LAKEWOOD, NJ (April 20, 2025) - Georgian Court Softball returns from a quick holiday break and steps right back onto the field. They play two doubleheaders to open the week, one home and one away.
Opponents
Post Eagles (4-33, 2-17 CACC)
Bloomfield Bears (0-31, 0-16 CACC)
Where
Waterbury, CT - LaMoy Field
Lakewood, NJ - SEI Field at the Georgian Court Softball Complex
When
Monday, April 21 - 2 pm (DH)
Tuesday, April 22 - 2 pm (DH)
How to Watch
• Both doubleheaders will be streamed via a free-to-view video on the CACC Digital Network, powered by HUDL. Live stats are available on the Lions schedule page.
Previously vs. Post
• Georgian Court has won 13 of the last 14 against Post and are 32-12 against the Eagles all-time.
• Last year in Lakewood, the Lions dominated in a pair of five-inning run-rule wins, 15-2 and 10-1.
• GCU smacked 10 extra-base hits in the two games.
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Julia Lapp and
Janelle Blaszka each picked up a win in the circle.
Previously vs. Bloomfield
• Georgian Court has won 30 of the 40 meetings between these two schools and are 18-6 when playing at home.
• Bloomfield nipped the Lions in the last game though in 2024 in Bloomfield, snapping a 12 game winning streak.
• During the 12 game winning streak, six of the games ended in run-rule wins.
• Last year's game went to extra innings as the Bears tied the game in the seventh and won it in the eighth, 4-3.
• Game one was also a one-run game. Bloomfield tied the game in the sixth, but
Gabriella Aleman won it with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court picked up another conference split last week with Dominican.
• GCU fell in game one 9-3 before roaring back with a 7-0 game two win.
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Janelle Blaszka scattered five hits in her fourth career complete game shutout.
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Brooklyn Ragland was 3-3 with a career-high four RBI.
Individual Milestones
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Julia Lapp is two strikeouts away from 50.
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Isabella Molina is one game away from 50.
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Lia DeMaio and
Charlee Mae Sinderud will get to 50 hits with four more. DeMaio is also two at bats away from 200.
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Kaylin Curro is two hits away from 50. Her seven triples are tied for the second most in a single season and shes five away from the record.
CACC Leaders
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Kaylin Curro is up to fourth in the CACC in batting average and on-base percentage.
• She leads the league and is sixth in the country with seven triples.
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Cheyenne Jackson is seventh in the league in slugging percentage and 10th in OPS.
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Janelle Blaszka is fifth in strikeouts looking and ninth in wins.
• Georgian Court's 118 strikeouts are the second fewest in the league.
• Defensively, GCU is fourth in fielding percentage.
Who's Hot?
• There's noone hotter than reigning CACC Player of the Week
Kaylin Curro who has seven multi-hit games in her last eight and hitting .576 over that span.
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Janelle Blaszka hasn't allowed more than two earned runs in any of her last four starts. She has a 1.22 ERA in her last 23 innings pitched.
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Isabella Molina is hitting .636 with seven hits in her last 11 at bats.
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Brooklyn Ragland has a three-game hitting streak and is 5-9 over that span with a career-high four RBI game against Dominican.
About the Opponents
Post Eagles
• Post is having a rough go of it with a 4-33 record and 2-17 mark in the CACC
• The Eagles have already played 20 run-rule shortened games among their 37 games played.
• They've been held to one or fewer runs 19 times and shut out 13 times.
• Post is playing better though of late. When this game was originally scheduled, Post was hitting below .200. They're now up to a .222 team batting average.
• Nyla Sapia and Allysa Calabrese are hitting above .280 to lead the team.
• Teams have been running wild on Post averaging nearly three stolen bases per game. Post has stolen just eight bags all season.
• The Eagles have just 44 extra-base hits this season and four home runs. They're being outscored 354-90.
• Calabrese is also their top pitcher with a 4.82 ERA. Alyssa Hughes has thrown the most innings at 71.1 while Devin Barnett has started 12 games.
• Post has a team-ERA of 10.05 this season.
• With a .924 fielding percentage, the Eagles defense is at the bottom of the CACC.
Bloomfield Bears
• Bloomfield is still searching for their first win of the season, as of Friday, April 18. They're 0-31 on the year, 0-16 in the CACC, but do play four games over the weekend.
• The doubleheader with Georgian Court is currently the last games on their schedule.
• The Bears are struggling to score hitting .171 on the year and averaging 1.25 runs per game. They've been shutout 19 times this year.
• Daniela Vidal is hitting .288 to lead the team and has scored eight runs.
• The team has an ERA of 10.46 and teams are hitting .393 against them.
• Ryan Romero has thrown 77.1 innings, a team-high.