Jackson, MS-The Belhaven softball team is gearing up for postseason play as they head to Gulf Shores, AL to compete in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament beginning on Thursday. The Blazers, ranked 5th in the latest NAIA Top 25 Poll, finished the regular season with an overall record of 48-6 and were the GCAC regular season champions with a 13-3 mark in league play.

Belhaven is led by Britney Webb who has turned in an outstanding senior season setting the NAIA single season record for stolen bases with 75 and is the all time NAIA career stolen base leader with 208. Webb has compiled a batting average of .463 with 14 doubles, 11 triples, four home runs, and 51 runs batted in.

Christina Jaques has had a big year for Belhaven leading the team in hitting with a .485 batting average including eight home runs and 42 RBI's. Jaques is second on the team in stolen bases with 53 steals in 61 attempts. Tiffany Ansley has also helped solidify the Blazer offense with a batting average of .386 with eight home runs and 57 runs batted in. As a team, Belhaven is hitting .365 while opponents are batting just .187.

One of the reasons opponents have struggled hitting the ball are because of pitchers Sarah Burns and Rebecca Rousseau. Burns has notched 24 wins against just three defeats this season and her win total is fourth best in the NAIA. She has an ERA of 1.67 with 190 strikeouts in 166.2 innings pitched. Rousseau is 13-3 in the circle with an ERA of 2.11. Rousseau has struck out 90 opposing hitters in 98.1 innings of work.

The Blazers kickoff the GCAC tournament by playing the winner of the Dillard University/Spring Hill College game starting at 5:00 PM. Belhaven is the number one seed on the strength of winning the regular season conference championship. The GCAC Tournament website with scores, stats, and all the up to date information on the tournament can be viewed by clicking here.