2005 Gulf Coast Invitational Top Stories

Faulkner University 0
Belhaven College 2

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. --Belhaven College defeated Faulkner University 2-0 in round one of pool play Friday afternoon at the Gulf Coast Softball Invitational in Orange Beach, Alabama.

Belhaven jumped ahead 2-0 in the bottom of the first inning on a two-out RBI single from Meghan Pursell. Pursell would later score in the inning to take a 2-0 lead and that would be all pitcher Mandie Henderson would need.

Henderson cruised through the first five innings before running into a bit of trouble in the top of the sixth inning. With two on and one out, Belhaven turned the ball over to Lyndey Gavulic who got the Blazers out of a jam. Gavulic quickly punched out the first Faulkner hitter with a strikeout and got the final out of the inning on a pop up to second base. Gavulic had no problem in the seventh retiring the Faulkner side in order to pick up the save.

Faulkner went 1-1 on Friday in pool play and will play 2004 tournament champion Houston Baptist University Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.

Belhaven plays again tonight at 7 p.m. against Houston Baptist University.

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