CAMDEN, N.J. (April 5, 2025) – Rutgers University-Camden sophomore Sammie Friel hurled a five-hit shutout in the opening game and Montclair State University junior Cheyanne Weigand tossed a three-hitter in the nightcap as the two teams split a New Jersey Athletic Conference softball doubleheader here Saturday.
 
The split leaves the Scarlet Raptors with a 4-17 record overall and a 2-4 mark in the NJAC. The Red Hawks are 18-8 overall and 4-2 in the conference.
 
The Scarlet Raptors return to action Tuesday when they host The College of New Jersey
   
Friel (1-8) earned her first win of the season with her fifth career shutout, allowing only five hits, while striking out seven. She allowed only two hits after the third inning and didn't walk any batters.
 
Rutgers-Camden scored the only run she needed in the first inning on back-to-back two-out doubles by sophomore second baseman Madi Carr and senior first baseman Luci Hutchinson. Hutchinson went 2-for-3 in the game with all three RBIs while raising her career hit total to 90.
 
The Scarlet Raptors added another run in the third inning on three straight Montclair State errors, with Hutchinson getting an RBI on an infield error. They tacked on their final run in the fifth after junior shortstop Gianna Bauer singled, was sacrificed to second by Carr and scored on a Hutchinson single.
 
Bauer scored two runs in the game for the Scarlet Raptors, while Carr scored one.
   
In the second game, Weigand (6-1) held the Scarlet Raptors to three hits and one unearned run, while striking out four. Montclair State scored all the runs she needed in the first inning on four hits and a walk off Raptor sophomore starter Molly Skelly (2-3).
 
The Red Hawks added a run in the fifth inning and struck for two more runs in the sixth on back-to-back solo home runs by freshman pinch-hitter Abigail Zebick and freshman second baseman Jayla Vasquez.
 
The Raptors' lone run came in the sixth inning, starting when Weigand dropped a popup by senior left fielder Emily Dubiago for an error. Sophomore third baseman Alana Gannon reached on a fielder's choice, forcing Dubiago at second base. One out later, Carr doubled down the right field line to plate Gannon.
 
Vasquez went 2-for-3 to lead the nine-hit Montclair State attack. Rutgers-Camden's three hits included doubles by Carr and Gannon and a single by Dubiago. With two hits in the doubleheader, Dubiago raised her career total to 91 hits.