Rutgers-Camden 5, Trinity 2

In the opening game, sophomores Chris Scarlett (Galloway, NJ/Holy Spirit) and Joe Sigismondi (Blackwood, NJ/Highland Regional) combined on a five-hitter to lead Rutgers-Camden. Scarlett (1-0) worked five innings, allowing four hits, two earns runs and five walks. He struck out eight. Sigismondi, who started the game at second base, came on to work the final two scoreless innings to earn the save. He allowed one hit and struck out two.

Rutgers-Camden took the lead for good with a two runs in the top of the first inning. Singles by sophomore third baseman Brett Tenuto (Audubon, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) and freshman designated hitter Joe Brooks (Blackwood, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) set the stage for a RBI fielder's choice by freshman leftfielder Doug Carter (Union, NJ/Union) and a run-scoring single by Sigismondi.

In the fourth inning, junior first baseman Connor Hall (Delran, NJ/Delran) singled and scored on a single by freshman shortstop Tim Holder (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic).

After Trinity scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame to cut its gap to 3-2, the Raptors added two insurance runs in the seventh. Tenuto singled and scored on a triple by senior rightfielder Adrian Gonzalez (Pennsauken, NJ/Pennsauken). An error plated Gonzalez.

For the game, Tenuto went 2-for-4 with two runs, while Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI.

Rutgers-Camden 11, Trinity 5

The Scarlet Raptors earned the sweep with a huge game from Hall, who went 4-for-4 with one run and six RBIs, including a bases-clearing double in the second inning. His six RBIs were three shy of the single-game program mark shared by John Capone (March 25, 1997) and Gerry Gatelein (March 26, 1996), both against Widener University. They also were the most by a Scarlet Raptor in one game since John Santilli had seven against Moravian College on February 20, 2011.

Rutgers-Camden took the lead for good with a four-run first inning, highlighted by a two-run single from junior centerfielder Bobby Romano (Vineland, NJ/Vineland). Three more runs scored on Hall's second-inning double.

In addition to Hall, Romano went 3-for-4 with two RBIs as part of the Scarlet Raptors' 15-hit attack. Brooks went 3-for-3 with three runs, Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and two RBIs, while Sigismondi went 2-for-3.

Sophomore John Waters (Galloway, NJ/Absegami) notched his first decision of the season, working six innings of seven-hit ball. He allowed five runs – only two earned – and two walks, while fanning one. Freshman Harry Sturgis (West Deptford, NJ/West Deptford) worked the final hitless inning, striking out one.