OXFORD, Ala. –  The University of Montevallo softball team is moving on in the Gulf South Conference Tournament after blanking Union, 8-0, in an elimination game.
 
Montevallo will await the loser between No.1 UAH and No. 4 AUM in an elimination game on Friday, May 5, at 12: 30 p.m.
 
 
The Falcons wasted no time making its way into the scoring column. In the top of the first inning, following a walk from Shelby Sloan and an Alisha Lanyon double, Taylor Robinson smacked her 16^th homer of the season over the wall in right to give UM a 3-0 lead.  
 
Taylor Lloyd made quick work of the Bulldogs in the bottom of the frame to hold the No. 7 seed off the board.
 
Montevallo picked up where they left off in the second and plated three more runs. All three runs came on a pair of errors by Union, with two outs, to give Montevallo a 6-0 lead.
 
An RBI single for Georgia Hughes in the third scored Lily Stone and added to the Falcons' lead, 7-0.
 
Lloyd continued her dominant outing in the circle with another scoreless frame in the fourth.
 
A Maddie Taylor RBI single in the fifth pushed UM's lead to 8-0, setting up the run-rule. Brittany Crowson replaced Lloyd in the bottom of the fifth and held the Bulldogs off the board for the run-rule victory.

 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 6 Montevallo 8 | No. 7 Union 0
Records: Montevallo 20-23 (13-14 GSC) | Union 24-26 (23-7)
Location: Choccolocco Park | Oxford, Ala.
 
GAME NOTES
 

• Montevallo wins its third Gulf South Conference game all-time with an 8-0 victory over No.7 Union.  
• The Falcons were dominant on all sides with eighth hits on eight runs, no errors, no runs allowed, and only one hit allowed.
• Freshman Taylor Lloyd earned her seventh win of the year with only one hit allowed in four innings pitched and one strikeout.
• Taylor Robinson led UM from the plate as she went 2-for-3 with three RBI on a three-run homer.

 
UP NEXT: The Falcons will return to action on Friday, May 5, at 12:30 p.m. against either No. 1 UAH or No. 4 AUM.