
• Maddie Rabe and Janelle Blaszka surpassed 100 innings pitched this season. 
• The Lions ran their streak of errorless games to five before committing one in game two.

Up Next
• The Lions finish the regular season tomorrow afternoon at home. They'll play a doubleheader with Holy Family beginning at 2:30 p.m.