KISSIMMEE, Florida (March 17, 2022) – A spring break trip to Florida has provided the Rutgers University-Camden softball team with as many rainouts as games.
 
The Scarlet Raptors saw a game against the University of Scranton rained out for the second time this week, giving Rutgers-Camden five rainouts. Fortunately for the Raptors, they were able to play their second scheduled game of the day and they rode the outstanding pitching of freshman Lindsey Rodzon to a 2-1 victory over the University of Southern Maine.
 
The game was the fifth for the Scarlet Raptors on their Florida trip, where they are 3-2. They are 3-4 overall on the season.
 
Rutgers-Camden concludes its spring break trip Friday with a pair of games in Leesburg, Florida. The Scarlet Raptors face Farmingdale State College and SUNY-Cortland.
   
For the second time during their trip to Florida, the Scarlet Raptors saw a scheduled contest against the University of Scranton rained out. The two teams were supposed to play on Rutgers-Camden's first day in Florida, Saturday, March 12, but rainy weather washed through the Sunshine State. The contest was rescheduled for a mutual off day, Thursday, but once again the game was cancelled due to the field being under water.  
Rodzon hurled her second outstanding game of the spring trip, tossing an eight-hit complete game to earn her first collegiate victory. She walked one, struck out four and allowed just one earned run. Earlier in the week, Rodzon (1-1)  lost a 1-0 complete game against FDU-Florham.
 
This time around, the Scarlet Raptors managed to get Rodzon just enough run support for her to win a pitching duel with Southern Maine sophomore Lauren Merrill (1-1). Merrill hurled a six-inning complete game, allowing five hits, one walk and two earned runs, while striking out two.
 
The Huskies (2-4) scored their lone run in the first inning on a pair of hits, including a two-out RBI triple by junior first baseman Rona Scott. Merrill made that run stand up until the bottom of the sixth inning, when Rutgers-Camden scored twice.
 
With one out in the sixth, senior shortstop Meg Gray singled and was sacrificed to center. Junior designated player Rachel White followed with a huge two-out single to center, advancing to second base on the throw when Gray scored the tying run. Sophomore first baseman Zoe Rodriguez plated the eventual winning run with a single to center, scoring White.
 
The lone player in the game with multiple hits was junior center fielder Hannah Shields, who went 2-for-3 for the Huskies.