LAKEWOOD, NJ (March 10, 2025) - Georgian Court Baseball's season opening road trip marches on this week in Florida.

Opponents
Bentley Falcons (8-6, 0-0 NE10)
Lynn Fighting Knights (11-9, 2-4 Sunshine State)
New Haven Chargers (4-3, 0-0 NE10)

Where
Boca Raton, FL - Hosted by Lynn University

When
Tuesday-Wednesday, March 11-12
Tuesday, March 11 - 11 am - vs. Bentley
Tuesday, March 11 - 3 pm - at Lynn
Wednesday, March 12 - 11 am - vs. New Haven

How to Watch
• There will be a free live stream and live stats of Georgian Court against Lynn only. 

Last Time Out
• The Lions played in West Virginia where they fell 8-2 to West Virginia Wesleyan.
• GCU scored a first inning run and blanked the Bobcats through three.
• WVW put up three in the fourth and seventh innings, while scoring in four of their final five turns to the plate.

Who's Hot?
• Ryan Bilello has started three times in five games throwing 10 innings with a 2.70 ERA.
• Israel Garcia has a hit in three of four games played in. 
• Carter Rieben has reached base in all five games this season. 
• Frank Marra is five for his last nine. 
• Alex Elliott has back-to-back multiple hit games. 

About the Opponents
Bentley Falcons
• The Falcons are 8-6 on the season and have dropped three straight.
• Two of those losses have been at Lynn and against New Haven. 
• Bentley is hitting .296 as a team and reaching base at a near .400 clip.
• They're driving the ball as well with 50 extra base hits including 34 doubles and 12 home runs.
• Stan DeMartinis III is hitting .500 with six home runs and 21 runs batted in.
• Brendan Sencaj has driven in 18 eight extra-base hits.
• The pitching staff has struck out a bunch and limited walks. They have a 4.82 staff ERA.

Lynn Fightning Knights
• Lynn has been hot of late, winning four in a row.
• They're 11-9 on the season and 9-4 playing at home.
• The Knights have a 4.86 ERA. Brad Benton has been lights out out of the bullpen. He's pitched in seven games with a 0.86 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 21 innings.
• Cole Fowler has been their biggest bat with a .413 average and .750 slugging. He leads the team with seven home runs.
• Leon Paulino has driven in a team-best 21 runs.
• The Knights have already given up 39 stolen bases. They don't do much running themselves with just 11 in 20 games. 

New Haven Chargers
• New Haven has won two in a row to get above .500 at 4-3.
• They defeated Bentley late last week 13-2.
• The Chargers are pitching well with an ERA of 3.66.
• Vincent Fusco might be in line for the start. He last pitched Friday. Fusco has been roughed up with a 10.29 ERA in seven innings.
• The Bullpen has been excellent allowed just eight earned runs in 24.2 innings for a bullpen ERA of less than three. 
• The Chargers are also a great fielding team with a .979 fielding percentage and just five errors in seven games. 
• New Haven doesn't hit for much power. They have just 13 extra-base hits and 11 doubles on the season.
• The team is hitting just .214. Matt McIntire leads with a .231 average and six hits. 

Team Breakdown
• Georgian Court brought in a great deal of talent from across the country and of all age groups:
By Class: 
Graduate students - 2
Seniors - 3
Juniors - 13
Sophomores - 9
Freshmen - 20

By State/Country:
Cuba - 1
Illinois - 1
Florida - 4
Maryland - 4
New Jersey - 27
New York - 4
North Carolina - 1
Pennsylvania - 2
Texas - 1
Virginia - 2

By Position
Utility - 3
IF - 13
OF - 9
C - 4
P - 19

Head Coach Arlan Freeman
• Coach Freeman is in his 15th season of collegiate coaching and seventh as a head coach. He Georgian Court is the second program he has started from the ground up, doing the same at St. Elizabeth University in Morristown, NJ.
• That came after his first head coaching stint at New Paltz, where he was head coach for two season, earning the SUNYAC Coach of the Year award
• He has spent time as an assistant coach at NCAA Division II Universities, Barry, Lynn and Felician and Division III Stevens Institue of Technology. 
• Freeman has also worked professionally within the Cape Cod League. 

Baseball at Georgian Court
• With the start of the Baseball season, Georgian Court now sponsors 16 sports, seven men's and nine women's.
Men's Sports: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Lacrosse, Soccer, I/O Track and Field
Women's Sports: Acrobatics and Tumbling, Basketball, Cross Country, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, I/O Track and Field, Volleyball

Inaugural Schedule
• The first eight games Georgian Court will play this year will all be on the road, against six different teams.
• Following their series against Erskine, GCU will play single games with Staten Island, West Virginia Wesleyan, New Haven, Lynn and Bentley.
• The Lions first ever home game will coincide with their first ever conference game. They host Post Saturday, March 15 at the Jackson Justice Complex.
• The CACC is split into two divisions, North and South, much like Basketball and Volleyball. However unlike Basketball and Volleyball, the Lions will compete in the CACC North Division this season.
• Georgian Court has 50 games on their schedule, 20 at home and 30 on the road. Of the 50, 36 are conference games.