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COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Texas A&M softball team remained No. 5 in the USAToday/NFCA Top 25 Poll and goes on the road Wednesday for its first away game of the 2009 season against Sam Houston State. The game time has been changed to 5:30 p.m.
"We need to kind of recover from this weekend," said head coach Holly Ridley, junior Macie Morrow and freshman Taryn Broussard.
Live stats and free live audio are available for Wednesday's game on AggieAthletics.com. The broadcast begins at approximately 5:15 p.m.
SCOUTING SAM HOUSTON STATE
The Bearkats (4-0) opened their season by winning the Domino's Pizza/SHSU Invitational last weekend. They outscored Texas Southern and Houston Baptist 32-1. Keep an eye out for shortstop Hailey Wiginton who batted .556 with two doubles and a triple.
VERSUS THE BEARKATS
A&M leads the all-time series 76-13 and shut out SHSU in two contests last season, 6-0 and 2-0. Morrow went 4-for-5 with 3 RBIs in the two games, while sophomore Rebecca Arbino made her first college start in the circle and picked up her first win. The Clovis, Calif., product held UTSA to one run, also collecting her first strikeout. Broussard started in all four games at both first base and designated player collecting three hits, three RBIs and her first career home run. Freshman Kelsea Orsak started all four games in centerfield and added a hit, while sophomore Kara Rau tallied her first single as a pinch hitter against UTSA.
SEVEN ROUND-TRIPPERS
A&M already launched seven home runs, which was the most bombs of any Big 12 school. Kliesing's three almost match her season total (4) from 2008.
A&M IN THE POLLS
The Aggies are ranked fifth for the second straight week in the USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Poll and moved down three spots to No. 13 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25. A&M's 2009 opponents appearing in the polls are No. 3/7 Oklahoma, No. 10/12 Arizona, No. 14/15 Houston, No. 17 Missouri, No. 20/21 LSU and No. 25 Kansas. Baylor, Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Texas also received votes.
BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL
A&M was selected to finish third in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches' Poll. Oklahoma was chosen as the preseason favorite followed Missouri, the Aggies, Texas, Nebraska and Baylor. Oklahoma State, Kansas, Texas Tech and Iowa State filled the remaining spots in the preseason rankings.
AGGIE SOFTBALL ON TV
The Aggies are slated to have two regular season games televised: Feb. 14 at LSU (Cox Sports Television) and May 2 at Texas (ESPN). The Big 12 Tournament Championship game on May 10 will be broadcast on FSN.