Sophomore Molly Flowers fired a no hitter with 11 strikeouts as the University of Maine softball team blanked UMass-Lowell in their home opener at Kessock Field 8-0 on Friday afternoon.
Flowers (8-6) allowed three baserunners all on walks in her five innings as the game was shortened due to the mercy rule.
Freshman Alyssa Derrick had three hits, two doubles and a homerun, and four runs batted in for Maine. Erika Leonard also had three hits, including a triple and two runs batted in for the 13-13 Black Bears who also improve their record in America East to 2-1.
UMass-Lowell drops to 5-27 on the season and 0-7 in the conference. The two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow beginning at 12 p.m.
UML 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0 2
UME 3 2 2 1 x- 8 10 0
Left on base- Lowell 3, Maine 6
