RALEIGH, NC -- #4 Rowan posted a pair of shutouts on th e first day of the Grand Slam Classic on Friday, defeating Piedmont, 8-0, and Arcadia, 10-0.

Rylee Lutz notched the win in the first game as the senior posted her third-straight one-hitter and in the process, surpassed 400 career strikeouts, becoming the fourth player in program history to hit 400 or more K's.

Game one
The Profs broke open a scoreless contest with three runs in the fifth and five in the sixth. Holly Markus' sac fly in the sixth plated Kate Evick to walk it off via the run rule.

Liz McCaffery was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two stolen bases. Markus and Aly Reim also added two RBI's apiece as Rowan had seven hits and took advantage of six walks and four hit batters.

Lutz shook off a shaky first, yielding the only hit on the first batter of the game. The senior settled in to finish with five K's and three walks to go to 3-0 on the season. She would hit strikeout #400 and #401 in the first frame, getting the two final outs via the K.

Payton MacNair singled in McCaffery in the fifth to put the first run on the board. Later in the inning with the bags full, pinch hitter Cami Morgan was plunked with Markus following with another to push across two more runs for a 3-0 advantage.

Game two
Rowan used big innings in the second and fourth as the team totaled 10 hits and eight walks. Breanna Bryant and Abigail Pawlowski each scored twice and drove in two runs while Zara MacNair went 2-for-3.

Starter Emily McCutcheon (3-0) needed 37 pitches to get through four innings allowing just three hits with two K's and no walks. Makayla Veneziale stepped in circle in the fifth to get three strikeouts to end it.

Evick and Reim had RBI singles in the second. Reim would score on a double steal later in the frame and McCaffery knocked in Markus to make it 4-0.

In the sixth, Rowan crossed six runs on just four hits and four walks. Pawlowski doubled in two runs and Bryant also knocked in a pair with a single as part of that six-run frame.

The team concludes its trip in Raleigh with a contest against Marymount at 9:30 a.m. followed by a matchup with North Carolina Wesleyan at noon.