GLASSBORO, N.J. (April 10, 2026) – A day after the nationally-ranked Rowan University baseball team defeated Rutgers University-Camden in the ninth inning of a New Jersey Athletic Conference road game, the Profs didn't wait that long here Friday.
 
Rowan, ranked sixth in the current D3baseball.com Top 25 poll and eighth in the NCAA Division III Baseball Coaches poll, took an 11-1 lead through three innings, saw it cut to 11-7 and then poured on the runs on their way to a 29-11 win over the Scarlet Raptors. The 29 runs marked the second-most runs allowed in a game by Rutgers-Camden, behind a 31-8 loss to William Paterson in the opener of an April 29, 1995, doubleheader.
 
The back-to-back losses to Rowan were the first conference defeats for the Scarlet Raptors this season and flipped the script at the top of the NJAC standings. Rutgers-Camden, which came into the home-and-home series as the lone undefeated team in the conference, fell to 6-2 in the NJAC, while Rowan leapfrogged the Scarlet Raptors to improve its conference record to a NJAC-leading 7-1.
 
The Profs improved to 19-3 overall, while the Scarlet Raptors fell to 14-13.
 
The Profs used a hit batsman, two hits and an error to score three runs in the bottom of the first inning, with the big hit being a two-run double by senior first baseman Nick Struble, who finished the game with four RBIs Both teams scored a second-inning run, with the Raptors getting on the board with a single by junior left fielder Matt McAleer, a double by senior catcher Evan Carbone and a sacrifice fly by sophomore right fielder Gavin McCaffrey.
 
Rowan broke the game open with a seven-run third inning, featuring seven hits, two hit batsmen and one error, but as they did on Thursday when they rallied from an 8-2 deficit to tie the game in an eventual loss, the Raptors flashed their comeback form again on Friday. Rutgers-Camden countered Rowan's seven-run third inning with a six-run frame in the top of the fourth inning. Combining three walks with five hits, including a two-run double by sophomore shortstop Chris Smith, the Scarlet Raptors cut their deficit to 11-7.
 
Rowan immediately countered with two runs of its own to make it 13-7 and, after the Raptors scored a run in the top of the fifth, the Profs responded with a 11-run bottom of the fifth. on six walks, five hits and a hit batsman. Sophomore left fielder Damon Suriani had a bases-clearing triple in the frame on his way to five RBIs, while senior designated hitter Ian Murphy hit a two-run home run. They added a five-run sixth to take a 29-8 lead.
 
Rutgers-Camden scored its final three runs in the seventh inning, which featured a sacrifice fly by freshman designated hitter Nick Traynor and a two-run single by Smith. Smith finished the game 4-for-5 with four RBIs.
 
Rutgers-Camden faces another tough NJAC opponent on Saturday when Ramapo College visits Camden for an 11:30 a.m. doubleheader.