CONWAY, S.C. – The Jacksonville State softball team rolled to a 10-0 win over Delaware State to start play on Friday before falling to host Coastal Carolina 8-6 on the first day of the Battle at the Beach.
 
Junior Reagan Watkins and sophomore Lexi Androlevich combined for a three-hit shutout in the five-inning win over DSU, getting 10 runs on 11 hits from her offense. In the loss to the Chanticleers, freshman Megan Fortner belted her first two career homers and JSU's first home runs of the season to cap a day that saw her drive in eight total runs.
 
DSU never got a runner past first base against JSU's pitching staff. Watkins (1-0) earned the win after limiting the Hornets to two hits and a walk, while striking out four. Androlevich struck out the side in a scoreless fifth inning to close the door on Delaware State.
 
Junior Jada Terry and sophomore Sidney Wagnon each recorded two hits in the win, with Fortner driving in four runs in a 1-for-1 showing at the plate. The native of Cedar Hill, Mo., had a two-run single, a sac fly and a bases-loaded walk against the Hornets. Wagnon and sophomore Karsen Mosley each doubled in the game.
 
Fortner's sac fly and an RBI single from Watkins put two early runs on the board for JSU in the first, while RBI from Fortner and Terry made it a 4-0 game in the second. A four-run third was highlighted by Fortner's two-run single that was sandwiched between RBI from Terry and Maddie Clay. Mosley's two-run double in the fourth put the final two runs up.
 
Andrea Johnson suffered the loss for DSU, allowing eight runs, three earned, on nine hits in 2 and 2/3 innings in the circle.
 
The second game of the day started with a pitcher's duel that saw no runs scored over the first three frames. JSU's Macey Bearden and CCU's Kaitlin Beasley Polko posted zeroes until the Chanticleers got on the board in the home half of the fourth with two unearned runs.
 
The Gamecocks answered in the fifth with four runs to take the lead, thanks to RBI from Mosley and senior Alexus Jimmerson and Fortner's first career homer.
 
The lead didn't hold, after Coastal Carolina scored four of its own in the bottom half of the inning and then added two more in the sixth to make it an 8-4 game.
 
Fortner's second home run of the game came with two outs in the seventh, cutting the deficit in half.
 
Bearden (0-2) suffered the loss for JSU after allowing seven runs, four earned, on nine hits in 5 and 1/3 innings of work. Jimmerson got the final two outs, allowing a run on two hits in the process.
 
Ally Marcano (1-0) earned the win in relief for CCU, limiting the Gamecocks to two runs on two hits in 2 and 1/3 innings.
 
JSU will continue play in the tournament on Saturday, when they take on Northern Illinois at 8:30 a.m. CT and then College of Charleston at 3:15 p.m.