CAMDEN, NJ – The Abington baseball team held a late lead against Rutgers-Camden, but an 7^th inning rally by the Scarlett Raptors gave the Nittany Lions their ninth loss of the season, losing 4-3.

Abington drops to 2-9 for the season outside of conference play.

The Nittany Lions were led by senior Tom Ditro (Philadelphia, Pa.) going 2-of-4 with a double, one run and an RBI.

In the first inning Abington got on the board first with a Ditro RBI single to center field. The Nittany Lions unsettled the pitcher by stealing three bases in the inning, including Matt Meyers (Cheltenham, Pa.) stealing home to take a 2-0 lead in the first.

The Scarlett Raptors added two runs to the board in the 2^nd and 5^th inning but Abington would take back the lead in the 6^th inning off a Max German (Newtown, Pa.) triple to left field, leading 3-2.

Rutgers-Camden was able to add two more runs in the 7^th inning to put the game out of reach for Abington.

Next the Nittany Lions will take the diamond Friday against The City College of New York at 3:00 p.m.  at Alverthorpe Park.