BALTIMORE -- Courtney Coppersmith (York, Pa.) threw her eighth career no-hitter, while Meghan Dempsey (Collegeville, Pa.) and Zoe Russell (Roxboro, N.C.) each hit a two run homer as the UMBC Softball team won its 11th straight with a 4-0 victory over Quinnipiac. on Saturday morning.

Coppersmith retired the first 17 batters of the game before issuing a two-out walk in the sixth. The only other base runner she allowed was on a one-out hit batter in the seventh. She finished with 15 strikeouts in the effort.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Anna Lonchar (Bristow, Va.) got a leadoff single in the second and would score when Russell won an 11 pitch at-bat with a two-run homer to put UMBC (13-4) up 2-0
• Casey Turner (Baltimore, Md.) reached on an error to leadoff the fourth and would score on Dempey's two-run shot.
• That's where the score would remain as Coppersmith would keep Quinnipiac (2-9) off the board the rest of the way

Shanel Stott (Cumberland, Md.), Madison Wilson (Abingdon, Md.) and Logan Hawker (Mechanicsville, Va.) all had hits for the Retrievers.

UMBC will face Quinnipiac and Lafayette tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m.