FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The No. 8 Georgia softball team shut out ninth-ranked Arkansas Friday evening, 4-0, at Bogle Park. The victory clinched Georgia's fifth SEC series win of the season.

The Bulldogs continue to climb to 31-7 on the season and 11-2 in SEC play.

Graduate Shelby Walters (15-1) pitched the complete-game shutout in the circle, allowing just two hits to the Razorback (27-11, 8-6) offense. She struck out four hitters and walked just one in the contest.

Georgia out-hit the Razorbacks 6-4. Ellie Armistead picked up two hits at the bottom of the lineup for the Dogs and drove in a run. Sara Mosley left the yard Friday evening.

The Dogs used small ball and a long ball in the third to go ahead by three in the third. Sydney Chambley led off the inning with an infield single, stole second, and took third on a groundout. She scored on a single through the left side off the bat of Armistead. Armistead then stole second and was then bunted to third by Dallis Goodnight. Mosley then knocked a two-run home run, her 13th home run of the season, to dead center, giving Georgia a 3-0 lead.

A two-out throwing error by the Arkansas shortstop extended the top of the fifth and allowed Jayda Kearney to reach and Goodnight to score on the play, extending Georgia's lead to 4-0.

Walters held the Razorbacks scoreless the rest of the game en route to Georgia's 14th shutout of the season and fifth in SEC play.

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The Bulldogs and Razorbacks will close the series Saturday at Bogle Park. First pitch live on SEC Network is slated for 6 p.m., ET.