Camden, N.J. – Stockton University (15-16, 4-8 NJAC) dropped the back half of the home-and-home series against Rutgers-Camden (22-11, 6-6 NJAC) 11-3 on Friday. Nick Avagnano (Paramus/Paramus) and Robbie Ford (Green Twp./Newton) led the Ospreys with two hits apiece.
 
Ford also drew two walks while Avagnano added one walk and one run scored. Jordan Nitti (Hamilton/Steinert) ripped a triple and scored as well.
 
Stockton cut a 4-0 deficit in half on sacrifice flies by Cooper Fiore (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) and Austin Beard (Toms River/TR South) in the top of the fourth, but the Scarlet Raptors answered with three runs in the bottom half for a 7-3 count.
 
Four more Rutgers-Camden runs in the seventh inning added to the margin. Nitti tripled and scored on a groundout by Joe Gmitter (Hamilton/Steinert) in the top of the eighth for the final run of the 11-3 setback.
 
Stockton returns home to host New Jersey City University in a doubleheader tomorrow at 11:30 a.m.