LAKEWOOD, NJ (April 15, 2024) - Georgian Court Softball continues on with home doubleheaders both Saturday and Sunday.

Opponents
Chestnut Hill Griffins (2-24, 1-15 CACC)
Adelphi Panthers (22-16, 13-3 NE10)

Where
Lakewood, NJ - GCU Softball Complex/SEI Field 

When
Saturday, April 20 - 1 p.m. vs. Chestnut Hill
Sunday, April 21 - 1 p.m. vs. Adelphi

How to Watch
• This weekend's doubleheaders will be streamed live via a free-to-view broadcast on the Georgian Court portal of the CACC Digital Network, powered by HUDL. Live stats are also available on the Lions Softball schedule page. 

Senior Day
• Prior to the Lions game Saturday vs. Chestnut Hill, there will be a special on-field ceremony to recognize the senior class of 2024.
• Georgian Court will also have the Blue and Gold Athletic Club tent out for members during the game. Anyone interested in signing up can find out more information and join on site!
• Saturday is also the Georgian Court Family Day with special tailgating areas for women's lacrosse and softball in between fields. Prior to the softball game, Georgian Court Women's Lacrosse hosts Dominican at 10 a.m. 

Previously vs. Chestnut Hill
• The rivalry with Chestnut Hill has been one-sided throughout their history.
• Georgian Court is 26-2 all-time against the Griffins and have won 12 straight.
• Their last loss came in 2016. GCU is also 13-1 all-time at home against CHC.
• Last season, Georgian Court picked up a run-rule 15-3 win in six innings in game one before taking game two 8-1.
• The Griffins scored in the first inning in both games to take early leads. GCU scored 14 runs in the fifth and sixth innings of game one.
• Janelle Blaszka threw five shut out innings in game two and Kaitlyn Stufft hit a three-run home run.

Previously vs. Adelphi
• Though nonconference foes, Georgian Court and Adelphi are plenty familiar with each other.
• Despite both being regional powerhouses, these two have only met in the regional tournament once. That was a GCU win in 2021.
• Last season, Adelphi swept a doubleheader on Long Island 3-0 and 7-3.
• The Panthers have won three straight and are 14-10 all-time against GCU. 
• Two of the Lions three runs last year were scored on outs.

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court swept Goldey-Beacom at home in a pair of close games.
• Game one saw the Lions win in dramatic fashion. Tied at two in the seventh, Gabriella Aleman led off the frame with a solo home run to left for the game winner.
• The Lions pulled off another close victory in game two, winning 5-3. Tied at one, Brittany Gable homered to give GCU the lead for good.
• GBC got the go-ahead run to the plate in the seventh, but Janelle Blaszka collected the final out for the 5-3 win. 

CACC Leaders
• Kaitlyn Stufft is second in the CACC hitting .491. She also has a CACC best 14 home runs and .974 slugging percentage which is sixth in the country. 
• Cheyenne Jackson is third in the CACC with 27 stolen bases and leads the league with 0.67 walks per game. 
• Adriana Mungo's is the CACC leader with 16 doubles. Her 0.44 doubles per game are 10thin Division II.
• Jadalynn Rodriguez's three triples are fourth in the conference.   
• Georgian Court is third in the CACC in team scoring at 5.42 runs per game.
• They are leading the league in team slugging percentage at .459, second in team on-base at .382 and third in batting average at .297. 
• Their 23 home runs are also the most in the CACC. 
• Georgian Court has drawn 125 walks this season, most in the CACC.
• With 19 double plays, Georgian Court is first in the CACC and 11th in Division II. 

Who's Hot
• For the third time this season, Kaitlyn Stufft is the CACC Player of the Week. She hit .560 last week with six home runs and 14 runs batted in. 
• Julia Lapp has allowed no more than two runs in any of her last three starts. 
• Gabriella Aleman has hits in six of her last seven games and is batting .348 over that span and hit the walk-off home run against Goldey-Beacom.
• Cheyenne Jackson is also hitting .348 in her last seven games with six runs batted in. 
• Jadalynn Rodriguez broke out of a four-game hitless streak going 2-4 in game two against Goldey-Beacom

Individual Milestones
• Jadalynn Rodriguez needs seven runs for 100. 
• Kaitlyn Stufft is within striking distance of the Lions all-time RBI record. She's now five behind and needs six for the all-time mark. She's also seven behind the all-time mark in home runs and needs eight for sole possession of the record. 
• Adriana Mungo is still tied for Lions career record with 60 doubles. She needs just one more to set the high-water mark. She also needs five bases to reach 350 career total bases, something just four other Lions have ever done. 
• Cheyenne Jackson is three stolen bases away from becoming the seventh Lion to ever swipe 30 bases in a season. 
• Three more innings will move Janelle Blaszka to eighth in innings pitched. 

Playoff Picture
• The regular season wraps up in less than two weeks. At 8-6, Georgian Court is currently in sixth place.
• The top eight teams all make the postseason, but it's the top four that have a big advantage.
• Quarterfinal round matchups are on campus sites and require the lower-seeded team to sweep a doubleheader. Higher seeded teams need to just win one of two games to advance.
• Of the three CACC doubleheaders left, all three opponents are below the Lions in the standings.
• Georgian Court is currently fifth trailing Wilmington, Bridgeport, Felician and Bloomfield. 

About the Opponents
Chestnut Hill Griffins
• Chestnut Hill is currently at the bottom of the CACC standings. 
• The Griffins are 2-24 overall and just 1-16 in league play. 
• Runs have been hard to come by for the Griffins who have scored just 44 runs this season and 32 in CACC games.
• Their 1.69 runs per game are the fewest in the country. They're the only team averaging fewer than two runs per game this season. 
• The standout on offense has been Mianna Lopez Del Haro. She's hitting .455 with half of the team's extra base hits.
• Skyler Cunningham is up over .300 at .301 and old friend Camille Dunham is batting .280 and is second on the team with a .349 on base percentage.
• CHC has a staff ERA of 5.81. Gabriella Quinones and Michelle Baker have thrown all but three innings.

Adelphi Panthers
• Adelphi is once again leading the Northeast-10 conference. They're 13-3 in the league and 22-16 overall.
• The Panthers appear in the first set of NCAA regional rankings released this week.
• On the road, it's been a struggle though for Adelphi who are just 8-14 away from home. 
• They've been hot of late though winning seven straight. 
• Adelphi rides their top-two pitchers Lindsey Hibbs and Lily Kenney. Hibbs is 13-10 this season with a 1.28 ERA and 161 strikeouts in 147.2 innings.
• Kenney is 8-6 in 100 innings pitched with a 3.36 ERA. She pitches more to contact with just 22 punch outs.
• The Panthers offense is hitting just .265 on the year. Kaitlyn Klepper leads the way hitting .329 and is on a seven-game hitting streak.
• Courtney Wengryn has a team-high 20 RBI. Brianna Fischer has 13 extra-base hits.
• Adelphi has twice as many stolen bases as their opponents at 50-25.