JACKSON, Miss. - The Belhaven Softball team picked up their first conference series win on Saturday as they finished off a three-game set against #4 ETBU with a 9-0 run rule victory and taking two games over the weekend. 

The Blazers jumped on the visitors early after Kennedy Carruth set down the Tigers in order in the first inning. In the bottom of the first the Blazers struck for five runs on five hits and batted through the entire order. The offensive outburst started with a one-out double by Haley Hanson who scored when Allie Gordon followed with a double of her own. The Blazers got a third straight double through Kennedy Carruth whose line drive into left-center field scored another run. 

Belhaven got their fourth double of the inning through Abby Trahan who drove in Carruth and Anna McNeer who had reached base via a walk. The five run frame was capped by freshman Ellie Jones whose single scored Trahan from second base.

The offense kept the intensity in the second inning after a stellar diving grab by Macy Ziskin turned to a double play and kept the Tigers off the board once again. Hanson and Gordon reached base to open the frame before Carruth picked up her second double of the game and drove in two Blazers. Sydney Runnels then delivered another extra-base hit which scored another pair and put Belhaven up 9-0 heading to the third inning.

From that point on the two teams found runs hard to come by with Belhaven starter Carruth settling into a rhythm that limited scoring opportunities for the 4th-ranked Tigers. 

BELHAVEN PITCHERS

WP: Kennedy Carruth (2-0) - 5 IP, 4 H, 4 K

BELHAVEN BATTING LEADERS

Haley Hanson | 2-3, 2B, 2 R
Allie Gordon | 2-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R
Kennedy Carruth | 3-3, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R
Sydney Runnels | 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI
Abby Trahan | 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI

The Blazers willl be back in action on Tuesday, February 15th when they host Millsaps College. First pitch at Jim McLeod Field is set for 2 PM. 

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