DENVER - Nicole Larsen (Murrieta, Calif./Bloomington H.S.) fired the ninth no-hitter in Metropolitan State University of Denver softball history on Tuesday as the Roadrunners split a doubleheader with Fort Hays State at The Regency Athletic Complex, falling 3-0 in eight innings before a 6-0 victory behind Larsen's gem. The Roadrunners are now 17-7 overall and the Tigers are 10-11.

Larsen took a perfect game into the seventh inning before walking the leadoff batter. She recovered to record a groundout, a strikeout and a flyout to end the game. She finished with five punch outs.

It was the first no-hitter for a Roadrunner since Christie Robinson blanked CSU-Pueblo in 2010.

Offensively, freshman Carissa Terry (Moreno Valley, Calif./Valley View H.S.) shouldered much of the load, going 2-for-3 with two runs batted in and a triple. Chelsea Brew (Colorado Springs/Rampart H.S.) also had a pair of hits, an RBI and a double.

Leading 1-0, MSU Denver scored four times in the third with two coming home on a single to center by Sarena Espinoza (Corona, Calif./Corona Centennial H.S.). Terry and Brew also had run-scoring singles.

Terry's triple in the fifth scored the game's only other run.

In Game 1, the bats went cold as Kaylynn Harmon (Erie, Colo./Erie H.S.) had three of the team's six hits. Cassidy Smith (Loveland, Colo./Loveland H.S.) held the Tigers scoreless until a three-run home run with two outs in the top of the eighth inning gave FHSU the lead and the eventual win.

MSU Denver will play at Colorado School of Mines this weekend.