WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (March 21, 2025) – The Denison University baseball team shut down the Rutgers University-Camden Scarlet Raptors on three hits here Friday as the Big Red posted an 8-0 victory in a battle of nationally-ranked teams at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational.
 
Denison (Granville, Ohio), ranked #7 in both the D3baseball.com and ABCA national polls, improved to 12-3. Rutgers-Camden, ranked #19 by D3baseball.com and #25 in the ABCA poll, fell to 11-5 with its third straight loss.
 
Denison scored the only run that junior starter Will Rettig (2-1) needed in the top of the first inning. Two singles, sandwiched around a walk, loaded the bases before junior center fielder Erik Sundgren picked up an RBI with a fielder's choice.
 
In the fifth inning, sophomore designated hitter Jack Lutte doubled home a run before Denison broke open the game with a five-run fifth inning. That frame was capped by a two-run home run from Lutte.
 
Rettig worked the first eight innings, allowing only three hits and one walk, while striking out eight. Senior Ryan Starr struck out the side in the ninth inning.
 
Raptor senior starter Ethan Carpenter (3-1) took the loss, working the first 5.2 innings and allowing seven hits and four earned runs. He walked two and struck out three.
 
Rutgers-Camden managed only singles by senior center fielder Steven Shaffer, junior second baseman Frankie Romond and sophomore catcher Julian Gonzalez.
 
The Scarlet Raptors close their spring break trip on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Winter Haven, Florida. The Scarlet Raptors face Maritime College (Throggs Neck, New York).