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NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (March 17, 2016) – Senior shortstop Katie Larson (Delran, NJ/Delran) blasted a home run for her 100th career hit in the first game and the Rutgers University-Camden softball team rode the complete game pitching of junior Abby Merryman (Washington Township, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) and senior Brittany Scott (Buena, NJ/Buena Regional) as it swept a pair of games here Thursday.
 
The Scarlet Raptors drilled Bay Path University (Longmeadow, Mass.), 17-0, in the first game, which was called in the fifth inning by the eight-run rule. In the nightcap, the Raptors toppled Albright University (Reading, Penn.), 7-1.
 
Rutgers-Camden, which has now won six straight games, raised its record to 7-4. The Scarlet Raptors close their spring break trip to South Carolina on Friday when they face Wisconsin-Stout at 11:30 a.m.
  
Merryman tossed a one-hitter, allowing only a second-inning hit batsman and a leadoff single in the third inning by junior catcher Jackie Lafleur (Gill, MA/Pioneer Valley Regional). Merryman struck out seven in raising her record to 2-2.
 
The Scarlet Raptors scored all the runs they needed in the first inning on bunt singles by freshman left fielder Kacie Pisani (Barrington, NJ/Haddon Heights) and sophomore second baseman Taylor Nichols (Barrington, NJ/Haddon Heights), sandwiched around a Pisani stolen base. Bay Path's catcher threw wildly on a pickoff attempt of Pisani at third base, allowing both runners to score.
 
Larson led off the second inning with a home run to become the 22nd player in program history to reach 100 career hits. Her solo shot sparked a 10-run inning, the second time in two days Rutgers-Camden exploded for 10 runs in one inning, following a big first inning in a 20-1 win over Spalding Wednesday. The big inning featured 10 hits, two stolen bases and two Bay Path errors. Larson added a two-run double later in the frame, while sophomore third baseman Mackenzie Mason (Penns Grove, NJ/Penns Grove) stroked a pair of RBI doubles in the frame.
 
Larson finished the game 3-for-3 with three runs and three RBIs, while Nichols was 3-for-3 with a walk and four runs, adding one RBI. Merryman helped her own cause at the plate, going 3-for-3 with two runs scored. Mason finished 2-for-2 with one run and two RBIs and freshman left fielder Lauren Glaze (Collingswood, NJ/Collingswood) went 2-for-2 with one run.
  
In the second game, Scott (5-2) hurled shutout ball until the seventh, when the Lions got two hits for their lone run. Scott finished with a five-hitter, allowing one walk and striking out seven.
 
Rutgers-Camden scored a run in the second on a double by senior center fielder Lindsay Day (Mays Landing, NJ/Oakcrest), a single by Larson and an RBI fielder's choice by Merryman. The Raptors added two runs in the third on an error and two hits – an RBI single by Scott and a run-scoring double by Day.
 
Albright, which fell to 9-2 while snapping an eight-game winning streak, made three errors as the Raptors scored two more runs in the fourth and Scott hit a sacrifice fly to the second baseman to plate the final run in the sixth.
 
Day went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and one RBI to lead the Raptors' attack. Merryman was 2-for-4 with one RBI and Scott went 1-for-2 with one run and two RBIs.