BALTIMORE, Md. – UMBC swept a doubleheader against Mount St. Mary's in non-conference softball action on Tuesday. The Retrievers took the opener 13-4 and then earned a 2-0 victory in the nightcap.

Liz Christiansen (Etters, Pa./Red Land) paced the Mount (2-14) with a homer, two runs scored and two RBIs while Courtney Zingle (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) added a two-run single in the opener. Amanda Burk (Bristow, Va./Stonewall Jackson) notched the squad's lone hit in the nightcap.

Julia Culotta powered UMBC (13-8) with a 3-for-4 performance with four RBIs and two runs scored in the opener while Lauren Brummell had two hits, an RBI and a run scored in the nightcap.

In the opener, the Retrievers scored five times in the first three innings to take a 5-0 advantage.

Brummell gave UMBC a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI double to center. Alison Duff smacked a two-run home run in the second before Amanda Page and Jessica Vetock each knocked in runs in the third to give the Retrievers a 5-0 lead.

Mount St. Mary's cut the margin to 5-2 in the fourth. After Christiansen walked and Ashley Lodato (Brick, N.J./Ranney) singled through the right side, Zingle knocked both Christiansen and Lodato home on a single to left field.

The Mount added two runs in the sixth to make it a one-run game. Nicole Reeder (Glen Burnie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) singled and then came around to score of Christiansen's first collegiate home run to trim the deficit to 5-4.

Fueled by a grand slam by Culotta, UMBC scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth to end the game.

The Retrievers continued its offensive success in the first inning of the nightcap. Brummell doubled to left center and touched home on Amanda Fefel's RBI double to left center for a 1-0 edge. Brummell added a run-scoring double in the fifth to seal a 2-0 win.

The Mount could not get a runner past second base in the contest. Burk reached on an error with two outs and stole second in the first inning, but was left stranded after UMBC got out of the jam with a fly out to left field. Burk notched Mount St. Mary's lone hit in the sixth inning on a single to center with two outs, but a strikeout ended the threat.

Fefel tossed a complete-game one-hit shutout with five strikeouts to earn the win while Jamie Fowler (Hagerstown, Md./South Hagerstown) allowed two runs on seven hits with four strikeouts in the complete-game effort.

The Mount returns to action on Wednesday at George Mason. Game time is 3 p.m.