JACKSON, Miss. - As 2025 draws to a close, Belhaven Athletics is proud to recount some of the many moments displayed by Blazers student-athletes and teams that made this calendar year one to remember. Over the remainder of the year, multiple moments will be recounted, featuring each of Belhaven's athletics programs.

TOP MOMENTS OF 2025: BELHAVEN WINS SECOND CCS TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

The Belhaven Softball team secured another Collegiate Conference of the South Championship this past spring with a 2-0 shutout win over top seed Huntingdon and booked their spot in the 2025 NCAA Division III Softball Tournament for a fifth straigth season.

The Blazers, who entered Sunday's finale with the winner's bracket advantage, only had to win once on the day to secure the tournament championship and took care of business in the first game to avoid a winner-take-all final.

Belhaven got the only offense of the game early on in the contest when Ellie Williamson drilled a two-strike pitch out over the left field wall for a two-run homer. Williamson's home run plated Reagan Bryan who had led off the inning with a base hit. 

From then on, it was the Macy Funderburk show, as the Blazers' sophomore right-hander shutdown the offense of the 9th-ranked team in the nation. Funderburk limited the Hawks to just four hits and didn't issue a walk while racking up seven strikeouts in the complete game shutout.

Funderburk also got stellar defense behind her on the day, with the marquee moment of the game coming in the top of the 4th inning. With the Hawks threatening after a one out double, Huntingdon got a base hit to left field that could plate their first run of the game. Madi Miller delivered a strike though on the hit, firing a laser from left field to the plate to cut down the runner at the dish and end the inning.

The win gave Belhaven their second CCS Tournament Championship in the last three seasons.

Key Performances

Ellie Williamson: 1-1, HR, BB, 2 RBI
Reagan Bryan: 2-3, R
Macy Funderburk (W, 17-3): 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 7 K

All-Tournament Team

MVP - Macy Funderburk: 3-0, 21.0 IP, 13 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 18 K
Ellie Jones
Ellie Williamson
Maci Baldwin
Anna Caime

The 2026 Belhaven Softball campaign kicks off in less than two months with the Blazers set to play a schedule that features returns to the NFCA Division III Leadoff Classic, The Spring Games in Orlando, and multiple recent NCAA Tournament opponents.

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