UNION, NJ – The Scarlet Raiders teamed up with New Jersey Athletic Conference rival Kean prior to their regular season finale with the Cougars, helping to raise over $3,000 for the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.
With both squads wearing "Bat for the Battle" t-shirts, pink visors, and pink wristbands during warm-ups, the teams hoped to raise beast cancer awareness, while raising money to benefit the fund begun in honor of North Carolina State University head women's basketball coach Kay Yow, who passed away earlier this year after a 20-year bout with the disease.
Rutgers-Newark junior
Sam Weer and freshman outfielder
Courtney Breauxsaus hit safely in each game, but Kean rolled to a 10-0 and 11-0 New Jersey Athletic Conference doubleheader sweep on Cougar Field.
NCAA Box Score & Play-by-Play
Kean 10, R-N 0 Kean 11, R-N 0
The Scarlet Raiders (5-31, NJAC 0-18) capped their 2009 season while the Cougars (19-17, NJAC 10-8) must wait for the results from several conference twinbills tomorrow to find out their fate in the NJAC Championship Tournament bracket.
Cougar pitchers
Cassie Shotwell and
Jess Mattos hurled four- and two-hit shutouts, respectively, while Kean rapped out 21 hits on the day.
In game one, sophomore centerfielder
Jessica Zelaya led off the game with a single through the left side. In the fourth inning, the Raiders got singles by sophomore first baseman
Shannon Davis, Weer and Breauxsaus, but leftfielder
Amber Affholter – aboard via a fielder’s choice – as gunned out at the plate following Breausaux’s single by Cougar leftfielder
Lindsay Kennedy.
In game two, Weer had a two-out infield single in the second and Breauxsaus singled through the left side in the sixth for the only hits off Mattos.
On the season, Zelaya finishes with a .360 batting average while Davis hit at a .313 clip.