The Georgia Gwinnett College baseball team split a Saturday doubleheader with Campbellsville University (Kentucky), winning the opener 5-3 before losing the finale 13-7 at the Grizzly Baseball Complex. The loss broke the team's nine-game winning streak.

Junior right fielder Nick Barnes hit a three-run go-ahead home run in the fifth inning to give the Grizzlies a 5-3 advantage in the opener. His home run over the left field wall capped a four-run inning. Junior designated hitter Livingston Morris added a RBI double earlier in the inning.

GGC (21-7) would tie the game at 1-1 following a first-inning home run from senior left fielder Griffin Keller. The Tigers (8-9) would take a 3-1 lead after pushing across two runs in the second inning.

Senior right hander Hunter Dollander improved to 6-1 on the season, tossing five innings in the opener. Freshman left hander Tyler Clayton pitched a scoreless sixth inning before senior reliever Hunter Caudelle secured his third save of the season by tossing a scoreless seventh inning.

In the nightcap, Campbellsville tallied 16 hits and broke a 7-7 tie with a two-run double from Grant McQueary in the sixth inning. The Tigers added three more runs in the seventh inning.

Morris hit a two-run home run in the first inning for the team's third home run of the day. The Grizzlies took a 6-5 lead one inning later before Campbellsville's final push.


  Trailing by a run in the fifth inning, junior Nick Barnes connected on a three-run home run to give the Grizzlies the eventual 5-3 victory in the first game of the doubleheader. GGC scored four runs in the inning to take the lead.
  First Game
Bottom of First
Griffin Keller tied the game, 1-1, with a solo home run to center field
 
Bottom of Fifth
Livingston Morris hit a RBI double with two outs
Nick Barnes connected on a three-run home run to give the Grizzlies a 5-3 lead
 
Second Game
Bottom of First
Livingston Morris hit a two-run home run to tie the game at 2-2
 
Bottom of Second
Griffin Keller drove in a pair of runs with a single through the right side of the infield
Austin Bates tied the game, 5-5, with a run-scoring single
Livingston Morris capped a four-run inning with a RBI ground out
 
Top of Sixth
Grant McQueary hit a two-run double to give the Tigers a 9-7 lead
 
Bottom of Ninth
Gabe Howell hit GGC's fourth home run of the day with a two-run round tripper
 

• The Grizzlies registered 19 hits across the doubleheader
• GGC hit two home runs in both games
• Junior center fielder Cord Johnson recorded five putouts in the opener
• The Grizzlies drew 10 walks in the second contest

• GGC stands 21-7 on the season; Campbellsville is 8-9 this spring
• The Grizzlies were ranked No. 7 in the first regular season NAIA Top 25 poll
• The loss in the second game ended GGC's nine game winning streak
• Campbellsville has won two of the three meeting in the series between the two colleges

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to travel to Montreat College (North Carolina) on Wednesday, March 31, in Montreat, North Carolina, with the first pitch at 3 p.m.