MOREHEAD, Ky. – Jana McGinnis eclipsed the 900 win mark in her Jacksonville State career on Friday, when her Gamecock softball team swept a doubleheader at Morehead State to open Ohio Valley Conference play.
 
The Gamecocks (18-6, 2-0 OVC) used the mercy rule to thump the Eagles (2-19, 0-2 OVC) in both games of the twinbill. McGinnis' 900thwin came in the form of an 18-3 win in the opener, while the sweep was capped off by an 8-0 win in the nightcap.
 
The winningest active coach in the Ohio Valley Conference, McGinnis becomes just the 23rdactive coach in Div. I with 900 career wins. She is now 901-488 in her 26thseason as the Gamecocks' head coach and has accounted for all but 102 of the 1,003 wins in the program's 32-year history.
 
Friday's wins came in dominant fashion, with JSU hitting a combined .455 over the two games, while holding the Eagles to a .171 average. The Gamecocks outscored MSU 26-3, outhit the Eagles 25-6 and hit six homers over the two games.
 
Freshman Karsen Mosley got her OVC career off to a hot start, going 5-for-6 with two home runs and seven RBI over the two games, while senior Taylor Beshears and sophomore Hannahstaysia Weaver were each 4-for-6. Senior Anna Chisolm drove in six runs over both games.
 
Senior Faith Sims (11-1) started and earned the win in both games on Friday. She worked the first three innings of the opener and left with an 18-0 lead, allowing her to toss all five innings in the finale. The Cordova, Ala., native allowed just two hits, both infield singles, in eight innings in the circle. She struck out 10 Eagle batters and held them to a .080 batting average.
 
The Gamecocks set the tone for the day in the first inning of the opening game, scoring six runs in an inning that was highlighted by a two-run homer from Mosley and a three-run shot by Hayley Sims. RBI hits by Beshears, Chisolm and Amber Jones in the second gave JSU a 9-0 lead after just two frames.
 
Mosley drove in two more in the third to spark a four-run inning, while a pinch-hit, two-run homer by freshman Anna Hood capped a five-run fourth.
 
Faith Sims grabbed that win after tossing three scoreless innings that saw her allow an infield single and strike out six. She beat starter Randi Hamilton (2-4), who gave up six runs on six hits in just under three innings in the circle.
 
Mosley, Weaver and Beshears were each 2-for-3 in the opening game, while Chisolm and Hayley Sims joined Mosley as three players with four RBI apiece.
 
In the second game, Faith Sims and Lakyn Largent took a scoreless game into the fourth inning, when JSU finally broke through with six runs.
 
Alexus Jimmerson started the big inning with a leadoff homer, while Mosley finished the frame off with a three-run blast to center. Chisolm capped the scoring with a two-run shot in the fifth that tied her with Beshears for the team lead with nine homers this season.
 
Faith Sims finished with a one-hitter in the second game, striking out four and walking just one in her fourth complete game shutout of the season.
 
Largent (0-11) allowed six runs on eight hits and a pair of walks in 3 and 2/3 innings. Weaver, Beshears, Mosley and Chisolm were each 2-for-3 in the second game to lead the Gamecocks offense. 
 
Eleven different Gamecocks recorded at least one hit in the doubleheader, while eight players drove in at least one run.
 
The Gamecocks continue its trip to the Bluegrass State on Sunday, when they take on defending OVC regular season champion Eastern Kentucky in Richmond. The first game of the twinbill will start at 12 p.m. CT and will be televised on ESPN+.