LAKEWOOD, NJ (April 17, 2025) - As has often been the case this season, it was a tale of two different games in a doubleheader Thursday with Dominican. The Lions were shutdown offensively in game one, and struggled to limit damage in a 9-3 loss. They flipped the script in game two with timely hits and excellent pitching in a 7-0 win. The split puts Georgian Court at 7-9 in the CACC. 

Game 2 - Georgian Court 7, Dominican 0
How it Happened
• Georgian Court picked up 11 hits and scored seven times.
• The Chargers scattered just five hits, four singles and a double.
• Everybody was swinging early with three total walks and two strikeouts.
• Dominican left eight runners on base. 
• Georgian Court put the first five batters on base in the first inning and saw four runners cross the plate.
• It started with an infield single from Kaylin Curro. She scored on Ella Moore's RBI single to right.
• Two batters later with the bases loaded, Brooklyn Ragland was first-pitch swinging and cleared the bases with a double just inside the third base bag for a 4-0 Lion lead after one.
• GCU added two more in the third and again it was Ragland. She knocked a base hit to score Ella Moore. Later in the inning it was Kristy Regalado singling to score Ragland as the Lions went up 6-0.
• The Lions put another on the board in the fourth. Curro started it with a double and a pair of productive outs brought her in for a 7-0 lead.
• Dominican got two in scoring position in the fifth, but Janelle Blaszka coaxed a ground ball to end the inning and keep the 7-0 lead in tact which is how the game ended.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Janelle Blaszka tossed a complete game shutout allowing just five hits with two strikeouts and two walks. 
• Brooklyn Ragland was a perfect 3-3 with a double and four RBI.
• Ella Moore was 2-2 with two singles, two RBI and two runs scored.
• Kaylin Curro singled, doubled and scored twice.

For the Chargers
• Chloe McIntosh picked up two singles.
• Emma Kaszovitz had the only extra-base hit for Dominican, a double.
• Mia Fiumara and Emily Null threw three innings in relief allowing a run on three hits. 

Game 1 - Dominican 9, Georgian Court 3
How it Happened
• Dominican scored nine runs on 14 hits with three extra base hits.
• Georgian Court scored three times on eight hits with two doubles and a triple.
• GCU made two errors in the field which accounted for two unearned runs.
• There was a lot of first pitch swinging and low counts. The game featured just two strikeouts and two walks.
• Dominican scored a run early. A leadoff single and a two-out RBI made it a 1-0 Dominican lead in the first.
• Georgian Court answered with a two-out run of their own. Reagan Winn doubled in the gap to drive in Cheyenne Jackson and tied the game.
• The Chargers did more damage in the second with two outs. A sacrifice fly broke the tie and a two-out RBI single made it a 3-1 score.
• Both teams threatened in the third, but both defenses turned inning ending double plays to keep a run from scoring.
• Dominican tacked on in the fifth. Another two-out hit brought in a pair and the Chargers extended their lead to 5-1.
• The Lions scored for the first time since in the first in the sixth. Kaylin Curro led off with a single and scored on Ella Moore's double in the left centerfield gap.
• One batter later, Reagan Winn brought home Moore with a single to make it a 5-3 games.
• Dominican blew it open in the seventh. Adriana Barnes lifted a two-run home run to center. 

Lion Stat Leaders
• Kaylin Curro was 2-4 with a triple and a run scored.
• Reagan Winn singled, doubled and drove in two.
• Ella Moore doubled, drove in a run and scored.
• Brooklyn Ragland and Lia DeMaio were each 1-3.

For the Chargers
• Emily Baxter threw all seven innings allowing three runs on eight hits with two strikeouts.
• Nicole Mata singled twice, drove in two and scored twice.
• Adriana Barnes was 3-3 with a home run and three RBI.
• Isabella Mitterando reached three times and drove in two runs.

News and Notes
• In the fifth inning of game one, Brooklyn Ragland won an epic 16-pitch battle and singled to right. The longest GCU at bat of the season.
• Ragland's four RBI in game two are a single-game high.
• There was an interesting play in the fifth inning of game two. Makayla LaPlaca was called out at third because of the "look-back" rule. She was off third base while the pitcher was in the circle and waited to long to get back to the bag or break from home and was called out on the "look-back" rule to end the inning. She carried the game-ending run when she was called out.
• Six of Dominican's nine runs in game one were scored with two outs.
• GCU was 7-16 in the doubleheader hitting with runners in scoring position.
• This was Blaszka's fourth career complete game shutout, putting her in a tie for ninth all-time. 

Up Next
• Georgian Court hopes to make up their game with Post that has twice been rescheduled. It's currently set to be played Monday, April 21, at 2 pm.