Hawks Split with Belhaven

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Huntingdon (20-6 overall, 4-2 CCS) split with the Blazers of Belhaven (15-10 overall, 7-1 CCS).

Game 1: Huntingdon 3 – Belhaven 1

In Friday's opener, Huntingdon spotted the Blazers an early lead but kept the game manageable until the offense sprang to life.

Belhaven scored its only run after two were out in the second. Macy Ziskin reached on an infield hit andthen came all the way around when Anna Caime lined a triple, her first of the season.

Huntingdon tied it 1-1 in the third. Belhaven starting pitcher Kennedy Carruth couldn't make a play on Kamryn Miller's batted ball and Miller reached second. Miller advanced to third on a bunt and then scored on a bunt-single by Katie Burch.

In the fourth, Ellie Lorance worked a two-out walk and she strolled home when Miranda Treadway blasted a two-run homer over the left field fence. It was Treadway's second long ball of the season, and the Hawks were in front 3-1.

Huntingdon pitching kept the score right there. Starter Crimson Wells went the first 2 and 2/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits. Brooke Cooper came on and also pitched 2 and 2/3 innings, scattering four hits, before she gave way to Aubree Flanagan. The first year righthander closed out the Blazers on just one hit for her second save of the season.

Belhaven outhit Huntingdon 8-3, but the Blazers left 10 on base. The Hawks left just three.

Hawks Top Performers:

#6 Miranda Treadway – 1-2, 1 Run, 2 RBIs, HR

Pitching:

#26 Aubree Flanagan – 1.2 IP, 1 Hit, BB, K

#42 Brooke Cooper – 2.2 IP, 4 Hits, BB

Game 2: Huntingdon 1 – Belhaven 4

Crimson Wells started on the mound for the Hawks in the first inning and Brooke Cooper replaced her in the top of the second and a triple to center field from the Blazers scored their first run (1-0). Belhaven ended the second inning with a single to bring in one more run to shoot up by two runs.

The Blazers scored one run in the third and the fourth inning before Holly Sharp came to the mound for the Hawks where she closed out the game allowing three hits and no runs as the Hawks looked to make a comeback down 4-0.

Huntingdon's lone run was sponsored by a Miranda Treadway double and a Natalie Ritchey single to send in Treadway.

Hawks Top Performers:

#12 Bailey Murphy – 1-2, 2 BB

#6 Miranda Treadway – 2-3, 1 Run, 2B

Pitching

#36 Holly Sharp – 3.2 IP, 3 Hits, K

The Hawks are in action again Wednesday against No. 18 Birmingham-Southern in a 1 p.m. start. Just one game on the docket as the Hawks host their annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Game.