JACKSON, Miss. - The Belhaven Softball team continued their hot start to conference play, taking two from Covenant on Saturday at Jim McLeod Field. The Blazers (14-9, 6-0 CCS) knocked off the Scots 7-3 in the first contest before winning 8-0 in run-rule fashion in Game 2.

GAME ONE

The Blazers' bats got right to work in the opening inning as Sydney Runnels drove in the first run of the game with a single to short. In the 2nd Anna Caime ripped an RBI double to plate Anna McNeer, who reached via HBP. 

Covenant answered with a three-run homer in the 3rd to take a one-run lead. The Blazers flipped the script in the home half of the 4th as Hailey Warren singled with the bases loaded to plate the tying run.

Madi Miller then reached on a fielder's choice, allowing Macy Ziskin to cross home and give Belhaven a 4-3 lead. Allie Gordon followed that up with a two-out RBI double to extend the Blazers' lead to two. With that RBI, Gordon moved into a tie with Tiffany Ansley (2007-10) for most career RBIs in a Belhaven uniform at 142 runs batted in. 

After two quick outs opened the bottom of the 6th, Madi Miller started the rally with a triple to right. Gordon preceded to make history with her second RBI double of the game, recording RBI No. 143 and becoming the program's all-time leader in that category. Kennedy Carruth followed suit with an RBI double of her own to give the Blazers a 7-3 lead and some separation heading into the final inning.

Carruth was able to retire the Scots in order in the 7th to give Belhaven a 7-3 win and record her eighth complete game of the season. 

BELHAVEN PITCHERS

Kennedy Carruth (W, 8-3): 7.0 IP (CG), 3 H, 0 ER, 10 K

BELHAVEN HITTERS

Allie Gordon: 3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R
Kennedy Carruth: 2-3, 2B, RBI, BB

GAME TWO

Allie Gordon picked up where she left with the bat as she smoked a no-doubter home run to right to open the scoring in the 1st. As Blazers' starter Gracey Baucom held the Scots' bats at bay, the Belhaven offense came alive in the 3rd. Gordon once again homered to right to open the inning. Kennedy Carruth doubled, and Ellie Jones drove her in with a two-run homer to give the Blazers a 4-0 advantage.

The Blazers added two more in the 4th as Gordon drove in yet another run with a sacrifice fly to right. Carruth, the next batter, scored Madi Miller with a sac fly to right to extend the lead to 6-0.

Needing just two runs to put the run rule into effect, Jones picked up her third RBI of the game with a double to score Madison Miller. May Hebert secured the victory with an RBI single to center, giving Belhaven an 8-0 win and a perfect 6-0 record in the Collegiate Conference of the South. 

BELHAVEN PITCHERS

Gracey Baucom (W, 5-3): 5.0 IP, 2 H
Natalie Parker: 1.0 IP, 1 K

BELHAVEN HITTERS

Allie Gordon: 2-2, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Ellie Jones: 3-3, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB

Belhaven hits the road on Friday, March 31st for a CCS doubleheader at Huntingdon. Start time is set for 12:00 PM in Montgomery, Alabama.

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