Friday, February 21
Tallahassee, Fla.
9:00 AM
Texas A&M
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Florida A&M
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Photo by: Evan Pilat/Texas A&M Athletics
No. 6 Texas A&M Travels to Florida State for JoAnne Graf Classic
Feb 20, 2025 | Softball
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 6 Texas A&M softball team travels to Florida for the second time in as many weeks to begin play in the JoAnne Graf Classic against Florida A&M in a double header on Friday at 9 a.m., followed by game two at 11:30 a.m. at the Seminole Softball Complex.
Texas A&M (10-1) continues play in a Saturday double header at No. 8 Florida State (8-1) with first pitch at 2 p.m., followed by game two at 4:30 p.m. Each game of Saturday's top 10 bout will stream on ACC Network+ with Sean Salisbury and Alex Powers on the call. The Aggies wrap up the weekend on Sunday against Southeastern Louisiana (8-3) at 9 a.m. All Aggie softball games can be heard on the 12th Man Mobile app or locally on Willy 1550 AM, while Sunday's game will be on 1150 AM The Zone, with Matt Simon as the play-by-play voice in his 11th season with Texas A&M softball.
Where the Aggies are Nationally
Texas A&M is ranked No. 6 by ESPN/USA Softball, No. 7 in the NFCA rankings and No. 8 in Softball America and D1 Softball polls. The Maroon & White boasts a lethal offense that can score runs in numerous ways, whether it's the long ball or the short game. A&M is No. 24 in the nation in batting average (.360) and No. 29 in scoring with 7.45 runs per game. The Aggie pitching staff is 14th in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4:1), while ranking 24th in WHIP (1.06). Mac Barbara, Emiley Kennedy and Koko Wooley were named to the USA Softball Top 53 Player of the Year Watch List. The trio also garnered top 100 player rankings given out by D1 Softball and Softball America, while Kennedy was named to the Preseason First-Team All-America team by Softball America and D1 Softball. True freshman KK Dement raked in preseason acknowledgments after D1 Softball and Softball America listed the Selma, California, native, on their preseason top 100 freshmen watch lists.
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
Dement has started each game this season, including 10 starts at second base and one at shortstop, while Frankie Vrazel has started all but the season opener in right field. Vrazel leads the team in batting average (.481), second in doubles (3) and third in on-base percentage (.548). On opening weekend, the duo sparked the Aggies to a four-run fifth inning after Dement tripled and Vrazel doubled to score Dement in the comeback win over No. 19 Baylor. The pair stepped up once again the 1-0 victory over ACU when Dement hit a leadoff double in the fourth as Vrazel followed with a double to drive in the lone run of the game. Sydney Lessentine has started in the circle in each of her two appearances earning wins in each outing. The righty has a 0.64 ERA in 11.0 innings of work with 12 strikeouts, while yielding only one run and five hits as opposing batters are mustering a .132 average at the dish. Lessentine tossed a gem in her Aggie debut pitching a complete game shutout against ACU, 1-0. The rookie went 7.0 innings with nine strikeouts, while yielding only two hits and three walks on 104 pitches. Lessentine's nine punchies are the most in an Aggie freshman debut since Samantha Show sat down 15 in 2016.
From the Bottom to the Top
Batting in the bottom half of the lineup, Dement, Allie Enright, Kramer Eschete and Vrazel have produced nearly 44% (36-of-82) of Texas A&M's runs this season. Eschete leads the team with a 1.276 OPS, while Vrazel (1.141) and Dement (1.045) each have an OPS higher than 1.000. Eschete has batted ninth in each game this season and leads the Aggies in slugging percentage (.682), on-base percentage (.594), walks (9) and triples (2).
Texas A&M (10-1) continues play in a Saturday double header at No. 8 Florida State (8-1) with first pitch at 2 p.m., followed by game two at 4:30 p.m. Each game of Saturday's top 10 bout will stream on ACC Network+ with Sean Salisbury and Alex Powers on the call. The Aggies wrap up the weekend on Sunday against Southeastern Louisiana (8-3) at 9 a.m. All Aggie softball games can be heard on the 12th Man Mobile app or locally on Willy 1550 AM, while Sunday's game will be on 1150 AM The Zone, with Matt Simon as the play-by-play voice in his 11th season with Texas A&M softball.
Where the Aggies are Nationally
Texas A&M is ranked No. 6 by ESPN/USA Softball, No. 7 in the NFCA rankings and No. 8 in Softball America and D1 Softball polls. The Maroon & White boasts a lethal offense that can score runs in numerous ways, whether it's the long ball or the short game. A&M is No. 24 in the nation in batting average (.360) and No. 29 in scoring with 7.45 runs per game. The Aggie pitching staff is 14th in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4:1), while ranking 24th in WHIP (1.06). Mac Barbara, Emiley Kennedy and Koko Wooley were named to the USA Softball Top 53 Player of the Year Watch List. The trio also garnered top 100 player rankings given out by D1 Softball and Softball America, while Kennedy was named to the Preseason First-Team All-America team by Softball America and D1 Softball. True freshman KK Dement raked in preseason acknowledgments after D1 Softball and Softball America listed the Selma, California, native, on their preseason top 100 freshmen watch lists.
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
Dement has started each game this season, including 10 starts at second base and one at shortstop, while Frankie Vrazel has started all but the season opener in right field. Vrazel leads the team in batting average (.481), second in doubles (3) and third in on-base percentage (.548). On opening weekend, the duo sparked the Aggies to a four-run fifth inning after Dement tripled and Vrazel doubled to score Dement in the comeback win over No. 19 Baylor. The pair stepped up once again the 1-0 victory over ACU when Dement hit a leadoff double in the fourth as Vrazel followed with a double to drive in the lone run of the game. Sydney Lessentine has started in the circle in each of her two appearances earning wins in each outing. The righty has a 0.64 ERA in 11.0 innings of work with 12 strikeouts, while yielding only one run and five hits as opposing batters are mustering a .132 average at the dish. Lessentine tossed a gem in her Aggie debut pitching a complete game shutout against ACU, 1-0. The rookie went 7.0 innings with nine strikeouts, while yielding only two hits and three walks on 104 pitches. Lessentine's nine punchies are the most in an Aggie freshman debut since Samantha Show sat down 15 in 2016.
From the Bottom to the Top
Batting in the bottom half of the lineup, Dement, Allie Enright, Kramer Eschete and Vrazel have produced nearly 44% (36-of-82) of Texas A&M's runs this season. Eschete leads the team with a 1.276 OPS, while Vrazel (1.141) and Dement (1.045) each have an OPS higher than 1.000. Eschete has batted ninth in each game this season and leads the Aggies in slugging percentage (.682), on-base percentage (.594), walks (9) and triples (2).
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