GULF SHORES, Ala. – The HBU softball team cruised by Florida A&M, 7-1, to close the Sand Dollar Classic at Gulf Shores Sportsplex on Sunday morning.
The Huskies (3-1) taxed FAMU (3-2) for two runs in the first inning, adding one run in the second and four more in the third.
Freshman
Savana Guidry and senior
Laci Belovsky led HBU at the plate, each turning in two hits. Guidry finished 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and run scored, while Belovsky went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored. Freshman
Demi Janak joined Guidry and Belovsky in knocking a two-bagger against Rattler starter Veroni Burse (1-1).
Senior
Caitlin Gunn hit the first home run of her career, knocking a three-run jack in the third inning, as part of 1-for-3 showing. The native of Seabrook, Texas, finished with three RBI and one run scored.
Belovski (2-0) notched her second win of the season, scattering six hits and one run across 31 batters faced. She also fanned three and walked two.
After a scoreless frame to open the game, the Huskies' offense started quickly in the bottom of the first. Guidry opened up with a bunt single and stole second, before sophomore
Libby Brown drew a walk. The two then both advanced a bag on a double steal, later scoring on an infield fielding error.
A walk, hit by pitch and illegal pitch put two in scoring position for FAMU, as they got their lone run of the game on a single through the left side of the infield in the team's next at bat.
HBU added one run on a double from Guidry in the bottom of the second inning, before halting the game in the third. After Belovski smoked a one-out double to right field and advanced the third on wild pitch, Janak drove her in with a double of her own. Sophomore
Nicole Shedd then walked, setting the stage for Gunn's long ball one batter later.
Belovsky stranded six base runners for the Rattlers across the final four innings in tossing her second complete game of the season.
The Huskies will be next compete in the LA Tech Invitational across Feb. 19-20, facing Belmont, Louisiana Tech (host), Mississippi Valley State and Texas State in Ruston, Louisiana.
