MAHWAH, N.J. (April 14, 2016) – The Rutgers University-Newark baseball team put a scare into one of the highest ranked teams in NCAA Division III, but Ramapo College was able to erase an early 3-0 deficit to earn a 5-3 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) victory over the Scarlet Raiders.
 
Rutgers-Newark drops to 3-4 in the conference and 11-17 overall, while Ramapo moves to 21-1-1 and 5-0 in the NJAC. The Roadrunners are ranked second nationally by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and No. 1 by D3baseball.com.
 
The same two squads will return to action in Newark Friday afternoon at Riverfront Stadium. First pitch is slated for 3:30 p.m. and fans can access live stats at www.rutgersnewarkathletics.com.
 
Rutgers-Newark raced out to a 3-0 lead with three runs in the second inning. Senior first baseman Cameron Dias started the inning with a single, and sophomore Anthony Perconte walked to put two on with nobody out. Sophomore catcher Justin Marks singled to load the bases, and after an out, sophomore third baseman Brian Boulineau was hit by a pitch to bring home the first run. Freshman second baseman Ryan Zucker was next, coming through with an RBI groundout, and senior Billy Taylor followed with a two-out single to center field to allow Marks to cross the plate.
 
Scarlet Raider starter Anthony Rosoline retired the first nine he faced and worked around two hits in the fourth before the Roadrunners tied the game with three runs in the fifth inning on three hits and walk.
 
Ramapo jumped in front 4-3 with a single tally in the sixth, cashing in a leadoff walk with a two-out single, and then retired Newark in order in the top half of the seventh.
 
The Roadrunners added an insurance run in the seventh (5-3), and Rutgers-Newark could not capitalize on single baserunners in the eighth (senior Ryan MacFarlane) and ninth (Zucker) in falling by the tight 5-3 final.
 
Rosoline went the first six innings for Newark, allowing four earned runs on six hits and two walks. The rookie struck out three and suffers the first loss of his career (6-1). He has now thrown at least six innings in seven of his eight starts and kept the No. 1/2 team in the nation off the scoreboard for the first four innings of the game.
 
Reliever Vincent Enea allowed a run in his inning of work, and sophomore Anthony Hernandez worked a scoreless eighth.
 
After being called upon early out of the bullpen, junior Casey Jervis picked up the win in going 5.1 excellent innings. He allowed just one hit, walked two and struck out five.
 
Taylor, senior shortstop Gerry Patrizio, Dias, Marks and Zucker had the five Scarlet Raider hits, while three Roadrunners picked up multiple hits in the contest.