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CAMDEN, N.J. (April 2, 2016) – Rutgers University-Camden senior Brittany Scott (Buena, NJ/Buena Regional) threw her second no-hitter in the first game and set a program record by extending her hitting streak to 18 games  in the nightcap as the Scarlet Raptors split their New Jersey Athletic Conference-opening doubleheader against Rutgers-Newark here Saturday.
 
The Raptors won the opener, 5-0, while the Scarlet Raiders took the nightcap, 2-1, with all runs being scored in the eighth inning.
 
Both teams return to NJAC play with 3 p.m. doubleheaders Tuesday. Rutgers-Camden plays at Stockton University, while Rutgers-Newark hosts Kean University.
  

Scott was in charge in the opener as she barely missed throwing her second perfect game of the season. The only Newark baserunner came with one out in the third inning when freshman rightfielder Melissa Chaquea (Linden, NJ/Linden) was hit by a pitch. Scott didn't walk a batter and struck out eight.
 
Earlier this season, Scott (7-4) tossed a five-inning perfect game in a 17-0 win over Southern Vermont College March 15. Scott now owns three no-hitters at Rutgers-Camden, including her perfect game. Her first came against John Jay College of Criminal Justice on March 11, 2014. Her gem was the 24th no-hitter in Rutgers-Camden history.
 
The Scarlet Raptors gave Scott all the support she needed in the third inning when junior rightfielder Megan Goodspeed (Florence, NJ/Florence) reached on a one-out walk and was sacrificed to second by freshman leftfielder Kacie Pisani (Barrington, NJ/Haddon Heights). Sophomore second baseman Taylor Nichols (Barrington, NJ/Haddon Heights) stroked an RBI single and eventually scored on an error.
 
Scott helped her own cause with a two-run single in the fifth inning, and later scored on an error. Her single plated Pisani and Nichols, who had reached on singles and stolen a base.
 
Nichols went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI to lead the Raptors' five-hit attack.

  
The second game remained scoreless into the eighth inning when the Scarlet Raiders finally broke through on two hits, an intentional walk, a run-scoring double play and an RBI single from freshman catcher Samantha Hoffman (Metuchen, NJ/Metuchen).
 
Rutgers-Camden rallied in the bottom of the eighth, sparked by a one-out double from Scott, giving her an 18-game hitting streak to open the season. The 18-game streak broke the program record of 17, set by Celeste Chinappi in 2003.
 
Scott scored on a two-out single by freshman catcher Charlee Greco (Shamong, NJ/Seneca), but the Raptors left the tying run on base.
 
Greco went 3-for-4 in the game, while senior third baseman Katie Larson (Delran, NJ/Delran) was 2-for-4. For Newark, sophomore centerfielder Elizabeth Marflak (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) went 3-for-4 and Hoffman was 2-for-4.