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No. 4 Texas A&M Travels to No. 2 Tennessee for Regular Season Finale
Apr 30, 2025 | Softball
KNOXVILLE – The No. 4 Texas A&M softball team is slated to wrap up the regular season in a three-game set at No. 2 Tennessee beginning Thursday at 5 p.m. at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.
Texas A&M (41-8, 14-6 SEC) and Tennessee (39-11, 14-7 SEC) continue the series on Friday at 5 p.m., before concluding the regular season on Sunday at 3 p.m. The series finale is featured on SEC Network with Texas A&M hall of famer Amanda Scarborough (play-by-play) and Matt Schumacker (play-by-play) in the booth, while games one and two can be streamed on SEC Network+ with Faith Cain (analyst) and Jill Jelnick (play-by-play) on the call. All Aggie softball games can be heard on the 12th Man Mobile app or locally on Willy 1550 AM.
WHERE THE AGGIES ARE NATIONALLY
Texas A&M ranks No. 2 in the NFCA poll, while the ESPN.com/USA Softball and D1 Softball rankings have the Aggies at No. 4. The Maroon & White have had one of the toughest schedules this season ranking seventh in overall strength of schedule and sixth in non-conference strength of schedule. The Aggies boast the No. 1 RPI in the nation, while their 20 wins against top 50 RPI teams are second most in the country. Through April 28, the Aggies rank fourth in the nation in hit-by-pitches (56), 10th in on-base percentage (.443) and 12th in doubles (84), while their 351 total runs are 19th-most in the country. The Aggie pitching staff boasts a 2.68 ERA, ranking 25th in the NCAA and their WHIP of 1.24 is 23rd-best. Individually, Mya Perez ranks No. 10 in the country with a .571 on-base percentage and No. 18 with 59 RBI. Amari Harper ranks 10th in hit-by-pitch (15) and No. 27 in on-base percentage (.539). Emiley Kennedy's five shutouts are the 15th-most in the nation.
AGGIES IN THE SEC
The Aggies are in second place with a 14-6 record, including an 7-3 ledger in the team's last 10 SEC games. Texas A&M ranks first in on-base percentage (.407) and third in stolen bases (20), while the pitching staff has allowed the least amount of doubles (15) and third fewest hits (125), while holding opponents to a .238 batting average. Individually, Amari Harper and Kennedy Powell lead the league in hit-by-pitches (8) and Mac Barbara is second in RBI (25). Powell has also swiped the second most stolen bases (9), while Harper owns the fourth best on-base percentage (.545). Texas A&M has won five SEC series, while dropping a series to No. 3 Florida and No. 9 Arkansas. The Aggies have swept three SEC opponents, including their first ever sweep of No. 6 LSU on April 11-13. Since joining the SEC in 2013, the Aggies have swept a conference opponent on the road only six times — and they've done so in two of the three road series this season.
ROAD WARRIORS
The Maroon & White are 9-1 in true road games, including an SEC best 7-1 ledger. Seven of the nine wins have come against ranked opponents, including doubleheader sweeps at No. 8 Florida State and No. 16 Georgia, as well as a series sweep at No. 22 Auburn. Junior Amari Harper leads the team on the road slashing .464/.619/.821 hitting 13-for-28, including three home runs, nine RBI and adding 11 runs. Senior Allie Enright follows hitting 14-for-34 at the dish with two round trippers, 10 RBI and 11 runs. Senior Emiley Kennedy has paced the pitching staff with an undefeated 5-0 record, including four complete games in the five starts. The left-handed ace has 40 strikeouts in 36.0 innings of work, while holding opposing batters to a .177 batting average with two shutouts. Each of the road trips have been at stadiums that rank in the top 25 in average attendance, including Missouri at No. 6 (1,990), Auburn at No. 12 (1,823), Georgia at No. 13 (1,757) and Florida State at No. 24 (998). Entering the weekend, Tennessee averages the ninth-highest attendance in the nation at 1,891.
BUILT FORD TOUGH
Head coach Trisha Ford is in her third season in Aggieland and 15th overall. Known for her blue-collar mentality, Ford has instilled that attitude into her program leading the Aggies to a 120-44 record. Ford brought the Aggies back into national relevance as the program recently earned their first ever No. 1 ranking in the NFCA and ESPN polls on April 15. Since the inception of the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll in 2005, Ford has been the second-fastest head coach to lead a new program to the No. 1 ranking—doing so in just 159 games, behind only Kelly Inouye-Perez, who guided UCLA to No. 1 in her second season (84 games). Texas A&M was the first program in 79 polls to earn the No. 1 ranking outside of Oklahoma, Texas or UCLA. Under Ford, the Maroon & White have won 16-of-23 SEC series and have finished in the league's final standings five positions higher than what it was picked in each of the seasons SEC coaches preseason poll.
