CAMDEN, N.J. (March 22, 2024) – Senior center fielder Alexa McNee played in her 100th career softball game at Rutgers-Camden Friday night, but the Scarlet Raptors lost a doubleheader against SUNY-New Paltz by scores of 4-0 and 11-4.
 
Rutgers-Camden falls to 7-9, while New Paltz improves to 9-3.

McNee, a team co-captain who has started all 100 of her career games, reached the century milestone in the second game of the doubleheader. She collected a single in both games.

Rutgers-Camden will host another doubleheader on Tuesday when it faces Gwynedd Mercy University at 4 p.m.
   
The Hawks scored three unearned runs off junior pitcher Lindsey Rodzon in the third inning and that was more than enough support for winning pitcher Lindsay Roman. Roman (3-2), a senior, tossed a five-hit shutout, allowing no walks while striking out five.
 
Rodzon (1-5) only allowed four hits, while walking three and striking out three. The only earned run she allowed came in the fifth inning on a pair of hits, including a ground rule double by sophomore third baseman Jaycee Filancia and an RBI single by senior designated player Kelly Marmorowski.
 
The Hawks' three-run third inning featured one hit, two walks, a pair of errors and a batter reaching on a passed ball after a strikeout.
 
Sophomore second baseman Gianna Bauer went 2-for-3 to lead the Scarlet Raptor attack.
   
The Hawks sent 10 batters to the plate in the opening inning and scored six runs, aided by four hits, two hit batsmen and one walk. The big hit in the frame was a two-run double from sophomore second baseman Lauren Serrao.
 
New Paltz added three hits and two runs in the second inning to take an 8-0 lead before Rutgers-Camden clawed its way back into the game. The Scarlet Raptors scored three times in the fourth inning, aided by a ground-rule RBI double from junior catcher Kendall Lafferty and a two-run single by freshman designated player Kali Baker. The team added a run in the fourth on consecutive walks to freshman shortstop Alana Gannon and sophomore right fielder Ava Maloof, setting the stage for an RBI single by junior third baseman Luci Hutchinson.
 
Leading, 8-4, New Paltz put the game away with three runs over the final two innings. The Hawks collected 14 hits, including two apiece by sophomore left fielder Kelsey O'Brien, senior first baseman Jillian Shelbourne, freshman pinch-hitter/first baseman Ella Sharrock and Serrao.
 
Bauer went 2-for-4 in the Scarlet Raptors' six-hit attack.