WILMINGTON, Del. (April 27, 2025) - The No. 3 vs. No. 6 matchup of the CACC Tournament saw Georgian Court Softball have to travel to Wilmington, Delaware to take on the three-seeded Goldey-Beacom Lightning. GCU, as the No. 6 seed, had to win twice to advance while GBC only needed one win. Both games saw outstanding pitching performances as there was just three combined runs in 16 innings. The Lions were on the plus side of a 1-0 shutout in game one, but on the short end of a 2-0 shutout in game two. Unfortunately with the loss, that means the season comes to close for Georgian Court Softball in 2025.

Game 1 - Georgian Court 1, Goldey-Beacom 0 - 9 Innings
How it Happened
• Georgian Court picked up seven hits in the game, with one extra-base hit.
• Goldey-Beacom scattered three singles and a double across nine innings.
• The Lions put the ball in play. The struck out just once and didn't draw a walk. They also had one reach on a hit-by-pitch.
• Lightning batters struck out six times, walked once, and had three batters hit by a pitch.
• Goldey-Beacom left eight runners on base and Georgian Court six.
• Neither team made an error in the field. 
• The Lions nearly scored very early. In the first inning they had two on with one out and the bases loaded with two outs, but failed to score. 
• In the fourth it was Goldey-Beacom who left the bags full and failed to cash in on a leadoff double.
• GBC had chances in the seventh and the eighth to get the walk off win. They put the winning run on second in the seventh with two outs, but a fly out ended that threat.
• In the eighth, a walk and a single put the first two on. Janelle Blaszka got out of that with a fly out, ground out and strikeout.
• Cheyenne Jackson pulled a one-out single in the ninth to get the Lions started. She stole second and Reagan Winn brought her in with an opposite field double to give GCU the lead.
• The Lightning got a two-out single, but a strikeout ended the game and kept the Lions season alive.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Janelle Blaszka was brilliant throwing nine shutout innings allowing four hits and striking out six.
• Reagan Winn had two hits including the game-winning double.
• Ella Moore had a pair of singles.
• Cheyenne Jackson, singled, stole a base and scored the only run of the game.

For the Lightning
• Morgan McLane suffered her first loss of the season allowing just one run on seven hits.
• Josalyn McMillan had a 1-2 day.
• McKenna Frank, Alex Lowry and Autumn Simpson all had a hit each.

Game 2 - Goldey-Beacom 2, Georgian Court 0
How it Happened
• Game two featured even fewer hits, just seven total. 
• Georgian Court had four singles. Goldey-Beacom had just three hits, but one triple and one double.
• GBC also stole a pair of bases.
• GCU struck out four times in the game while Lion pitchers didn't fan a batter in game two.
• The Lions stranded five runners and the Lightning four.
• Mikayla LaPlaca had the Lions first hit, a one-out single in the third. Kaylin Curro walked and GCU had two on and two outs, but a ground out ended the inning.
• Goldey-Beacom broke a 12-inning scoreless streak in the fourth. In fact the fourth, was the only inning the Lightning had a hit. It started with a one-out double. A ground out meant GCU was an out away from putting another zero on the board. But a triple scored a run for Goldey-Beacom and one batter later, an RBI single made it 2-0.
• After going down in order in the fifth and sixth, Georgian Court got the tying runs on base in the seventh. 
• Reagan Winn and Brooklyn Ragland had back-to-back one-out singles, but a ground out and a pop out ended the game, 2-0 Lightning.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Julia Lapp started and allowed two runs on three hits in 3.2 innings.
• Janelle Blaszka threw the final 2.1 innings without allowing a hit.
• Ella Moore, Reagan Winn, Brooklyn Ragland and Mikayla LaPlaca all singled.

For the Lightning
• Caitlin Burch threw the four-hit shutout with four strikeouts.
• Alex Lowry tripled and drew a walk along with picking up an RBI.
• Autumn Simpson singled home a run.
• Bryn Bohmann doubled and scored.

News and Notes
• Janelle Blaszka totaled 11.1 scoreless innings across the two games.
• Reagan Winn took her 100th at bat and picked up her 30th hit.
• Cheyenne Jackson stole her 40th career base.
• This is the second straight season GCU has fallen to Goldey-Beacom in the opening round of the CACC Tournament.