Rutgers-Camden Athletics

One of the top pitchers in the New Jersey Athletic Conference and in Rutgers-Camden program history, Sarah Byrnes has fashioned a 2.02 career ERA during her Scarlet Raptor career, the fifth-best mark for all pitchers with the minimum of 100 innings pitched.
 
Byrnes, who was a NJAC First Team player in 2021, ranks sixth among the Raptors’ all-time career pitching leaders in games started (48), complete games (36), innings pitched (298), at bats (1,165) and strikeouts (233). She is seventh in pitching appearances (51), ninth in opponent batting average (.255) and tied for ninth in wins (18).
 
A transfer student who previously pitched at NJAC rival William Paterson University, Byrnes was named the Scarlet Raptors’ team Most Valuable Player in her first year at Rutgers-Camden in 2019.
 
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 scholastic years…Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall and 2021 Spring semesters…Dean’s List student who was one of only 47 athletes on the 171-member 2020 Spring AD Honor Roll to earn a perfect 4.0 GPA.
 
Softball 2021: New Jersey Athletic Conference First Team…NJAC Pitcher of the Week April 5…Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week April 5…Posted a 2.08 ERA while working 137.2 out of the team’s 147 innings...Appeared in all 23 Raptor games, starting 22 and completing 17…Struck out 106 and walked only 28…Hurled two shutouts…Her 9-12 record was misleading: she allowed one or no earned runs in 13 games, but went only 7-5 with one no decision in those contests…Rutgers-Camden was shut out in nine of her outings and scored only one run in two other games…Lost three 1-0 decisions and a 2-0 decision…Won both ends of a doubleheader at New Jersey City University (April 3), hurling four shutout innings in both five-inning games, allowing two hits and fanning nine in the opener and hurling four no-hit innings with four strikeouts in the second game…Hurled a five-hit shutout at Ramapo College (April 6, Game One), striking out 10, including the side in the second and fourth innings…Was the pitcher of record in both games of a doubleheader split against The College of New Jersey (April 13) without allowing an earned run: in the opener, hurled a five-hitter with six strikeouts in a 2-1 win, while allowing six hits and five unearned runs in 3.2 innings of a 5-0 nightcap loss…Suffered a tough 1-0 loss at #20-ranked Kean University (April 17, Game One), despite throwing a three-hitter, allowing one earned run and one walk, while striking out one…In the nightcap, lost a 2-1 game despite throwing a four-hitter with three strikeouts…Went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs while throwing a two-hitter with eight strikeouts to beat William Paterson, 8-1, in the opener of an April 24 doubleheader…Added six shutout innings, allowing only four hits and fanning six, without a decision in the Raptors’ 1-0 loss in the second game…Had a stellar performance in a pair of 1-0 losses at 21st-ranked Rowan University (April 27), working 7.1 innings in the opener and allowing six hits and one unearned run, while fanning six, before scattering eight hits and allowing one run in the nightcap, while striking out three…Pitched an eight-inning complete game as the Raptors outlasted Rutgers-Newark (May 1, Game One), allowing nine hits, three runs (only two earned) and collecting six strikeouts…In the second game, hurled a four-hit shutout, walking one and striking out seven, in a 2-0 win, while helping her cause with a 2-for-3 performance at the plate…Had five games with eight or more strikeouts and 10 games with six or more strikeouts…Had nine appearances without issuing a walk…Offensively, she hit .296 (second on the team among all starters) with six runs and five RBIs…Tied for the team lead with four doubles…Stole four bases (in five attempts) to tie for the team lead in steals…Collected four multi-hit games, including her 3-for-4 performance in the opener against William Paterson April 24…Had a pair of two-RBI games, coming against New Jersey City (April 3, Game Two, going 2-for-4 with two doubles, one run and two RBIs) and against William Paterson (April 24, Game One, going 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs)…Stole two bases in two attempts, while going 2-for-3 against Rutgers-Newark (May 1, Game Two)…Had a four-game hitting streak April 27-May 1 (5-for-14, .357).
 
Softball 2020: Started all four Raptor games…Hurled her first two Rutgers-Camden shutouts…Worked 21 innings, allowing 16 hits, seven walks and three earned runs for a 1.00 ERA…Struck out 25 batters and held opponents to a .222 batting average…Named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week (March 16) after pitching her second shutout of the season…Opened the season with a six-hit shutout in a 2-0 win over SUNY-New Paltz (March 8), walking three and striking out 10…Also worked six innings in the nightcap, sandwiched around a stint by freshman Rachel White, allowing four hits, two walks and two earned runs, while collecting seven strikeouts…In a doubleheader sweep over Gwynedd Mercy (March 10), hurled a four-hit shutout, with one walk and eight strikeouts, in a 4-0 win in the opener, earning her NJAC Pitcher of the Week honor…Worked one inning of the nightcap…Offensively, hit .200 (2-for-10) and collected her lone RBI in the second Gwynedd Mercy game…Collected one putout and four assists to compile a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage for the season.
 
