Friday, March 7
Bryan-College Station
6:00 PM
Texas A&M
21-2, 1-0
3
vs
2
Florida
24-2, 0-1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Florida
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
4
1
Texas A&M
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
3
6
1
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kennedy, Emiley (6-2)
L: Katelynn Oxley (3-1)
Batting:
HR: Taylor Shumaker 1 ; Kenleigh Cahalan 1
RBI: Taylor Shumaker 1 ; Kenleigh Cahalan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Taylor Shumaker 1 ; Kenleigh Cahalan 1
Batting:
HR: Perez, Mya 1
RBI: Perez, Mya 2
SF: Perez, Mya 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Powell, Kennedy 1 ; Perez, Mya 1 ; Eschete, Kramer 1
HBP: Dement, KK 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
INF
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
C
/ Softball
P
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballINF
/ Softball
Aggies Walk-Off Gators, 3-2, to Open SEC Play in Top 5 Battle
Mar 07, 2025 | Softball
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – In a battle between top five heavyweights, the No. 4 Texas A&M softball team claimed round one against No. 4 Florida with a walk-off win, 3-2, to open SEC play Friday night at Davis Diamond.
As Texas A&M (21-2, 1-0 SEC) faced two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Kennedy Powell singled to center field and Mac Barbara followed with a bloop single to left. Chaos ensued as Powell raced to third beating the throw, while Barbara rounded first that forced the third baseman to make an errant throw into shallow right field. Powell quickly got to her feet and sped home to beat the throw for the winning run.
The Maroon & White broke the ice in the second inning after Mya Perez blasted a first pitch 264-foot shot to center field to lead 1-0. Florida (24-2, 0-2 SEC) and A&M exchanged a pair of scoreless innings before a Gator solo shot evened the score in the top of the fifth. With the bases loaded and one out, Perez sent a long shot that looked to be a grand slam before the Gator center fielder scaled the wall bringing it back in play. Kramer Eschete scored on the sac fly and Koko Wooley was thrown out at home to complete the 8-6-2 double play as the Aggies led 2-1 after the fifth.
For the second time in as many innings, the Gators knotted things up with a solo shot to center field before Emiley Kennedy forced a ground out and strikeout to end the top of the sixth. After consecutive groundouts in the final frame, Florida found themselves with a runner in scoring position after consecutive walks before a one-pitch fly out to right field ended the threat.
Kennedy moved to 6-2 on the season, while striking out two batters and allowing two runs on four hits with six walks.
UP NEXT
Game two of the three game set is Saturday at 4 p.m. at Davis Diamond.
NOTES
QUOTES
Postgame interviews are available on https://12thman.com/watch.
As Texas A&M (21-2, 1-0 SEC) faced two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Kennedy Powell singled to center field and Mac Barbara followed with a bloop single to left. Chaos ensued as Powell raced to third beating the throw, while Barbara rounded first that forced the third baseman to make an errant throw into shallow right field. Powell quickly got to her feet and sped home to beat the throw for the winning run.
The Maroon & White broke the ice in the second inning after Mya Perez blasted a first pitch 264-foot shot to center field to lead 1-0. Florida (24-2, 0-2 SEC) and A&M exchanged a pair of scoreless innings before a Gator solo shot evened the score in the top of the fifth. With the bases loaded and one out, Perez sent a long shot that looked to be a grand slam before the Gator center fielder scaled the wall bringing it back in play. Kramer Eschete scored on the sac fly and Koko Wooley was thrown out at home to complete the 8-6-2 double play as the Aggies led 2-1 after the fifth.
For the second time in as many innings, the Gators knotted things up with a solo shot to center field before Emiley Kennedy forced a ground out and strikeout to end the top of the sixth. After consecutive groundouts in the final frame, Florida found themselves with a runner in scoring position after consecutive walks before a one-pitch fly out to right field ended the threat.
Kennedy moved to 6-2 on the season, while striking out two batters and allowing two runs on four hits with six walks.
UP NEXT
Game two of the three game set is Saturday at 4 p.m. at Davis Diamond.
NOTES
- Sophomore infielder Mya Perez extended her on-base streak to 18 games after hitting her team-leading sixth home run of the season. Perez finished the game 1-for-2 with two RBI, marking a team-leading eighth multi-RBI game this year.
- Junior Kennedy Powell recorded her fifth multi-hit game of the season going 2-for-3, one walk and scoring the game winning run.
- Senior Emiley Kennedy tallied her 55th career win as an Aggie, while tossing her 38th complete game.
- Graduate Mac Barbara recorded the final hit of the game, bringing her career total to 198 hits.
- Starting catcher Olivia Johnson played her 150th career game, while making her 125th career start.
- Coach Ford won her 100th game as Texas A&M's head coach, including her fourth top five win.
- Texas A&M has hit six home runs in six games against ranked opponents this season.
- Tonight's win marks the first top five win at Davis Diamond since defeating No. 3 Tennessee, 3-1, on April 1st, 2023.
- The Aggies claimed their first win against the Gators since March 19, 2022, breaking a six-game losing streak.
- Tonight's attendance of 2,362 is the seventh game at home this season with 2,250-plus fans.
QUOTES
Postgame interviews are available on https://12thman.com/watch.
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