PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Freshman Rylee Carter threw a no-hitter in the second game to help the Bears sweep St. Andrews (N.C.) University on Thursday afternoon.
 
The Bears won two shortened games, winning the opener 10-2 in six innings and the nightcap 11-0 in five.
 
Carter struck out five and blanked the Knights in the second game.
 
UPike will now head to Myrtle Beach for a series of games, beginning on Sunday morning when they play West Virginia State and Lees McRae (N.C.) College.
 
Bears 10, Knights 2, 6 innings: Three players had two hits and two drove in a pair as the Bears picked up the win in the opener.
 
UPike took a 5-2 lead to the bottom of the sixth before it posted five runs to invoke the mercy rule.
 
Shortstop Sam Case, left fielder Maria McClellan and catcher Madison Mullins had a pair of hits, while second baseman Kaden Dunlap and Clara Blair had a hit and drove in two in the win.
 
Designated player Dani Crum, right fielder Harlee Quick, Dunlap and Blair added hits.
 
Brianna Johnsen (3-2) went the distance for the Bears, scattering four hits while striking out three.
 
Bears 11, Knights 0, 5 innings: The Bears scored twice in the second and added nine in the third to pick up the sweep. Starting pitcher Rylee Carter (2-3) threw her first career no-hitter, while striking out five.
 
Crum and Quick had two hits and drove in two runs each as the Bears posted nine safeties in the game. Case doubled, scored twice and drove one in; Carter doubled and scored twice; and McClellan, Muncy and Jones all had one hit.
 
McClellan and Munch scored and drove one in and Jones scored twice.