MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The No. 2 Valdosta State softball team opened a three-game series at Christian Brothers with a 15-0 victory in five innings Saturday afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader. The Blazers improved to 30-3 on the year and 23-2 in Gulf South Conference play, while CBU fell to 7-27 overall and 7-21 in GSC play.  VSU also won its 19^th-straight game with the victory.
 
The Blazers got off to a quick start in the opener as VSU saw three-straight walks followed by a freshman Taylor Macera single up the middle for an RBI and a 1-0 lead.  Senior Lacey Crandall followed with a bases-clearing double for a 4-0 lead in the first.  CBU put two runners on base in the bottom of the inning and, a 40-minute rain delay later, was unable to score as VSU sophomore Samantha Richards got out of the jam with a ground out and a pop out. 
 
VSU sophomore Hunter Meadows began the top of the second with a single up the middle and stole second.  Freshman Morgan Hill belted her 13^th home run of the season for a 6-0 lead off CBU starter Macy Cuming.  It was the 77^th home run of the season for the Blazers as the team entered the series leading the nation in round-trippers.  Two more walks and a dropped fly proved costly for the Bucs as freshman Aniston Gano reached on the miscue and Macera plated two runs for an 8-0 lead.  In the fourth, Crandall doubled home two runs for a 10-0 lead.
 
The Blazers put two on with one out in the top of the fifth, courtesy of the eighth and ninth walks of the game by CBU pitching.  Senior Kiley Robb singled through the left side loading the bases.  Gano reached on catcher's interference for the first run of the inning and Macera came up huge once again with a two RBI single to left for a 13-0 lead.  Meadows and freshman Kayla Tosone each hit RBI singles for a 15-0 lead.
 
Richards closed out the Bucs in order in the fifth for the victory as she improved to 20-2 on the year, going five innings, allowing three hits, walked three and fanned seven for her seventh shutout of the season.  Macera finished 3 for 4 with two runs scored and four RBI for a career-best game in both hits and RBI.  Robb was 1 for 1 with four runs scored, while Crandall was 2 for 4 with a run scored, two doubles and a team-high five RBI. 
 
VSU tallied its sixth-straight shutout in the game and 12^th of the season, while recording its 17^th run-rule game of the season and 11^th in five innings.  The 15 runs matched the season-high output scored against Albany State in the opener of a doubleheader on Mar. 17, in Valdosta.