LAKEWOOD, NJ (April 7, 2024) - It's been two weeks since Georgian Court Softball took the field, but you wouldn't know it by their play Sunday afternoon against Caldwell. If you thought the Lions would need to shake off some rust from the long layoff, think again. The Lions got great pitching, timely hitting and exceptional defense as they swept Caldwell winning 6-2 and 4-2. GCU moves to 11-13 on the year and 3-1 in the CACC.

Game 1 - Georgian Court 6, Caldwell 2
How it Happened
• Georgian Court picked up 10 hits with two doubles. Caldwell had six singles and a triple.
• The Cougars defense committed two errors leading to an unearned run. The Lions played a clean game in the field.
• GCU didn't walk a batter, though the Lions did hit three batters.
• The Lions drew four walks and struck out three times. Caldwell struck out just once.
• In the first, Caldwell got the first two on, but Janelle Blaska escaped the inning unscathed.
• The bats got to work early scoring three in the bottom of the first. Jadalynn Rodriguez singled to score a run and Charlee Mae Sinderud drove in two with a seeing-eye single through the right side.
• After Caldwell got on the board in the second thanks to a fielder's choice, GCU got the run back as Adriana Mungo scored Lia DeMaio with a sacrifice fly.
• Caldwell again scored in the top of the third on another ground out and the Lions returned the favor with an RBI ground out from Brittany Gable.
• It could have been more for the Cougars in the third if not for DeMaio. She picked up a ball in left from Brooke Martin's single and fired home to nab a runner trying to score to end the inning.
• Kaitlyn Stufft tacked on a run in the sixth with a single to score Mungo and the Lions led 6-2 after four.
• The rest was all Blaszka. And although the Cougars got runners on in the sixth and seventh, Blaszka got through them without allowing a run.
• Brittany Gable made a leaping grab on a hot shot to second for the game's final out.  

Lions Stat Leaders
• Janelle Blaszka started and threw all seven innings allowing two runs on seven hits with a strikeout.
• Jadalynn Rodriguez picked up three hits and scored twice with a stolen base.
• Adriana Mungo singled, doubled and scored a pair of runs.
• Kaitlyn Stufft collected two hits with a run and an RBI.
• Charlee Mae Sinderud singled and drove in two.

For the Cougars
• Jess Klein singled twice and scored.
• Brooke Martin picked up a pair of hits.
• Ashleigh Tavaska tripled and scored a run.
• Maddie Burns started and gave up five runs, four earned in 2.2 innings.
• Katie O'Connor threw the final 3.1 innings allowing just a run on four hits.

Game 2 - Georgian Court 4, Caldwell 2
How it Happened
• Caldwell outhit the Lions 8-7, but the Lions picked up three extra-base hits.
• GCU left eight runners on base while Caldwell stranded five.
• Georgian Court was moving on the basepaths stealing three bags.
• The Cougars led off with a walk and followed with a triple, but didn't score because in between, Adriana Mungo's back pick at first base caught the runner for the game's first out.
• Julia Lapp worked around the one-out triple with a pair of ground outs.
• Georgian Court scored in the second with some small ball. Sinderud led off with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on a sacrifice fly.
• The game stayed 1-0 until the fourth. Rodriguez led off with a sun-aided triple and scored on a ground ball. Another productive out scored Gabriella Aleman as Jayda Jones picked up the RBI.
• Caldwell got to within a run scoring twice in the fifth with a pair of two-out RBI hits.
• Kaitlyn Stufft led off the bottom of the fifth with a home run to give GCU a bit of insurance.
• The Cougars hit the ball hard in the sixth with a single, but three hard line drives were hit at people, including the final out of the inning, with Sinderud making a nice catch on the run towards the right field line.
• In the seventh, Alli Winters led off with a hot shot single to second. Brittany Gable did all she could to smother the ball, but couldn't get a throw off. But Winters rounded first a little too far and was tagged out for the first out of the seventh.
• Lapp finished it herself with a strikeout and a comebacker to finish the 4-2 win.

Lions Stat Leaders
• Julia Lapp was excellent pitching all seven innings allowing two runs on eight hits with two strikeouts.
• Adriana Mungo picked up three hits.
• Jadalynn Rodriguez was 2-3 with a run scored.
• Cheyenne Jackson drove in two runs and stole a base.
• Kaitlyn Stufft homered in a 1-4 day.

For the Cougars
• After pitching the final 3.1 innings of game one, Katie O'Connor threw all six in game two allowing four runs on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts.
• Ashleigh Tavaska finished 2-3 with an RBI.
• Alli Winters was also 2-3 with a run scored.

News and Notes
• The win was Lapp's first career collegiate win.
• Jayda Jones returned to play for the first time since March 6 against East Stroudsburg.
• Lion pitchers walked just one in 14 innings.
• Adriana Mungo entered the Lions all-time top-five in runs scored.
• Brittany Gable moved into the leadoff spot for the first time this season in game two.
• These were the Lions first games since March 24 and first wins since March 17.
• Georgian Court has now evened-up the all-time series 25-25. GCU has had the Cougars number of late winning five straight and nine of the last 10. 

Up Next
• Georgian Court has a lot of games coming up. Next for the Lions, they'll play tomorrow morning at Dominican with game one starting at 10 a.m.