ATLANTA – Anna Chisolm belted a three-run homer in the sixth inning and lifted the Jacksonville State softball team to a 4-3 win at Georgia Tech on Tuesday at Mewborn Field.
 
The senior from St. Louis, Mo., took Morgan Bruce's 1-2 pitch over the wall in straightaway center with two outs in the sixth, erasing a two-run deficit and setting the Gamecocks (9-4) up for the win. It is their third-straight win over the Yellow Jackets (14-7) and the fourth in the last six meetings between the two.
 
The homer was Chisolm's fifth of the season and continued her trend of coming up with clutch long balls. It extended her team lead in round trippers and was her fourth in the sixth inning or later this season. All of them have given JSU the lead.
 
After the Gamecocks grabbed the lead, sophomore Nicole Rodriguez held the homestanding Jackets off the board over the final three innings to earn the win in relief. She worked around trouble in each of the last three frames to improve to 2-2 in the circle this season, striking out three in the process.
 
The Gamecocks mustered five hits in the win and limited the Yellow Jackets to just three. Tech did draw nine walks, two of which keyed the Jackets' only scoring frame in the second.
 
JSU starter Faith Sims issued two walks to start the second and then a pair of two-out hits plated the Yellow Jackets' only three runs of the game. The JSU ace tossed the first four frames, allowing three runs on those two hits and walking four. She exited the game trailing 3-0 and made way for Rodriguez.
 
JSU got on the board in the fifth, when a leadoff single by Lex Hull set up a two-out RBI single from Amber Jones that made it a 3-1 game. That score stood until Chisolm's blast in the sixth flipped the scoreboard in the Gamecocks' favor.
 
Jones and Chisolm drove in runs for JSU, but freshman Karsen Mosley led the Gamecocks at the plate with a 2-for-3 afternoon. The native of Saraland, Ala., improved her average to .480 on the young season.
 
Bruce (7-2) suffered the loss for Georgia Tech, allowing four runs on five hits in seven innings. She struck out 11 Gamecocks and walked just two in the losing effort. Brenna Roper drove in two runs on her second-inning double, while Rebecca Prairie drove in the other.
 
JSU will remain on the road this weekend, when the Gamecocks will travel to Lubbock, Texas, for the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic at Texas Tech. They will open on Friday vs. Northern Colorado at 11 a.m. CT before facing Gardner-Webb at 1:30 p.m. CT.