LAKEWOOD, NJ (March 31, 2025) - Georgian Court Baseball takes to the field in Jackson, NJ again Tuesday afternoon for a CACC Doubleheader. 

Opponent
No. 19 Jefferson Rams (12-11, 6-6 CACC)

Where
Jackson, NJ - Jackson Justice Complex 

When
Tuesday, April 1 - 2 pm (DH)

CACC Action
• Georgian Court plays in the CACC North Division, as opposed to the South like they do in Basketball and Volleyball.
• The CACC schedules inter-division games as weekend doubleheaders, Saturday and Sunday, with each team playing a home and away doubleheader.
• Out of division doubleheaders, like Tuesday with Jefferson, are a single doubleheader played during the week. 

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court played a pair of weekend doubleheaders with Dominican.
• GCU struggled in game one of each twin bill, but showed life in game two.
• Especially Sunday when after getting down 7-0, closed the gap to 7-6, but ended up falling by one run.

Who's Hot?
• Alex Elliott has a hit in seven of his last eight games with six RBI. 
• Jack Greenspan has a three game hitting streak. 
• Oliver Santana had two hits and three runs Sunday against Dominican.
• Andrew Sloan hasn't allowed an earned run in his last four outings.

CACC Leaders
• Israel Garcia is leading the league in slugging percentage and is second OPS. 
• Carter Rieben is third in hit by pitches with 10.
• Oliver Santana's two triples are tied for seventh in the league. 

About the Opponent
Jefferson Rams
• Jefferson was ranked 19th in the most recent NCBWA top-25 poll, released March 26.
• They're 18-8 on the season and 10-2 in league play. They've also won three straight.
• The Rams are led by their pitching staff which has a CACC-best 4.09 staff ERA.
• In last week's midweek series, they threw Gabe Silva and Tyler Sickles. Silva has a 2.70 ERA in four starts.
• Silva also gets it done at the plate. He's hitting .306 with 16 stolen bases and 11 RBI.
• The Rams are fourth in Division II with 117 stolen bases this season. 
• Javon Hernandez is the team's biggest offensive threat. He's hitting .427 with a team-best five home runs and 32 RBI to go along with 22 stolen bags.

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, 18 at home and 32 on the road. Of the 50, 36 are conference games.