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Photo by: Evan Pilat/Texas A&M Athletics
No. 15 Texas A&M Defeats Houston, 8-1, in Invitational Opener
Feb 26, 2026 | Softball
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The No. 15 Texas A&M softball team defeated Houston, 8-1, Thursday night at Davis Diamond to open the Texas A&M Invitational.
Texas A&M (11-6) jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first two innings before adding a run in the fourth and two more in the sixth. Mya Perez led the offense, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI and two runs, while Micaela Wark added two hits and two RBI and Tallen Edwards scored three runs with one double. Sydney Lessentine tossed a complete game, striking out a season-high eight batters while yielding one run on two hits and one walk.
The Aggies plated three runs in the opening inning on four hits. Edwards scored the first run of the game after Wark singled to center field, followed by a double to left-center by Ariel Kowalewski to bring Perez home. Texas A&M made it 3-0 as Wark scored on an RBI single by Maddie Sauni.
Houston (11-4) answered in the second with a leadoff single, followed by a pair of free bases before a sacrifice fly cut the deficit to 3-1.
Texas A&M quickly loaded the bases in the bottom half of the inning after a pair of hit batters and a single before Perez lifted a sacrifice fly to center field that resulted in two runs scoring following a Houston throwing error to extend the lead to 5-1.
After a scoreless third frame, the Maroon & White pushed the advantage to 6-1 after Edwards doubled and scored on a single to center field by Wark. Two innings later, Edwards scored for the third time after drawing a walk and Perez followed with a 271-foot home run to center field to seal the 8-1 victory.
UP NEXT
Texas A&M continues play Friday against Kennesaw State at 4:30 p.m., followed by Louisiana at 7 p.m.
NOTES
QUOTES
Postgame interviews are available on https://12thman.com/watch.
Texas A&M (11-6) jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first two innings before adding a run in the fourth and two more in the sixth. Mya Perez led the offense, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI and two runs, while Micaela Wark added two hits and two RBI and Tallen Edwards scored three runs with one double. Sydney Lessentine tossed a complete game, striking out a season-high eight batters while yielding one run on two hits and one walk.
The Aggies plated three runs in the opening inning on four hits. Edwards scored the first run of the game after Wark singled to center field, followed by a double to left-center by Ariel Kowalewski to bring Perez home. Texas A&M made it 3-0 as Wark scored on an RBI single by Maddie Sauni.
Houston (11-4) answered in the second with a leadoff single, followed by a pair of free bases before a sacrifice fly cut the deficit to 3-1.
Texas A&M quickly loaded the bases in the bottom half of the inning after a pair of hit batters and a single before Perez lifted a sacrifice fly to center field that resulted in two runs scoring following a Houston throwing error to extend the lead to 5-1.
After a scoreless third frame, the Maroon & White pushed the advantage to 6-1 after Edwards doubled and scored on a single to center field by Wark. Two innings later, Edwards scored for the third time after drawing a walk and Perez followed with a 271-foot home run to center field to seal the 8-1 victory.
UP NEXT
Texas A&M continues play Friday against Kennesaw State at 4:30 p.m., followed by Louisiana at 7 p.m.
NOTES
- Junior Mya Perez and senior Kennedy Powell extended their NCAA-leading on-base streaks to 20 games. Powell has hit safely in 16 of 17 games this season, while Perez has hit safely in 15 of 17.
- Perez tallied her 100th career RBI.
- Sydney Lessentine recorded her second complete game of the season and threw a season-high 109 pitches. The sophomore has yet to issue multiple walks in a game through nine appearances this season.
- Lessentine held Houston to a .091 batting average as the Cougars went 2-for-22.
- Senior Tallen Edwards drew multiple walks for the third straight game and extended her on-base streak to eight games.
- Texas A&M batted .500, going 7-for-14 with runners on base.
- The Aggies improved to 24-11 all-time against Houston, including a 4-0 mark and a 38-7 scoring margin in the Trisha Ford era.
QUOTES
Postgame interviews are available on https://12thman.com/watch.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lessentine, Sydney (5-1)
L: Nevaeh Brown (6-1)
Batting:
2B: Maddie Hartley 1
RBI: Leilani Garcia 1
SF: Leilani Garcia 1
Base Running:
RUNS: RyLee Gardner 1
HBP: Madox Mitchael 1
Batting:
2B: Edwards, Tallen 1 ; Kowalewski, Ariel 1
HR: Perez, Mya 1
RBI: Perez, Mya 3 ; Wark, Micaela 2 ; Kowalewski, Ariel 1 ; Sauni, Maddie 1
SF: Perez, Mya 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Powell, Kennedy 1 ; Edwards, Tallen 3 ; Perez, Mya 2 ; Wark, Micaela 1 ; Allen, Paislie 1
HBP: Edwards, Tallen 1 ; Allen, Paislie 1
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