LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The Louisiana Christian Wildcats baseball team knocked off the NAIA’s No. 4 team, LSU Shreveport, twice on the way to recently winning the Red River Athletic Conference Tournament title and earning a trip to the NAIA Tournament.

The Wildcats found there is obviously a huge gap between No. 2 and No. 4 in the Top 25. For the second time in four games in the NAIA Opening Round Lawrenceville Bracket, LCU encountered the home team, and the No. 2-ranked Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies applied the same level of mauling as they did in the first meeting Monday.

Georgia Gwinnett (49-7) rolled to a 20-1 victory Tuesday, followed that up with a 16-1 rout of previous regional unbeaten Faulkner (Ala.), and are a win away from claiming a Super Regional berth next weekend.

The Wildcats (34-21) could muster only four singles Wednesday while the Grizzlies clubbed 20, including 10 for extra bases, five home runs.

Unlike a 26-2 hammering Monday, this time LCU hung in early. After GGC scored three in the top of the first, the Wildcats got on the board in the second inning.

Nick Brunet drew a leadoff walk and eventually scored on a wild pitch. LCU had two runners in scoring position with one out, but couldn’t cash in and tie the game.

GGC scored two in the fourth, four an inning later for a 9-1 advantage and put it away with an eight-run sixth inning.

The Wildcats, the fifth seed in the five-team field, opened the regional Monday morning with a 6-4 win over fourth-seeded Bushnell (Oregon) and whipped No. 3 seed Ottawa (Arizona) 9-4 on Tuesday.