LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The #5 Louisiana Christian University baseball program's miraculous run to the NAIA Regional's Loser's Bracket Finals ran out of gas around 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday afternoon as Georgia Gwinnett College powered their way to a 20-1 decision, effectively halting what will be a season for the ages.
 
The Basics:
 

• Theme
  • NAIA Regional (Lawrenceville Bracket)
    • Loser's Bracket Finals

 

• Score
  • #1 Georgia Gwinnett – 20
  • #5 Louisiana Christian – 1

 

• Records
  • #5 Louisiana Christian (34-21, 17-13 Red River)
  • #1 Georgia Gwinnett (49-7, 8-0 Continental)

 

• Location
  • Lawrenceville, Georgia – Grizzly Baseball Complex

 

• Series History (Since 2003)
  • Georgia Gwinnett Leads 2-0 (0%)

 

• Winning Streak (Since 2003)
  • Georgia Gwinnett (W2) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: N/A

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• Nicholas Brunet wrapped up his career riding an on-base streak of a dozen consecutive, walking twice as one of the three Cats to reach more than once and scoring the team's singular run.

 

• The second was leadoff hitter and everyday shortstop Adrian Aguilar, collecting a base hit and a base on balls as well.

 

• The third and final player was the only man donning Orange and Blue to put together multiple hits, singling in back-to-back at-bats during the third and fifth frames.

 

• Noah Gaspard showcased his rocket of a right arm as he gunned down not one but two would-be base stealers . . . GGC would not test him again.

 

• Braden Trull, Luke Morgan, and Logan Bertucci contributed a knock, a free pass, and a hit-by-pitch, respectively.

 

• Colton Williams struck out a pair of Grizzlies while Jayden Drake and Trip Flotte each sat down one to provide a silver lining on the bump.

 
Notes:
 

• Louisiana Christian had made the NAIA Regionals once before back in 1987 as the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Regular Season Champions, but fell in both of their matchups, versus Grand Canyon (9-4) and Lubbock Christian (14-12) in Lubbock, Texas.

 

• The ballclub's all-time record in the NAIA Regional round now sits at 2-4 (33.3%) with both coming this year versus Bushnell (6-4) and OUAZ (9-4).

 
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• Head Coach Mike Byrnes' student-athletes conclude the campaign with an overall record of 34-21 (61.8%) and a 17-13 (56.7%) mark in RRAC competition in addition to picking up two regional wins, two top-5 victories (both vs. #4 LSU Shreveport), one top-20 triumph (vs. #18 Mobile), a trio of wins over teams receiving votes (twice vs. Houston-Victoria, once vs. Loyola-New Orleans), and seven postseason victories between the Red River and NAIA Tournaments.

 

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