The fifth-ranked Red Hawks, however, exploded for six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and went on to eliminate the Scarlet Raptors, 6-1, in a losers' bracket game.

Rutgers-Camden closes its season with an 18-16-1 record.

Montclair State (36-5), meanwhile, stays alive in the NJAC playoffs and will face Kean University at 2 p.m. Saturday. Kean dropped Montclair State into the losers' bracket with a 3-2 win on Friday.

In a pitchers' duel between the Scarlet Raptors' sophomore Brittany Scott (Buena, NJ/Buena Regional) and the Red Hawks senior Alix Hill (Parsippany, NJ/Parsippany Hills), Rutgers-Camden took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning. Scott reached on an infield single and was sacrificed to second by junior shortstop Krystine Rice (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee). With two outs, sophomore third baseman Katie Larson (Delran, NJ/Delran) doubled to left center to drive home the run.

That run held up until the Red Hawks' big sixth inning, which started with a one-out single up the middle by junior first baseman Tara Petrucelli (Nutley, NJ/Nutley). Junior Sam Camacho (Jersey City, NJ/County Prep) was inserted as a pinch-runner for Petrucelli and she moved to second on a single up the middle by junior designated player Melany Zeller (Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield). Zeller was replaced by pinch-runner sophomore Sophia Ivezaj (Fairview, NJ/Cliffside Park).

A wild pitch moved Camacho to third and she scored on a single to center field by senior second baseman Katie Muglia (South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield), which moved Ivezaj to second. Junior shortstop Brianna Davidson (Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township) loaded the bases with a single and sophomore pinch-hitter Dana Egan (Middletown, NJ/Middletown North) plated the go-ahead run with a ground out. Sophomore leftfielder Brooke Powers (Newton, NJ/Pope John XXIII) added a two-run single and advanced to second on an error. Following a walk and a single to re-load the bases, Hill helped her own cause with a two-run single to center field.

Hill improves to 25-3 with a five-hitter, allowing one earned run and two walks. She struck out 12, including the side in order in the seventh inning.
Scott falls to 16-14, allowing 11 hits, two walks and the six earned runs in the sixth inning.

Larson went 2-for-3 to account for two of the Raptors' five hits.

Senior third baseman Dana Amato (Hillsdale, NJ/Pascack Valley) went 3-for-4 for the Red Hawks, while Powers added a 2-for-4 game.