Raptor Roundup: 3/2024

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By Kendall Lafferty and Sadie Fiore

This month, the Rutgers Camden softball team started their season in Davenport Florida where they played 10 games in just 8 days. The Raptors came home with 4 wins and 6 losses. The Raptors jumped right into their season at home, as they had a six-game week playing Alvernia University, Albright College, and New Paltz. On Tuesday, March 19th, the Raptor split with Alvernia (0-2, 2-1), on Thursday, March 21st they swept Albright College (8-0, 7-3), on Friday, March 22 they lost both games to New Paltz (0-4, 4-11). On March 26th the Raptors swept Gwynedd Mercy University (3-2, 1-0). The team has their conference opener against New Jersey City University on Saturday, March 30th.

The Rutgers Camden Baseball team also traveled to Florida over spring break, but they started their season at home in Camden. The Raptors went into spring break with a 5-3 record, and racked up 6 wins in Florida with just one loss, bringing their record to 11-4. On Sunday, March 24th, the Raptors lost to Ursinus College (2-3), and then came back and beat them on Monday, March 25th (10-1). On Tuesday, March 26th, the team beat Swarthmore College (8-5). The Raptors baseball team also has their conference opener on Saturday, March 30th with a doubleheader against New Jersey City University.

Spring tennis for both men and women started on March 2nd, but the first few matches for both got postponed or canceled due to weather. On March 23, both teams opened their season by competing at The College of New Jersey, and both lost 9-0 to the 35th ranked NCAA Division III tennis powerhouse. Of the women’s team, sophomore co-captains Katie Moore and Ashton Sirko each got a point in their singles matches, as did freshman Bella Martinez. On the men’s team, senior Edward McWilliams Jr. and freshman John Brady got a shared doubles point, and Brady also earned the team’s sole singles point.

Mens Golf also began their 2024 season this week, at the Lebanon Valley Invitational, finishing 9th out of 17, and shooting 334. Sophomore Reid Walker led the team, placing 14th out of the 88 golfers competing, and scoring 79. He was followed by freshman Aidan Riley who tied for 33rd, Pearce Lee, who placed 40th, freshman Santino Leone, who placed 51st, and sophomore Walter Pierce who finished 87th.

Outdoor track began Saturday, March 23 at the Oscar Moore Open hosted by Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. Senior Alexis Marini led the Scarlet Raptors, placing 5th in the women’s hammer throw, throwing 50.47m and 4th in the women’s discus throw, throwing 37.81m.