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No. 15 Texas A&M Drops Lone Star Showdown Series at No. 1 Texas
Mar 28, 2026 | Softball
AUSTIN – The No. 15 Texas A&M softball team dropped Game 2 of the Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown series, 3-2, to No. 1 Texas on Saturday afternoon at McCombs Field.
Texas A&M (23-11, 5-3 SEC) outhit Texas (31-1, 8-0 SEC) for the second time in the series, but stranded six runners and was hurt by baserunning miscues. The Aggies had two runners caught stealing, one picked off at third and another thrown out attempting to stretch a single.
Micaela Wark and Kelsey Mathis each recorded multiple hits, while Mya Perez and Ariel Kowalewski scored the Aggies' two runs.
Sydney Lessentine (9-3) took the loss, tossing a complete game with six strikeouts. She allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks.
Texas A&M opened the scoring in the first when Tallen Edwards lifted a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to score Perez for a 1-0 lead. The inning ended when an Aggie was caught in a rundown between second and third.
Texas capitalized on Aggie miscues in the bottom half. The leadoff batter was hit by a pitch, and the next reached on a throwing error before consecutive singles plated two runs to give the Longhorns a 2-1 lead.
Lessentine responded by retiring the side in order on 10 pitches in the second as both teams traded scoreless frames.
The Aggies tied the game in the third after Kowalewski drew a two-out walk, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a Wark single to right center to even the game at 2-2.
Lessentine retired eight straight before Texas regained the lead on a solo home run, making it 3-2.
After two scoreless innings, Wark singled to lead off the sixth, but Texas retired the next three batters to end the threat. The Longhorns then set down the Aggies in order in the seventh to secure the win.
UP NEXT
Sunday's series finale is set for 1 p.m. on ESPN with Matt Schumacker (play-by-play) and Texas A&M Hall of Famer Amanda Scarborough (analyst) in the booth.
NOTES
Texas A&M (23-11, 5-3 SEC) outhit Texas (31-1, 8-0 SEC) for the second time in the series, but stranded six runners and was hurt by baserunning miscues. The Aggies had two runners caught stealing, one picked off at third and another thrown out attempting to stretch a single.
Micaela Wark and Kelsey Mathis each recorded multiple hits, while Mya Perez and Ariel Kowalewski scored the Aggies' two runs.
Sydney Lessentine (9-3) took the loss, tossing a complete game with six strikeouts. She allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks.
Texas A&M opened the scoring in the first when Tallen Edwards lifted a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to score Perez for a 1-0 lead. The inning ended when an Aggie was caught in a rundown between second and third.
Texas capitalized on Aggie miscues in the bottom half. The leadoff batter was hit by a pitch, and the next reached on a throwing error before consecutive singles plated two runs to give the Longhorns a 2-1 lead.
Lessentine responded by retiring the side in order on 10 pitches in the second as both teams traded scoreless frames.
The Aggies tied the game in the third after Kowalewski drew a two-out walk, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a Wark single to right center to even the game at 2-2.
Lessentine retired eight straight before Texas regained the lead on a solo home run, making it 3-2.
After two scoreless innings, Wark singled to lead off the sixth, but Texas retired the next three batters to end the threat. The Longhorns then set down the Aggies in order in the seventh to secure the win.
UP NEXT
Sunday's series finale is set for 1 p.m. on ESPN with Matt Schumacker (play-by-play) and Texas A&M Hall of Famer Amanda Scarborough (analyst) in the booth.
NOTES
- Mya Perez and Kennedy Powell extended their on-base streaks to 37 games. Perez walked in the first, while Powell was hit by a pitch in the third.
- Perez finished 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored.
- Powell was caught stealing in the third, snapping her nation-leading streak of 42 consecutive stolen bases.
- Micaela Wark recorded her 10th multi-hit game of the season.
- Sydney Lessentine recorded her sixth complete game of the season.
- Texas A&M was held without an extra-base hit for the first time since Game 2 of the Florida series in 2025.
- Ten of the last 11 meetings in Austin have been decided by one run.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hannah Wells (5-1)
L: Lessentine, Sydney (9-3)
S: Teagan Kavan (2)
Batting:
RBI: Wark, Micaela 1 ; Edwards, Tallen 1
SF: Edwards, Tallen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Perez, Mya 1 ; Kowalewski, Ariel 1
CS: Powell, Kennedy 1 ; Vrazel, Frankie 1
HBP: Powell, Kennedy 1 ; Wark, Micaela 1
PO: Mathis, Kelsey 1
Batting:
HR: Reese Atwood 1
RBI: Viviana Martinez 1 ; Reese Atwood 2
SH: Leighann Goode 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kayden Henry 1 ; Leighann Goode 1 ; Reese Atwood 1
SB: Kayden Henry 1 ; Reese Atwood 1 ; Jaycie Nichols 1
CS: Taylor Anderson 1
HBP: Kayden Henry 1
Game Leaders
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