The No. 10-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College softball team returned to the diamond after a two-week break to split a doubleheader at College of Coastal Georgia, winning the opener 3-2 before falling in the nightcap 6-4 Thursday afternoon in Brunswick, Georgia.

This marked the team's first games since March 15 when the Grizzlies swept a doubleheader against No. 11 University of Mobile (Alabama).

GGC (18-8) scored two runs in the sixth inning to rally in the opener. Sophomore first baseman Lea McFadden hit a RBI single to tie the game. She later scored on a base hit from junior center fielder Camryn Currie to take the decisive 3-2 lead.

Sophomore pitcher Alexa Good struck out nine batters in the complete-game victory.

In the second game, Coastal Georgia (16-6) scored twice in the fourth inning to grab a 3-0 lead. The Mariners extended the lead to 6-1 by pushing across two runs in the sixth inning.

McFadden connected on a two-run home run in the seventh inning. A fielding error allowed an additional run for GGC, closing the gap before the game's final out.

McFadden went 3-for-3 in the opener and added two hits during the second contest as the Grizzlies tallied 16 hits across the doubleheader.
  After surrendering the lead, 2-1, in the fifth inning of the opener, the Grizzlies quickly responded with a two-run sixth inning. Sophomore Lea McFadden hit a single to score freshman Kloey Goins. McFadden would later score the eventual game-winning run on a base hit from junior center fielder Camryn Currie.
  First Game
Top of Fifth
Jenna Gabrielli drew a bases-loaded walk to bring home Lea McFadden, giving the visiting Grizzlies a 1-0 lead
 
Top of Sixth
Lea McFadden tied the game, 2-2, with a base hit
Camryn Currie gave the Grizzlies the lead with a RBI single up the middle
 
Second Game
Bottom of Fourth
Kayla Rowell hit a solo home run
Melani Jones added a RBI single to give the Mariners a 3-0 lead
 
Bottom of Sixth
Cevana Wood drove in two runs with a single for a 6-1 lead
 
Top of Seventh
Lea McFadden connected on a two-run home run
 

• The Grizzlies collected 10 of their 16 hits in the opening game
• Sophomore pitcher Alexa Good registered nine strikeouts during the complete-game first-game victory
• Sophomore Lea McFadden went 5-for-7 and drove in four runs across the doubleheader

• GGC stands 18-8 this spring; Coastal Georgia is 16-6
• The Grizzlies were ranked No. 10 in the first NAIA Top 25 poll
• GGC leads the all-time history against the Mariners by a 9-4 margin; the teams have split home and away doubleheaders in 2021

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to travel to USC Beaufort on Friday, April 3, in Beaufort, South Carolina, starting at 1 p.m.