Little Falls, NJ – Junior righthander JOSH PINE pitched seven scoreless innings and combined with two relievers on a four-hit shutout as Montclair State blanked Rutgers-Camden, 8-0 at Yogi Berra Stadium on Friday afternoon.

Senior designated hitter SCOTT ALLAN drove in three runs for the Red Hawks (20-8, 10-1 NJAC), who won for the sixth straight time and 14^th in the last 16 contests. The win also completed a season sweep of the Scarlet Raptors (18-9, 6-5 NJAC) as MSU previously posted a 10-2 win in Cinnaminson a week ago.

Pine (1-1) earned his first win of the season as he allowed three hits, struck out three and walked one in his longest outing of the season. Kevin Rakowski fanned two in the eight before senior CRAIG CONWAY struck out the side in the ninth to preserve Montclair's third shutout of the year. Jeff Bowell (1-2) took the loss for Rutgers-Camden.

Pine would get all the offensive support he needed in the bottom of the first inning when MSU scored four times. DAVE WURST was hit by a pitch to open the inning and stole second with one out. Conway was plunked as was BRIAN ELLERSON loading the bases. Allan cleared them all with a triple to left-center as Montclair jumped on top. JEFF SCHRIBER followed with an RBI single for the 4-0 lead.

A Wurst leadoff triple in the second led to a Conway RBI as MSU pushed the lead to 5-0. Ellerson laced a run-scoring double in the fourth with GEORGE BECKER and SEAN MORRISON adding RBIs in the seven to complete the Red Hawks' scoring.

Wurst went 3-for-3.

Montclair State closes out its grueling week of games on Saturday, April 21 with a home doubleheader at Yogi Berra Stadium against Ramapo College with first pitch set for noon.