The No. 5-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College baseball team dropped a pair of hard-fought games to perennial NAIA World Series teams on Sunday afternoon at the Grizzly Baseball Complex.

The Grizzlies (20-6) fell to 2013 NAIA champion Faulkner University (Alabama) 6-5 in 10 innings before dropping a 7-4 contest to No. 2 Tennessee Wesleyan University, a two-time former national titlist (2019 and 2012).

GGC battled from an early deficit in each game. Sophomore Chase Evans opened the second inning of the Faulkner contest with a home run. Classmate Joshua Holt Jr. tied the game, 2-2, with an RBI single later in the frame.

Faulkner (14-9) regained the lead and took advantage of an error in the fifth inning to grab a 4-2 advantage.

However, the hosts battled back by pushing across one run in each of the fifth and sixth innings to tie the contest again. Junior Myles McKisic legged out an RBI triple in the sixth inning to square the contest at four runs apiece.

Each team scored a run in the seventh inning, with freshman Braxton Meguiar providing a run-scoring single to bring home the team's fifth run of the contest.

The Eagles got the winning run on an RBI single in the top of the 10th inning, then held off GGC for the final time.

In the nightcap, Tennessee Wesleyan (29-2) scored five runs in the top of the second inning to grab early momentum. However, GGC fought back by scoring three runs on several defensive miscues in the fourth inning.

A wild pitch on a strikeout scored the first run before a sacrifice bunt from Evans brought home junior Jake Defries. A fielding error allowed senior Livingston Morris to score and cut the deficit to 5-3.

The Bulldogs scored a pair of runs in the eighth inning to secure the victory.
  Faulkner Game
Bottom of Second
Chase Evans led off the frame with a home run to right field
Joshua Holt Jr. tied the game, 2-2, with an RBI single
 
Bottom of Sixth
Myles McKisic hit a run-scoring triple to bring home Chase Evans and tie the game at 4-4
 
Bottom of Seventh
Braxton Meguiar added a run-scoring single to send the contest into extra innings
 
Tennessee Wesleyan Game
Bottom of Fourth
Chase Evans hit a sacrifice bunt to score the second run of the inning and bring the Grizzlies within 5-2
 

• The Grizzlies allowed 10 hits in both of Sunday's games
• Sophomore Joshua Holt Jr. collected three hits in the Faulkner contest
• Senior Gavin Heltemes recorded eight strikeouts across 5.1 innings in a relief appearance against Tennessee Wesleyan

• GGC stands 20-6 on the season; Faulkner is 14-9 this spring; Tennessee Wesleyan is 29-2 in 2022
• The Grizzlies were ranked No. 5 in the first NAIA Top 25 regular-season poll; Faulkner was receiving votes in the same poll; Tennessee Wesleyan was ranked No. 2
• GGC is 18-5 at the Grizzly Baseball Complex this season

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to host Truett-McConnell University (Georgia) on Wednesday, March 23, from the Grizzly Baseball Complex, starting at 5 p.m.