Elisabetta Zengaro
11
Winner Valdosta State VSUSB 38-10-2, 22-9-1 GSC
3
Delta State DSU 33-18, 21-12 GSC
Winner
Valdosta State VSUSB
38-10-2, 22-9-1 GSC
11
Final
3
Delta State DSU
33-18, 21-12 GSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Valdosta State VSUSB 1 3 0 5 0 0 2 11 13 0
Delta State DSU 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 5 2

W: Caitlyn Calhoun (26-4) L: Justice, Katie (8-4)

Game Recap: Softball | | J.T. Webb

Valdosta State Hits Way to Victory over Lady Statesmen

CLEVELAND, Miss. – Valdosta State University pounded out 13 hits in an 11-3 victory over the Delta State University softball team on Sunday at University Field. The result marked the sixth straight setback for the Green-and-White.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: VSU 11, DSU 3
Location: University Field | Cleveland, Miss.
Records: Lady Statesmen (33-18, 21-12) | Lady Blazers (38-10-2, 22-9-1)
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • The visitors opened the scoring in the top of the first, when Brandy Morgan delivered a two-out solo home run to left center field.
  • VSU plated three more runs in the second when it took advantage of a dropped fly ball and followed it with a two-RBI single by Danielle Patterson.
  • Kara Lane Nowell made the score 4-1 in the third when she hit her second home run of the season.
  • The Blazers responded with five runs in the fourth on a double by Patterson, an RBI single by Kiley Rusen and a three-run home run by Heather Robinson.
  • Carah Nunez gave DSU its final two runs of the contest in the bottom of the inning when she smacked her fifth home run of the season, scoring Madison Zoeller.
  • VSU finished the scoring in the seventh on a two-run pinch-hit home run by Kelly Gordon.
  • Caitlyn Calhoun (26-4) allowed three runs on five hits in seven innings. She struck out five and walked one. 
  • DSU starter Katie Justice (8-4) surrendered nine runs, seven earned, on nine hits in four innings. Taylor Tucker allowed two runs on four hits in three innings of relief.
  • No DSU player recorded multiple hits.
 
STAT OF THE DAY:
  • All but one VSU starter recorded a base hit.
 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
  • With their two home runs, the Lady Statesmen have 30 for the season. It marks the highest total since hitting the same amount in 2009.
  • DSU surrendered 31 hits in the three-game series.
  • The six straight loses for DSU are the most since dropping nine straight early in the 2015 season.  
  • DSU has allowed six or more runs in four of its last six contests.

UP NEXT:
 
DSU earned the No. 5 seed in the upcoming Gulf South Conference Tournament in Florence Ala., where it will face No. 4 seed Alabama Huntsville in the opening round on Thursday, April 28. DSU claimed a series victory over the Chargers in Cleveland on March 19-20. First pitch is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. CT.
 
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