Box Score

SALISBURY, Maryland – The Rutgers University-Camden softball team opened its 2015 season here Friday morning at the Salisbury University Tournament, dropping a 7-0 decision to Lynchburg College.
 
The Hornets, who improve to 8-3, exploded for four hits in a five-run second inning, including a grand slam by senior center fielder Jessi Hall (Floyd, VA/Floyd County).
 

Lynchburg senior right fielder Amber Ingram (Floyd, VA/Floyd County) opened the frame with a triple to right field and scored on a wild pitch. A pair of walks, sandwiched around a double, loaded the bases with one out and, following a strikeout, Hall ripped her grand slam to right field.
 
The Hornets tacked on single runs in the fourth and sixth innings.
 
Rutgers-Camden collected four hits off a trio of Lynchburg pitchers, with senior Elizabeth Fioretti (Elkridge, MD/Mount de Sales Academy) earning the victory. She allowed all four hits in four shutout innings, walking one and striking out six.
 Freshman second baseman Taylor Nichols (Barrington, NJ/Haddon Heights) went 2-for-3 for the Scarlet Raptors , while junior third baseman Katie Larson (Delran, NJ/Delran) and freshman first baseman Lauren Simmons (Haddon Heights, NJ/Haddon Heights) both went 1-for-2.
 
Defensively, Simmons and freshman catcher Mackenzie Mason (Carneys Point, NJ/Penns Grove) both had six putouts. Junior center fielder Lindsay Day (Mays Landing, NJ/Oakcrest) had an unassisted double play in the sixth inning.
 
Junior pitcher Brittany Scott (Buena, NJ/Buena Regional) took the loss, working five innings and allowing six hits and six runs, five earned. She walked four and struck out six.
 
The Scarlet Raptors continue their first-day action at the Salisbury University Tournament with a game against Capital University, beginning at 11 a.m.