JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jenna Zimmerman (Walkersville, Md./Walkersville) hit a sacrifice fly to cap a five-run sixth and help Mount St. Mary's rally past Alabama State 7-6 in non-conference softball action at the North Florida Tournament on Saturday.

Trailing 6-2 going into the seventh inning, the Mount (5-5) scored five times to overcome the deficit and go on for the its first win in the three-day tournament. Nicole Reeder (Glen Burnie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) started the inning with a double and moved to third on a wild pitch. After Chloe Mizianty (Carlsbad, Calif./Carlsbad) singled on a bunt and Taylor Beebe (Olympia, Wash./Capital) reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases, Erin Leddy (Great Mills, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) and Courtney Zingle (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) each followed with singles up the middle to plate Reeder and Mizianty to trim the score to 6-4. Beebe and Leddy crossed the plate on passed balls to knot the game at 6 before Zimmerman hit a sacrifice fly to center to bring home Zingle with the decisive run.

Reeder paced the Mountaineers with two hits, an RBI and a run scored while Beth Everist (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) added two hits and a runs scored. Nicole Pagano (Berlin, N.J./St. Joseph) tossed three shutout innings in relief with one hit and two strikeouts to pick up the victory after Amanda Sadowl (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) started the contest and pitched the first four innings.

Ayeshia Famble paced the Hornets (3-14) with a 3-for-4 performance with three RBIs and a run scored while Mercedes Frazier added two hits and a run scored in the loss.

Alabama State scored six of the first seven runs of the game before Mount St. Mary's rolled off the final six runs to take the 7-6 decision.

The Hornets scored four times in the top of the first inning thanks to a Famble RBI a triple, a Frazier two-run single to left field and a Megan Surovik fielder's choice to grab a 4-0 advantage.

The Mount answered in the third with a run. Everist reached on a fielder's choice and touched home Zimmerman's opposite field RBI triple to cut the deficit to 4-1.

Alabama State posted two runs in the next inning to take a 6-1 lead after Famble singled in two runs with a single up the middle.

Alexa Tuck (Chester, Va./Thomas Dale) started the Mount comeback when she scored in the fifth. The sophomore was hit with a pitch to open the stanza, moved to second on a passed ball and to third on a wild pitch before Reeder brought Tuck home with a run scoring double to left field. Mount St. Mary's then scored five times in the sixth to complete the comeback and Pagano got the Hornets out 1-2-3 in the seventh to secure the victory.

Zingle moved into fifth place for a career runs scored (72) and seventh career games played (154) while Reeder moved into 10th place for career at-bats (434)

Mount St. Mary's battles Delaware State in the final day of the North Florida Invitational on Sunday. Game time is 9 a.m.