CONWAY, S.C. – The Jacksonville State softball team closed Coastal Carolina's Battle at the Beach with a bang, rolling to a 20-9 win over College of Charleston on Sunday morning.
 
The Gamecocks scored often in the mercy-rule win, racking up 20 runs on 15 hits and eight walks. Sophomore Karsen Mosley drove in six runs and scored three in her 2-for-4 day that featured a grand slam in the sixth inning. Senior Ryann Luna also had a big day, going 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBI.
 
After the Cougars plated three in the bottom of the first, JSU got its offense going in the second. RBI grounders from Maddie Clay and Mosley started the scoring before a two-run double from senior Alexus Jimmerson put the Gamecocks up 4-3.
 
College of Charleston tied it in the home half of the second, but the Gamecocks broke it open with a six-run third. JSU sent 11 batters to the plate in the inning, scoring the six runs on six hits to take a 10-4 lead.
 
The Cougars clawed back, getting one in the third and four in the fourth to pull within a run at 10-9, but the JSU offense took back over from there.
 
Three runs crossed in the fifth and then a seven-run sixth put the game out of reach and set up the mercy-rule win.
 
Mosley's slam and Luna's three-run blast accounted for all seven runs in the inning and put the 20-9 final score on the board.
 
Lexi Androlevich (1-0) earned the win in relief for JSU, holding the Cougars to an unearned run on two hits in 2 and 2/3 innings of work. Reagan Watkins started the game and pitched the first 3 and 1/3 innings, allowing eight runs on nine hits.
 
Payton Lemire (0-2) suffered the loss for the Cougars, giving up four runs on three hits while recording just two outs in relief. 
 
The Gamecocks return to action on Friday, when they begin play in the Southeastern Louisiana Mardi Gras Mambo in Youngsville, La. They will open play against Nicholls State on Friday at 1 p.m.