COLLEGE STATION – A five-run, two-out sixth-inning rally propelled the No. 12 Texas A&M softball team past No. 1 Oklahoma, 8-5, on Friday at Davis Diamond, marking the program's first home win over a top-ranked opponent since 2016.
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Thursday's series opener was halted due to weather and resumed Friday in the bottom of the sixth inning with the Aggies trailing 5-3 and one out. Texas A&M (36-14, 16-6 SEC) flipped the script with a two-out rally, plating five runs highlighted by three consecutive singles to even the score before Micaela Wark's bases-loaded single up the middle cleared the bases to give the Aggies an 8-5 lead.
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Pinch hitter Maddie Sauni brought the Aggies within one with an RBI single up the middle before Kennedy Powell followed with a single. Tallen Edwards then singled to left field to tie the game.
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Edwards, Wark and Paislie Allen each recorded multiple RBI, while Edwards, Wark and Powell paced the offense with multiple hits. Seven Aggies scored a run, while Powell plated multiple runs for the 17th time this season.
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Sidne Peters (14-5) earned the win after tossing 2.0 scoreless relief innings with three strikeouts while holding Oklahoma (46-7, 18-4 SEC) hitless. Kate Munnerlyn provided 3.0 innings of relief, allowing one unearned run on one hit and two walks. Sydney Lessentine made the start, tossing 2.0 innings with a pair of strikeouts while allowing four unearned runs on three hits.
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The Sooners struck first in the second inning, capitalizing on a fielding error and plating four two-out runs on a single, double and two-run home run to take a 4-0 lead.
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Texas A&M cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the second after Ariel Kowalewski drew a one-out walk, Kelsey Mathis doubled and Allen delivered a two-RBI single through the middle.
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After a scoreless third inning, Oklahoma added another run in the fourth on a two-out double followed by an Aggie fielding error that allowed the runner to score from second, extending the lead to 5-2.
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Powell led off the fifth with a single and scored in the next at-bat when Edwards doubled down the right field line to trim the deficit to 5-3.
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Play was halted overnight in the sixth inning and resumed Friday, where Ol' Sarge's charges capitalized with a five-run, two-out rally to take an 8-5 lead. Peters then slammed the door shut with a looking strikeout, swinging strikeout and induced foul out to seal the victory.
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UP NEXT
The series continues Saturday with a 12:15 p.m. and 4 p.m. double header. Game 1 of the doubleheader will stream on the SEC Network+, while the series finale will broadcast nationally on ESPN. Women's College World Series crew Beth Mowins (play-by-play) and Michele Smith (analyst) are in the booth for each game. Fans can also listen on the 12th Man Mobile app or locally on Maverick 100.9 FM.
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Thursday's series opener was halted due to weather and resumed Friday in the bottom of the sixth inning with the Aggies trailing 5-3 and one out. Texas A&M (36-14, 16-6 SEC) flipped the script with a two-out rally, plating five runs highlighted by three consecutive singles to even the score before Micaela Wark's bases-loaded single up the middle cleared the bases to give the Aggies an 8-5 lead.
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Pinch hitter Maddie Sauni brought the Aggies within one with an RBI single up the middle before Kennedy Powell followed with a single. Tallen Edwards then singled to left field to tie the game.
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Edwards, Wark and Paislie Allen each recorded multiple RBI, while Edwards, Wark and Powell paced the offense with multiple hits. Seven Aggies scored a run, while Powell plated multiple runs for the 17th time this season.
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Sidne Peters (14-5) earned the win after tossing 2.0 scoreless relief innings with three strikeouts while holding Oklahoma (46-7, 18-4 SEC) hitless. Kate Munnerlyn provided 3.0 innings of relief, allowing one unearned run on one hit and two walks. Sydney Lessentine made the start, tossing 2.0 innings with a pair of strikeouts while allowing four unearned runs on three hits.
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The Sooners struck first in the second inning, capitalizing on a fielding error and plating four two-out runs on a single, double and two-run home run to take a 4-0 lead.
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Texas A&M cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the second after Ariel Kowalewski drew a one-out walk, Kelsey Mathis doubled and Allen delivered a two-RBI single through the middle.
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After a scoreless third inning, Oklahoma added another run in the fourth on a two-out double followed by an Aggie fielding error that allowed the runner to score from second, extending the lead to 5-2.
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Powell led off the fifth with a single and scored in the next at-bat when Edwards doubled down the right field line to trim the deficit to 5-3.
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Play was halted overnight in the sixth inning and resumed Friday, where Ol' Sarge's charges capitalized with a five-run, two-out rally to take an 8-5 lead. Peters then slammed the door shut with a looking strikeout, swinging strikeout and induced foul out to seal the victory.
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UP NEXT
The series continues Saturday with a 12:15 p.m. and 4 p.m. double header. Game 1 of the doubleheader will stream on the SEC Network+, while the series finale will broadcast nationally on ESPN. Women's College World Series crew Beth Mowins (play-by-play) and Michele Smith (analyst) are in the booth for each game. Fans can also listen on the 12th Man Mobile app or locally on Maverick 100.9 FM.
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NOTES
- Mya Perez extended her on-base streak to 53 games with a pair of walks. Perez has drawn a walk in 14 of 22 SEC games.
- Micaela Wark recorded her team-leading 18th multi-RBI game of the season with RBI No. 64 and 65, moving to No. 4 on Texas A&M's single-season RBI list and passing KK Dement's 64 RBI in 2025.
- Kennedy Powell registered her 24th multi-hit game of the season, matching Emily Albus (2014) for the second-most multi-hit games by an Aggie since Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2013.
- Texas A&M improved to 14-3 when Powell plates multiple runs.
- Maddie Sauni recorded her seventh pinch-hit RBI of the season and has reached base in eight of her last nine pinch-hit appearances.
- Hailey Golden and Scout Lovell each scored as pinch-runners during the sixth-inning rally.
- The win marked Texas A&M's second over a top-ranked opponent this season and the first time the Aggies have defeated a No. 1 team multiple times in a season since 2008.
- Texas A&M has scored 350 or more runs in three straight seasons for the first time in program history.
- The sixth-inning rally marked just the second comeback win this season when trailing after five innings. The other was a 6-5 win over Northwestern on Feb. 15 after trailing 5-4 through five.
- Texas A&M improved to 24-0 when leading after six innings.
- The Aggies finished SEC play 6-2 in series openers and improved to 21-11 in conference series openers during the Trisha Ford era.
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