Softball 2019: Led the Raptors’ staff in appearances (22), starts (22), complete games (17), innings (139-1/3), strikeouts (102), ERA (2.11) and wins (7)…Posted a deceptive 7-14 record as 35 of her runs allowed were unearned…Named Rutgers-Camden’s Most Valuable Player…Raptor of the Week April 22…Offensively, finished third on the team in hitting (.316) while collecting two doubles, four runs scored, five walks and seven RBIs…Posted a .342 slugging percentage and a .381 on-base percentage…Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with five putouts and 23 assists in 28 chances…Collected four multiple-hit games, including a 4-for-5 performance with one run and two RBIs against Catholic University (April 17, Game Two)…Made her Scarlet Raptor debut March 17 against Tufts, losing by a 9-3 score despite allowing only one earned run out of the nine charged against her…Collected her first win against Geneva (March 18), hurling a complete-game five-hitter in a 6-4 victory…Posted a 7-1 win over Wesleyan (March 20) with a four-hitter, walking one and striking out eight…Hurled a complete game in a 3-2 loss to Stevenson (March 20), despite allowing only five hits, while all three runs were unearned…Defeated McDaniel, 4-1, on a five-hitter, striking out eight and allowing only two walks and one unearned run…Hurled four shutout innings of four-hit ball during a 10-0 win over New Jersey City (March 30, Game One)…Allowed only two earned runs in a complete game, but suffered a 6-1 loss against Ramapo (April 2, Game One)…Dropped a 2-1 decision against 14th-ranked Moravian College (April 4, Game One) despite allowing only seven hits, one walk and two earned runs in 6-1/3 innings…Struck out 11 batters in an eight-inning, seven-hit complete game against Montclair State (April 6, Game One), but suffered a 3-2 loss, with only one of her runs being earned…In a 2-1 win over Stockton University (April 16, Game One), hurled a four-hitter, striking out six without issuing a walk…Had a dominating doubleheader performance against William Paterson (April 19), hurling complete games to win both ends of the twinbill by 5-3 scores…In the opener, scattered 11 hits and three walks, allowing three earned runs and striking out seven…In the nightcap, allowed eight hits and three unearned runs while walking one and striking out three…Had a six-game hitting streak from March 20-April 2 (8-for-16, .500).
 
Pre-Rutgers: Posted a 16-7 record and one save in 147 innings pitched as a freshman at William Paterson University…Made 30 appearances, starting 20 games…Hurled 13 complete games…Had 24 walks and 96 strikeouts…Posted a 2.86 ERA…Earned her first collegiate win with a complete game two-hitter in a 3-1 win over Messiah College (March 4)…Had her season high of nine strikeouts, while hurling a 4-2 complete-game victory over Washington College (March 11), allowing only five hits and one walk along with two earned runs…Worked all eight innings and earned the win in a 3-1 victory over Millsaps (March 14), allowing six hits, two walks and one earned run, while fanning four…Collected her save with 2-2/3 scoreless innings of two-hit ball, walking one and striking out one in a 4-3 win over Skidmore…Had wins in both ends of a doubleheader against Drew University (March 27), working three innings of two-hit shutout ball in the opener and 4-2/3 innings of four-hit, shutout ball in the nightcap…Walked one and struck out nine in that twinbill…Followed those outings with an eight-inning, 4-3 win over Stockton University (March 31), allowing two hits and no earned runs, while striking out six and walking one…The outings against Drew and Stockton earned Byrnes the NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week and the ECAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week for the week ending April 1…Had a three-hitter with one walk and one earned run, while striking out seven in a 2-1 win over Montclair State (April 11, Game Two)…Allowed only one unearned run and five hits, while walking one and striking out one, in a 6-1 win over Ramapo College (April 22, Game One)…Worked 4-1/3 innings of three-hit, shutout relief in a 13-5 win over Rutgers-Camden (April 24, Game Two)…Hurled a two-hitter, allowing one earned run and no walks, while fanning eight, in a 7-1 victory over New Jersey City University (April 28, Game One)…Among her tough-luck defeats, worked eight innings, allowing only two earned runs, in a 6-3 loss to MIT (March 3) and hurled nine innings of eight-hit ball in a 1-0 loss against Rowan University (May 4).
 
High School: Earned four softball letters at Camden Catholic High School…All-South Jersey First Team and club MVP as a senior…Two-time All-Conference First Team (junior and senior seasons) and two-time All-Conference Second Team (freshman and sophomore years)…Graduated in 2017.
 
Club Team: NJ Mystics