MAHWAH, N.J. (April 1, 2025) – Ramapo College pitchers Kassy Stefanski and Marissa DiPaolo combined to limit Rutgers University-Camden to nine hits and two runs as the Roadrunners swept a New Jersey Athletic Conference doubleheader from the Scarlet Raptors here Tuesday.
 
Ramapo won the opener, 4-1, behind Stefanski's four-hitter and DiPaolo allowed five hits in the nightcap, which ended after five innings by the eight-run mercy rule with the Roadrunners winning, 9-1.
 
Ramapo, which has been ranked as high as #25 in the NFCA Division III Top 25 poll this season, improves to 17-2 overall and 3-1 in the NJAC.
 
Rutgers-Camden falls to 3-16 overall and 1-3 in conference play.
 
The Roadrunners have won seven straight games against the Scarlet Raptors and 14 of their last 15 contests.
 
The Scarlet Raptors return to action Thursday with a 4 p.m. non-conference doubleheader at Centenary University in Hackettstown.
   
The Roadrunners scored four unearned runs over the first two innings on their way to the victory, taking advantage of two hits, three errors, one walk and one hit batsman. A two-out error plated a run in the first inning and a pair of errors contributed to a three-run second inning.
 
Sophomore third baseman Alana Gannon hit a two-out solo home run in the sixth inning for the Scarlet Raptors' lone run, while sophomore second baseman Madi Carr went 2-for-3 as the only player in the game with multiple hits.
 
Stefanski (7-1),  a junior, picked up the win for the Roadrunners, allowing four hits, one earned run and no walks. She struck out five.
 
Rutgers-Camden freshman Izzy Carels (0-3) took the loss despite not allowing an earned run. She hurled a four-hitter, walking three and striking out three.
   
Leading, 4-1, entering the bottom of the fifth inning, the Roadrunners walked off the game with five runs, aided by three hits, three hit batters and two walks.
 
Ramapo broke a scoreless deadlock with one run in the bottom of the third inning and scored three more times in the fourth. Rutgers-Camden scored its lone run in the top of the fifth inning on a one-out single by junior shortstop Gianna Bauer, who reached third base on an infield throwing error. She scored on a sacrifice fly by Gannon.
 
DiPaolo, a senior, raised her record to 8-1, allowing five hits and one unearned run. She didn't walk any batters and struck out two.
 
Sophomore Sammie Friel (0-8) took the loss, working four innings and allowing eight hits, three walks and six runs, four of them earned. She struck out one.
 
Carr went 2-for-2 in the game for the Scarlet Raptors, ending her day with a 4-for-5 performance in the doubleheader. Gannon drove home both Raptor runs in the twinbill.