CLEARWATER, Fla. – The No. 8 Texas A&M softball team run-ruled James Madison, 11-0, in five innings Sunday at the Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational.
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Texas A&M (6-3) scored multiple runs in three of its four offensive innings, including five in the second and four in the fourth. Kelsey Mathis led the Aggies with a career-best performance, going 3-for-4 with four RBI and one home run. Ariel Kowalewski and Mya Perez each added multiple hits, while KK Dement was the lone Aggie to score multiple runs.
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Sydney Lessentine (3-0) earned the win after striking out four batters in 2.2 innings of relief. Aggie starter Taylor Pannell tossed 2.1 innings without yielding a walk. James Madison (2-4) mustered just one base runner to reach third base.
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After a scoreless opening frame, the Aggies plated five runs on five hits while batting around the lineup to take a 5-0 lead after the second inning. The momentum carried into the third after Micaela Wark reached on a fielding error, followed by Mathis blasting a two-run shot to left-center to extend the lead to 7-0.
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The Maroon & White entered run-rule territory after Kowalewski hit a solo homer to right-center. Texas A&M continued to pour it on with three more runs after Dement hit an RBI double to left field and Mathis singled to left field to score two more Aggies.
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UP NEXT
Texas A&M wraps up the weekend against Northwestern on Sunday at 12 p.m. on ESPN+.
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NOTES
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Texas A&M (6-3) scored multiple runs in three of its four offensive innings, including five in the second and four in the fourth. Kelsey Mathis led the Aggies with a career-best performance, going 3-for-4 with four RBI and one home run. Ariel Kowalewski and Mya Perez each added multiple hits, while KK Dement was the lone Aggie to score multiple runs.
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Sydney Lessentine (3-0) earned the win after striking out four batters in 2.2 innings of relief. Aggie starter Taylor Pannell tossed 2.1 innings without yielding a walk. James Madison (2-4) mustered just one base runner to reach third base.
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After a scoreless opening frame, the Aggies plated five runs on five hits while batting around the lineup to take a 5-0 lead after the second inning. The momentum carried into the third after Micaela Wark reached on a fielding error, followed by Mathis blasting a two-run shot to left-center to extend the lead to 7-0.
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The Maroon & White entered run-rule territory after Kowalewski hit a solo homer to right-center. Texas A&M continued to pour it on with three more runs after Dement hit an RBI double to left field and Mathis singled to left field to score two more Aggies.
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UP NEXT
Texas A&M wraps up the weekend against Northwestern on Sunday at 12 p.m. on ESPN+.
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NOTES
- Texas A&M scored 10 or more runs in consecutive games for the first time this season. Eleven runs are the most by a Texas A&M team at the Clearwater Invitational since the tournament began in 2019.
- The Aggies have totaled 35 runs in four games at the Clearwater Invitational, setting a program record of runs scored at the invitational.
- Junior Mya Perez and Senior Kennedy Powell each collected a hit to extend their hitting streaks to nine games. Perez finished 2-for-3 with one RBI and Powell went 1-for-3 with one run. Powell is the lone Aggie to have scored a run in each game this season.
- Sophomore Kelsey Mathis set a career high with four RBI, making her the fifth Aggie this season to register four RBI in a game.
- Sophomore Ariel Kowalewski homered for the second time this weekend, becoming only the second Aggie to register multiple round trippers at the Clearwater Invitational since the Tournament started in 2019.