Alyssa Rivera's home run was the difference-maker.

Alyssa Rivera’s two-run homer in the top of the sixth lifted Auburn’s softball team to a 3-1 victory at Ole Miss on Friday night.

The No. 10 Tigers won their seventh straight overall and sixth straight SEC game to improve to 32-6 and 6-4. They will try to clinch the series on Saturday at 4 p.m. Ole Miss fell to 16-13 and 2-8.

Kaylee Carlson went the distance in the circle, giving up six hits, striking out one and issuing no walks. She improved to 15-1. Auburn coach Mickey Dean said Carlson, who retired the Rebels in order in the sixth and seven innings, wasn't feeling well.

"She was hurting a little bit," Dean said. "She really battled, and I was really proud of her."

Rivera's fourth home run of the season, off Ole Miss ace Kaitlin Lee, sailed far over the right field fence.

"You just have to make adjustments," Rivera said. "I knew she wasn't going to let me get it easy."

Auburn took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third when Rivera led off with a single and scored on Justus Perry’s two-out single. Ole Miss tied it in the bottom of the third.

In the seventh, Kendall Veach drew a two-out walk and Rivera did the rest.

Casey McCrackin and Rivera each had two of Auburn’s seven hits. The Tigers did not make an error.