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Jackson, MS-The Belhaven softball team wrapped up the Belhaven Elite Tournament on Saturday with victories in both of their games. The Blazers opened the day with a 9-6 win over Louisiana State University at Alexandria and took game two from Christian Brothers University 11-2. The Blazers are now 17-1 on the season and 4-0 in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference after winning all four games this weekend.

Game One vs. LSU-Alexandria

LSU-Alexandria set the tone early in game one putting two runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning. Belhaven answered with two runs in the top of the second inning when Tiffany Ansley and Heather Pace walked. Ansley came in on a sacrifice hit to left field and H. Pace stole home.

Strong defense displayed from both teams did not allow any runs in the third and fourth innings. Belhaven grabbed the lead in the top of the fifth with four runs off of five hits. Webb led off with a triple and was knocked in a triple by Christina Jaques. At that point, Ansley hit a single to left field and came in on a single by Rian O'Bannon followed by O'Bannon being knocked in on a single by Wright making the score 6-2 in the top of the fifth. The Generals fought back with a run in the bottom of the fifth with one hit.

Belhaven scored two runs in the top of the sixth with three hits and one error. Webb came through for the Blazers again as she hit a single, stole second, third, and home. Jessica Eggold scored an unearned due to a throwing error by the pitcher. Belhaven also added one run in the top of the seventh as O'Bannon scored on an error. LSU-Alexandria fought back in the bottom of the seventh with three runs, one hit, and one error. However, it was not enough as Belhaven picked up the win 9-6.

Webb, Jaques, O'Bannon, and Hess all had two hits to lead the Blazer offense. Wright had 4 RBI's with O'Bannon and Jaques each being credited with an RBI. Rebecca Rousseau pitched 5 innings and earned her fifth win of the season to advance to 5-0 overall.

Game Two vs. Christian Brothers

Game two of the afternoon was all Belhaven as the Blazers nine run ruled and dominated the Lady Bucs 11-2 in the sixth inning. Christian Brothers were the first to put points on the board with two runs and three hits in the top of the second. Nevertheless, the Blazers answered back with two runs off of three hits as Webb hit a double allowing Wright and O'Bannon to cross the home plate.

Belhaven added two more runs in the bottom of the third with four hits. Jaques led off with a double, advanced to third, and advanced to home on a wild pitch. In addition, Katie Sanders hit a single to left field and advance Ansley home to make the score 4-2.
Christian Brothers were not able to do anything in the top of the fourth due to the Blazers solid defense. Belhaven earned one run and two hits in the bottom of the fourth as Jaques scored off of a double by Ansley.

The fifth inning was no different for the Lady Bucs and the Blazers took advantage as they added in three runs on three hits. Webb tripled to center field knocking in Hess and Sanders. Jaques flied out to center field allowing Webb to cross the plate. Belhaven also scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning as Ansley scored off a single by O'Bannon and B. Pace hit a single scoring O'Bannon and Megan Timbs. These runs lead to the nine run rule and a final score of 11-2 in favor of Belhaven in the top of the sixth.

Webb was the RBI leader with four and B. Pace contributed two RBI's followed by Jaques, Ansley, O'Bannon, and Sanders who chipped in with an RBI each. O' Bannon had three hits which was tops for the game. Sarah Burns got the win as she worked all six innings boosting her overall record to 8-1.

Offensively, Ansley leads the Blazers with a total of 29 RBI's on the season followed by Webb with 26. Webb also has a total of 34 stolen bases, nine doubles, and seven triples. Ansley has seven doubles and H. Pace has six doubles.

Belhaven returns to action Tuesday evening as they head to Mobile, AL for a double header with the University of Mobile in GCAC action. The first pitch of game one is scheduled for 4:00 PM.