GAINESVILLE, Florida -- The Northwestern State softball team brought Mardi Gras to the Sunshine State as the Lady Demons hosted a hit parade in a 13-2 run-rule win against Maryland to kick off Florida's Aquafina Invitational.
 
The 13 runs on 12 hits in the six-inning game tied season highs from its opening weekend.
 
Seniors Kellye Kincannon and Micayla Sorosiak and sophomore Kaylee Isenburg all recorded three RBIs, topping NSU's combined two three-RBI games from its first five contests.
 
The win over a Power Five member is the third (Mississippi State, Oklahoma State) since the beginning of 2016, its first victories since beating Mississippi State in 2013.
 
The Lady Demons will face No. 1 Florida in a scheduled 5 p.m. start.
 
NSU (4-2) exploded for seven runs in the second inning as eight consecutive Lady Demons came to the plate without recording an out.
 
"The great start was huge for our offense as we got some big hits with runners in scoring position," said NSU coach Donald Pickett, whose team hit 9-of-17 with runners in scoring position. "(Isenburg and Sorosiak) did a great job of delivering consistently throughout the game."
 
The Lady Demons will face No. 1 Florida in a scheduled 5 p.m. start.
 
In the second inning, Kincannon's (three RBIs) bases-loaded triple capped the frame to score Hayley Barbazon (walked), Adele Vincent (RBI single) and Sidney Salmans (RBI single) for a 7-1 lead.
 
Sophomore Kaylee Isenburg (3-for-4, three RBIs) started the scoring with her first two RBIs of the season, driving in Micayla Sorosiak (doubled) and Emma Hawthorne (reached on fielder's choice) for a 2-1 edge.
 
Salmans (3-for-5, two RBIs) plated Isenburg, who scored two runs, for a 3-1 advantage.
 
Vincent scored Toni Hebert (hit-by-pitch), who went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a sacrifice bunt in her first collegiate start, for a 4-1 lead.
 
All of those runs were credited to Maryland starter Ari Jarvis (0-3), who lasted just 1 1-3 innings.
 
The runs were all redshirt sophomore Mikayla Brown (2-2) needed as she held the Terrapins (0-7) to two runs on seven hits.
 
Maryland had plenty of base runners with Brown walking four and hitting three other batters, but the Terrapins stranded 12 runners and hit just 3-of-18 with runners on base.
 
"Brown wasn't sharp, but she battled through," Pickett said. "The defense did a really good job of making plays behind her and getting out of some innings."
 
NSU continued to slather on the offense as Sorosiak hit her first home run of the season, a two-run shot in the fourth inning to lead 9-2.
 
Sorosiak went 2-for-4 with three runs scored to add to her three RBIs. The second baseman is batting .429 with five of her six base hits going for extra bases.
 
The Lady Demons added four more runs in the sixth inning to put the game away.
 
A Sorosiak fielder's choice RBI proceeded a string of RBI singles by Isenburg, Hebert and Salmans.
 
Kincannon scored on Sorosiak's at-bat, moving her into sole possession of fourth place in runs scored with 128. She passed Brittany Virgoe (2012-15).