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Aggies Win Austin Super Regional Opener, 6-5, Cannon Blasts Two Home Runs
May 24, 2024 | Softball
AUSTIN – Trinity Cannon drove in five runs courtesy of a pair of home runs as the national No. 16 seeded Texas A&M softball team beat top-seeded Texas, 6-5, in the Austin Super Regional opener, Friday night at Red & Charline McCombs Field.
Texas A&M (44-13) jumped on the Longhorns early as Kennedy Powell and Koko Wooley strung together back-to-back hits to start the game with runners in scoring position. After a triple play was overturned to a foul ball following review, Trinity Cannon gave the Aggies an early lead with a three-run home run. Aggie starter Emiley Kennedy sat the Longhorns down in order in the bottom half, including her first strikeout of the game.
Texas (50-8) threatened in the second inning loading the bases after a pair of singles and a walk, before a put out at home and a swinging strikeout stranded three Longhorns. The teams traded scoreless innings before Ol' Sarge's charges extended the lead to 5-0 after Cannon fired her second round tripper of the night. The Aggies tacked on another run in the sixth with a two-out double from Kramer Eschete to score Hailey Golden from first.
The Longhorns nearly erased a six-run deficit with four runs in the fourth and another in the seventh, before Kennedy struck out the final batter to give the Aggies a 1-0 advantage in the super regional.
Kennedy struck out five batters and went the distance for the 24th time this season to earn win No. 24, the most wins by an Aggie pitcher since Samantha Show had 25 in 2016.
UP NEXT
Game two is slated for Saturday at 4 p.m. on ESPN.
AGGIE TOP PERFORMERS
Trinity Cannon – 2-for-3, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, 1 HBP
Kennedy Powell – 2-for-4, 2 R
Koko Wooley – 2-for-4, 1 2B, 1 R
Emiley Kennedy (W, 24-10) – 7.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 BB, 5 K
NOTABLES
Texas A&M (44-13) jumped on the Longhorns early as Kennedy Powell and Koko Wooley strung together back-to-back hits to start the game with runners in scoring position. After a triple play was overturned to a foul ball following review, Trinity Cannon gave the Aggies an early lead with a three-run home run. Aggie starter Emiley Kennedy sat the Longhorns down in order in the bottom half, including her first strikeout of the game.
Texas (50-8) threatened in the second inning loading the bases after a pair of singles and a walk, before a put out at home and a swinging strikeout stranded three Longhorns. The teams traded scoreless innings before Ol' Sarge's charges extended the lead to 5-0 after Cannon fired her second round tripper of the night. The Aggies tacked on another run in the sixth with a two-out double from Kramer Eschete to score Hailey Golden from first.
The Longhorns nearly erased a six-run deficit with four runs in the fourth and another in the seventh, before Kennedy struck out the final batter to give the Aggies a 1-0 advantage in the super regional.
Kennedy struck out five batters and went the distance for the 24th time this season to earn win No. 24, the most wins by an Aggie pitcher since Samantha Show had 25 in 2016.
UP NEXT
Game two is slated for Saturday at 4 p.m. on ESPN.
AGGIE TOP PERFORMERS
Trinity Cannon – 2-for-3, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, 1 HBP
Kennedy Powell – 2-for-4, 2 R
Koko Wooley – 2-for-4, 1 2B, 1 R
Emiley Kennedy (W, 24-10) – 7.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 BB, 5 K
NOTABLES
- Koko Wooley extended her on-base streak to 13 games and hit streak to 12 games with a double to left center in the first inning.
- Trinity Cannon hit a pair of dingers bringing her career total to 36 home runs. Cannon registered home run No. 16 and No. 17 this season, which places her No. 9 in the Aggie individual season record book.
- The pair of round trippers marked the team's 18th multi-home run game of the season and Cannon's second career game with multiple jacks. The senior extended her on-base streak to 12 games.
- Emiley Kennedy tossed 17.0 scoreless innings this NCAA tournament before allowing four runs in the sixth inning tonight.
- Kennedy Powell made her 100th collegiate career start and her 55th start in the Maroon & White.
- The Maroon & White scored six runs adding to their season total of 358, the third most scored in a season in program history.
- Texas A&M improved to 95-73 all-time in NCAA postseason action and 8-10 in the super regional round. The Aggies are 3-5 in super regional openers and are 1-1 in game two after winning the opener.
- The Aggies are seeking their first trip to the Women's College World Series since 2017.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kennedy, Emiley (24-10)
L: Gutierrez, Citlaly (11-2)
Batting:
2B: Wooley, Koko 1 ; Eschete, Kramer 1
HR: Cannon, Trinity 2
RBI: Cannon, Trinity 5 ; Eschete, Kramer 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Powell, Kennedy 2 ; Wooley, Koko 1 ; Cannon, Trinity 2 ; Golden, Hailey 1
HBP: Cannon, Trinity 1 ; Wiggins, Rylen 1
Batting:
HR: Atwood, Reese 1 ; Hunter, Victoria 1
RBI: Atwood, Reese 1 ; Hunter, Victoria 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Atwood, Reese 2 ; Stewart, Katie 1 ; Mitchell, Joley 1 ; Hunter, Victoria 1
Game Leaders
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