MARSHALL, Texas – The 2025 Belhaven Softball campaign came to a close on Friday as the Blazers split a pair of contests at the Marshall Regional. The Blazers cruised to a 14-1 win over Marymount before dropping a 5-2 decision in the regional semifinal.
GAME ONE: Belhaven 14, Marymount 1 (5 Innings)
After a scoreless first, the Belhaven bats got to work with back-to-back crooked numbers in the second and third innings.
Madi Miller,
Anna Caime, and
Ellie Williamson came through with RBI singles in the second, while
Colby Hollinger delivered a two-run double in the frame.
The Blazers added five more in the third, highlighted by a bases-clearing double from Williamson to go up 12-0.
Lauren Dunbar tacked on two more with a two-run double in the fifth.
Marymount found the scoreboard in the fifth, but
Belle West finished off the complete game in a 14-1 run-rule victory to push the Blazers into Friday's regional semifinal.
Key Performances
Ellie Williamson: 2-2, 2B, 5 RBI, HBP
Ellie Jones: 2-3, RBI, R, SB
Lauren Dunbar: 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, R, BB, HBP
Colby Hollinger: 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, HBP
Belle West (W, 15-4): 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 K
GAME TWO: Belhaven 2, St. Thomas (TX) 5
Similar to yesterday's matchup, the two teams traded zeroes through the early going. Belhaven broke the tie in the third as
Ellie Williamson brought home the game's first run with an RBI single up the middle.
Williamson continued to be the Blazers' primary run producer with an RBI groundout in the fifth to double the lead.
St. Thomas broke through in the fifth with a five-run frame to take the lead, and the Blazers could not push another across over the final two innings.
Key Performances
Ellie Jones: 2-4, R
Anna Caime: 2-4, 2B, R
Ellie Williamson: 1-4, 2 RBI
The Blazers finish another successful campaign in 2025 with a record of 32-9 while earning their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance on top of a Collegiate Conference of the South Tournament title. Belhaven's 32 wins this season is the program's fifth straight with at least 30 victories.
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