STATESBORO - Texas State softball scored four runs in the sixth inning to erase a 1-0 deficit and collect a 5-1 Sun Belt Conference victory over host Georgia Southern on Saturday afternoon at Eagle Field.

The Bobcats improved to 28-17 overall and 12-8 in the Sun Belt with the win, while Georgia Southern falls to 9-28 overall and 4-13 in the league. The two teams will wrap up their three-game Sun Belt series on Sunday with an 11 a.m. first pitch.

Georgia Southern opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning as Courtney Ball reached on a one-out triple, then came home on Jess Mazur's RBI single. 

Rylee Waldrep, meanwhile, kept the Bobcats off the board through five innings, but ran into trouble in the sixth as the first two batters in the inning walked. A sacrifice moved the runners over, and Tori McCann tied the game with an RBI single. Waldrep struck out the next batter, but the Bobcats would string together three straight hits to cap the four-run frame. Texas State then added an insurance run in the top of the seventh for the final 5-1 margin.

Jessica Mullins (18-11) came on in relief for the Bobcats and notched the win with 2 2/3 innings of perfect relief, striking out three. Waldrep (5-12) took the loss for the Eagles in the circle, giving up seven hits and four runs in 5 2/3 innings of work, walking two while striking out four.