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CAMDEN, N.J. – When the New Jersey Athletic Conference baseball coaches made their pre-season predictions on the 2014 race, they tabbed Rutgers University-Camden as the "dark horse" team.
Late Saturday afternoon, the Scarlet Raptors earned a better moniker – the NJAC's regular-season champion.

Rutgers-Camden swept Ramapo College, 6-4 and 9-4, in the final doubleheader of the regular season to capture its first-ever NJAC regular-season title. The Scarlet Raptors will be the top seed in the upcoming NJAC playoffs and enter the conference tournament with a 26-9-1 record.

Rutgers-Camden finished with its best NJAC mark ever, 14-4, to pass the previous program high of 12-6 in 2002. The Scarlet Raptors finished one game ahead of both Rowan and Montclair State (13-5) and two games ahead of defending NJAC champion Kean (12-6).

The Scarlet Raptors, who have been playing NJAC baseball since 1984, also return to the conference playoffs for the first time since 2005.

Ramapo College falls to 20-15-1 overall and 6-11-1 in the NJAC, missing the sixth and final spot in the conference playoffs by one game. The Roadrunners close their regular season Monday with a non-conference game at Western Connecticut State University.

Rutgers-Camden will play one more game before the NJAC tournament. The Scarlet Raptors host Eastern University Monday at 3:30 p.m. in a non-conference contest. They begin the NJAC playoffs Tuesday, hosting sixth seed William Paterson University. The Raptors swept the Pioneers in a doubleheader, 2-0 and 5-1, in Wayne on April 12.

(Newark, NJ/Newark East Side), who worked three shutout innings, allowing two hits and one walk. Jones (1-0) struck out four.

Raptor freshman starter

and Alex Scarlett (Galloway, NJ/Holy Spirit). Chris worked the first five innings, allowing eight hits, three walks and three earned runs. He struck out one and raised his record to 4-1. Alex earned his first save with four innings of five-hit ball, striking out one and allowing one earned run.

McElhatton, with two hits and four RBIs, powered the Raptor offense.