BLOOMFIELD, NJ (March 16, 2024) - Georgian Court Softball rolled into conference play this week. The Lions split a pair of one-run games and move to 7-9 on the season and 1-1 in CACC play.
Game One - Georgian Court 5, Bloomfield 4
How it Happened
• Georgian Court picked up nine hits, four going for extra bases. Bloomfield scattered eight hits, seven singles.
• Each team left runners on base with GCU stranding seven and the Bears six.
• The Lions were patient and drew four walks while GCU pitching walked just one.
• GCU started the scoring early with a pair in the first.
Cheyenne Jackson walked and stole second and scored on
Adriana Mungo's double. Mungo came in to score herself on Stufft's RBI single to center.
• The Bears cut the Lion lead in half in the second. A single, sacrifice bunt and a two-out RBI single got the Bears on the board.
• Back-to-back two-out doubles in the top of the third from
Jadalynn Rodriguez and
Charlee Mae Sinderud plated the Lions third run.
• Georgian Court used their speed to create a run in the fourth.
Lia DeMaio singled, stole second, and scored on Jackson's single to shortstop.
• The Bears got closer with a run in the home half of the fourth. A leadoff hit-by-pitch came in to score on a sacrifice fly and the Lion lead was trimmed to 4-2.
• That's how the score remained until the sixth. With two out and one on, Daniela Vidal tripled to right to tie the game.
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Kahlen Cornell entered in the circle for GCU and with two in scoring position, got a ground out to end the inning.
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Kaitlyn Stufft led off the seventh with a single to center. She moved to second on a walk, third on a ground out and scored the go-ahead run on
Gabriella Aleman's sacrifice fly.
• Cornell set the Bears down in order in the bottom of the inning to preserve the 5-4 win.
Lion Stat Leaders
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Kaitlyn Stufft was 2-3 with a run and an RBI.
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Jadalynn Rodriguez reached base three times with a double, single, and a walk.
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Cheyenne Jackson, singled, walked and stole two bases.
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Kahlen Cornell got the win pitching the final 1.2 innings without allowing a hit.
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Janelle Blaszka started and allowed four runs on five hits
For the Bears
• Jocelyn Moody pitched four innings of relief allowing two runs on four hits with three walks. She was also 2-3 at the dish with two runs scored.
• Daniela Vidal drove in three runs with a triple in one official at bat.
• Sierra Albritton finished 2-4 with a stolen base.
Game Two - Bloomfield 4, Georgian Court 3
How it Happened
• Bloomfield picked up nine hits to the Lions seven.
• Each team connected for two doubles. GCU also added a triple and home run.
• Both teams left eight runners on base.
• It was Bloomfield who got on top in the first inning in game two. A two-out RBI single plated the game's first run.
• The Lions threatened in the second, putting two in scoring position with one out. But the Bears escaped with back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning.
• The scored stayed 1-0 until the third.
Cheyenne Jackson led off with a walk and
Kaitlyn Stufft did the rest. She parked one over the centerfield fence to put GCU up 2-1.
• Georgian Court added an insurance run in the fifth as
Charlee Mae Sinderud and
Gabriella Aleman lifted back-to-back two-out doubles.
• Bloomfield pushed a run across in the home half of the inning to get back to within one, 3-2.
• In the seventh, with two outs, Bloomfield had a clutch RBI single up the middle to tie game and send it to extra innings.
• The international tie-breaker rule was used starting in the top of the eighth. The Lions got a runner to third, but a pop out and strike out ended the inning.
• Bloomfield capitalized on their free runner. They used a pair of productive outs, scoring the walk-off run with a sacrifice fly.
Lion Stat Leaders
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Kahlen Cornell went the distance throwing 7.2 innings allowing four runs, three earned on nine hits with four strikeouts.
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Charlee Mae Sinderud was a home run shy of the cycle finishing 3-3 with a run scored.
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Kaitlyn Stufft drove in two with a home run.
For the Bears
• Walters threw eight innings giving up three runs on seven hits with six strikeouts.
• Sierra Albritton was 3-4 with three runs scored.
• Jocelyn Moody was also 3-4 and drove in two.
• Daniela Vidal walked and had the game-winning RBI sacrifice fly.
News and Notes
• Janelle Blaska threw her 200th career inning.
• The Bears won their 12th straight against Bloomfield in game one before that winning streak came to an end in game two.
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Cheyenne Jackson walked and stole second to start game one. It was the third straight game she led off with a walk and stole second base.
• GCU has made one or fewer errors in five straight games.
• The Lions have nine doubles in their last four games.
• Georgian Court has already played four one-run games this season. They fall to 1-4.
Up Next
• Georgian Court finishes the week with a home doubleheader Sunday afternoon against Mercy. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m.
