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OMG!!! COPPERSMITH WITH HER SECOND STRAIGHT NO-HITTER IN THE TOURNAMENT!!! HER FIFTH OF THE SEASON! UMBC STUNS NO.1 SEED UMASS LOWELL, 5-0 AND ADVANCES TO THE SEMIFINALS!!!!!!!
Well, it was a magical run, but it had to end at some point. Retrievers battle Notre Dame, but fall 2-0 to end the season with a 30-24 record. It's an 18 game improvement from last season and UMBC returns all nine starters next year.
SHE’S DONE IT AGAIN! COPPERSMITH THROWS HER FOURTH NO-HITTER OF THE SEASON! THIS ONE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS! UMBC wins 3-0 and advances to face No.1 UMass Lowell tomrrow morning.
Courtney Coppersmith
✔️ AE & ECAC Rookie of the Year
✔️ AE Pitcher of the Year
✔️ AE Championship M.O.P.
✔️ All-AE 1st and 2nd Team
✔️ All-ECAC 2nd Team
✔️ NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 Finalist
...And Now
✔️ All-American
Congrats Courtney on becoming our first All-American!
PERFECTION! Coppersmith throws a perfect game!!! Daigneau races home on a wild pitch to end it, 8-0 in 6 innings. Coppersmith also went 3-for-3 with 3 RBI at the plate!
COPPERSMITH THROWS HER THIRD NO-HITTER! For the third straight weekend Coppersmith throws a no-hitter after she dives for a pop-up and doubles the runner off first. 2-0 UMBC Final. She finishes with 12 Ks, Pierce with the game winning 2 run homer in the 6th!
FINAL SCORE: UMBC 7, Albany 0. Baker tosses a shutout to earn the split in the double header. UMBC is back in action tomorrow afternoon for the rubber match of the series and senior day.
We like to remain candid here and give you behind the scenes access. So here is the unedited, uncensored quote from Courtney Coppersmith upon finding out she was named Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Pitcher of the Week
"ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢᴏᴛ ʟᴜᴄᴋʏ"
"𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚝"
"𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒌𝒆"
For nine months we've heard the above about our championship run.
Last year we were picked to finish last.
Let's go try to prove everyone wrong....again
2 full years as head coach.
2 of our best conference records
1 Conference Tournament Title
1 Regular Season Title
Congrats to
@CoachKuhlmeyer
on being the Coach of the Year
We got Riggs' big homer right here!
And since the announcers didn't know what to say about us, we will fill you in with all the notes we gave them before hand:
Riggs also homered at Big 10 member Penn State
Wilson, who is playing this season in honor of her late father, walked
STRIKEOUT NUMBER 900! This strikeout yesterday was the 900th in the illustrious career of Courtney Coppersmith. The first person in program history to reach 800 strikeouts has now reached 900!
2nd base was all like "Won't you come on over
Stop making a fool out of me
Why don't you come on over Valerie?" So Val smashed a 2 RBI double to make it 6-3 in the 4th!
Yes, that was a stretch but we had to get the lyrics to that song in at some point this season
Great start to the season! Team dinner, finally had our gift exchange, team Christmas gift from the coaches and our first team meeting talking expectations and mindset! The season is here let’s go!
With her strikeout to end the top of the 7th in game 2, Courtney Coppersmith reached 500 career strikeouts! She reached the milestone in just 58 appearances (313.1 IP).
Courtney Coppersmith was named
#AEChamps
Most Outstanding Player after going 4-0 while allowing just two runs in 28 innings pitched, a 0.50 ERA, on only eight hits with 33 strikeouts.
That’s a lot of awards. Courtney Coppersmith takes home five honors, including becoming the first person in America East history to be named both Rookie and Pitcher of the Year
Courtney Coppersmith was absolutely dominant in the circle today. She set a school record for strikeouts in a game and also scored the only run in UMBC's 1-0 win at UNCW.
U-M-B-SEE YA! Another walk-off homer! Winslow blasts a 3-run shot in the 6th to end it, 11-3. UMBC has surpassed last season’s win total and is now 13-11 entering conference play!
VICTORY! WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP! We defeat Stony Brook 4-1. Pierce with 3 RBI, Coppersmith with another complete game. Stott drives in the other run.
PERFECT GAME! Coppersmith finishes off her 11 K perfect game, the third perfect game of her career and 10th career no-hitter! UMBC wins 9-0 in 6 innings!
✅AE Rookie of the Week (2/12)
✅First Career Win
✅First Career Start
✅ School Single Game Record 14 Strikeouts vs NC State
✅19 K in 8.2 innings, 5 H, 2 ER on Sunday
✅AE Pitcher of the Week (2/26)
Congrats Courtney!
Our annual Fall Prospect ID Camp is up and running! Come join us in September for our only on campus camp this year! Space is limited to 50 people in grades 8-12. To register visit
300!!!!! Coppersmith records her 300th strikeout of the season (and 12th of the game) as UMBC defeats Hartford 9-0 in five innings to clinch a playoff spot!!