Texas A&M (41-8, 14-6 SEC) and Tennessee (39-11, 14-7 SEC) continue the series on Friday at 5 p.m., before concluding the regular season on Sunday at 3 p.m. The series finale is featured on SEC Network with Texas A&M hall of famer Amanda Scarborough (play-by-play) and Matt Schumacker (play-by-play) in the booth, while games one and two can be streamed on SEC Network+ with Faith Cain (analyst) and Jill Jelnick (play-by-play) on the call. All Aggie softball games can be heard on the 12th Man Mobile app or locally on Willy 1550 AM.
WHERE THE AGGIES ARE NATIONALLY
Texas A&M ranks No. 2 in the NFCA poll, while the ESPN.com/USA Softball and D1 Softball rankings have the Aggies at No. 4. The Maroon & White have had one of the toughest schedules this season ranking seventh in overall strength of schedule and sixth in non-conference strength of schedule. The Aggies boast the No. 1 RPI in the nation, while their 20 wins against top 50 RPI teams are second most in the country. Through April 28, the Aggies rank fourth in the nation in hit-by-pitches (56), 10th in on-base percentage (.443) and 12th in doubles (84), while their 351 total runs are 19th-most in the country. The Aggie pitching staff boasts a 2.68 ERA, ranking 25th in the NCAA and their WHIP of 1.24 is 23rd-best. Individually, Mya Perez ranks No. 10 in the country with a .571 on-base percentage and No. 18 with 59 RBI. Amari Harper ranks 10th in hit-by-pitch (15) and No. 27 in on-base percentage (.539). Emiley Kennedy's five shutouts are the 15th-most in the nation.
AGGIES IN THE SEC
The Aggies are in second place with a 14-6 record, including an 7-3 ledger in the team's last 10 SEC games. Texas A&M ranks first in on-base percentage (.407) and third in stolen bases (20), while the pitching staff has allowed the least amount of doubles (15) and third fewest hits (125), while holding opponents to a .238 batting average. Individually, Amari Harper and Kennedy Powell lead the league in hit-by-pitches (8) and Mac Barbara is second in RBI (25). Powell has also swiped the second most stolen bases (9), while Harper owns the fourth best on-base percentage (.545). Texas A&M has won five SEC series, while dropping a series to No. 3 Florida and No. 9 Arkansas. The Aggies have swept three SEC opponents, including their first ever sweep of No. 6 LSU on April 11-13. Since joining the SEC in 2013, the Aggies have swept a conference opponent on the road only six times — and they've done so in two of the three road series this season.
ROAD WARRIORS
The Maroon & White are 9-1 in true road games, including an SEC best 7-1 ledger. Seven of the nine wins have come against ranked opponents, including doubleheader sweeps at No. 8 Florida State and No. 16 Georgia, as well as a series sweep at No. 22 Auburn. Junior Amari Harper leads the team on the road slashing .464/.619/.821 hitting 13-for-28, including three home runs, nine RBI and adding 11 runs. Senior Allie Enright follows hitting 14-for-34 at the dish with two round trippers, 10 RBI and 11 runs. Senior Emiley Kennedy has paced the pitching staff with an undefeated 5-0 record, including four complete games in the five starts. The left-handed ace has 40 strikeouts in 36.0 innings of work, while holding opposing batters to a .177 batting average with two shutouts. Each of the road trips have been at stadiums that rank in the top 25 in average attendance, including Missouri at No. 6 (1,990), Auburn at No. 12 (1,823), Georgia at No. 13 (1,757) and Florida State at No. 24 (998). Entering the weekend, Tennessee averages the ninth-highest attendance in the nation at 1,891.
BUILT FORD TOUGH
Head coach Trisha Ford is in her third season in Aggieland and 15th overall. Known for her blue-collar mentality, Ford has instilled that attitude into her program leading the Aggies to a 120-44 record. Ford brought the Aggies back into national relevance as the program recently earned their first ever No. 1 ranking in the NFCA and ESPN polls on April 15. Since the inception of the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll in 2005, Ford has been the second-fastest head coach to lead a new program to the No. 1 ranking—doing so in just 159 games, behind only Kelly Inouye-Perez, who guided UCLA to No. 1 in her second season (84 games). Texas A&M was the first program in 79 polls to earn the No. 1 ranking outside of Oklahoma, Texas or UCLA. Under Ford, the Maroon & White have won 16-of-23 SEC series and have finished in the league's final standings five positions higher than what it was picked in each of the seasons SEC coaches preseason poll.
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