LAKEWOOD, NJ (April 7, 2025) - Georgian Court Baseball is scheduled to play in four of the next six days starting with back-to-back nonconference games during the week.

Opponents
Mercy Mavericks (19-16, 6-6 ECC)
Bloomsburg Huskies (11-19, 2-10 PSAC)

Where
Jackson, NJ - Jackson Justice Complex 

When
Tuesday, April 8 - 5 pm
Wednesday, April 9 - 1 pm

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, are a single doubleheader played during the week. 

Vs. Nonconference Opponents
• Georgian Court is nearly finished with their nonconference schedule.
• After these two, GCU has just one doubleheader remaining against a non-CACC opponent.
• The Lions this year are 1-7 outside of CACC play.
• Their one win was their first win in program history, a 16-8 win at the College of Staten Island. 

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court played a home-and-home doubleheader series with Bridgeport.
• The Lions split both doubleheaders, going 2-2 overall with the Purple Knights.
• GCU scored nine runs in both wins. They got good pitching especially from their bullpen, in picking up the victories.
• The Lions rallied a late comeback in game two. Down to the final inning, the Lions scored twice to force extras. However Bridgeport scored four times the next inning to prevent the Lion doubleheader sweep. 

Who's Hot?
• Oliver Santana had his first three-hit game in game two Sunday vs. Bridgeport.
• Frank Marra had a hit in all four games against the Purple Knights.
• Sammy Cruz doubled three times and scored five times over the weekend.
• Kody Lewis had two RBI in both games Sunday.
• Samir Lopez has 4.1 scoreless innings under his belt, plus a win in his last two outings. 

CACC Leaders
• Israel Garcia is second in the league in both slugging percentage and OPS. 
• Carter Rieben is third in hit by pitches with 15.
• Oliver Santana's two triples are tied for eighth in the league. 
• Larry Rodriguez is in the top-25 in stolen bases per game. 

About the Opponents
Mercy Mavericks
• Mercy is right at .500 in regional conference foe the ECC at 6-6.
• They're 19-16 overall and 5-8 when playing away from home.
• The Mavericks are a good offensive team hitting .322 and scoring more than seven runs per game.
• Kolongi Goins leads the offense hitting .429 with a 52.1% on base percentage.
• John Nisco has been their biggest run-producer with five home runs and 32 runs batter in.
• The Mavericks do their fair share of running with 65 stolen bases on the season.
• As a team, Mercy has a 6.59 staff ERA. They've been hurt by walks, issuing 171 while striking out 199.
• They've also been prone to the long ball having already given up 27.
• The Mavericks haven't played a true midweek game in a couple of weeks, so projecting a starter is difficult. They do have some good arms out of the bullpen though including Samuel Gil who has eight saves on the season which is fifth in the NCAA.
• Mercy's defense has played well with a .967 fielding percentage for the season. 

Bloomsburg Huskies
• Bloomsburg sits at 11-19 on the season and just 2-10 in the PSAC, but have been involved in a lot of close losses.
• Nine of their 19 losses have been by three runs or fewer. They just dropped three of four to No. 16 Millersville with all three losses by four runs or less.
• The Huskies have struggled on the road this year. They're just 4-14 when playing away from home.
• While they do have some close losses, there's also some lopsided ones in there which has led to a staff ERA above 8.0.
• They threw Brian Walsh in a midweek start last Tuesday and he was brilliant allowing two earned runs in seven innings in a 7-4 win vs. St. Thomas Aquinas. 
• The team is hitting .275 and have flashed power with 30 home runs.
• Brady Ebbert has five and a team-best 23 RBI.
• Stolen bases have not been a part of the Huskies game with just 27 in 30 games. They have though given up 72 to opponents in 81 attempts.
• They're a solid defense team with a .966 fielding percentage. 

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.