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Photo by: Evan Pilat/Texas A&M Athletics
No. 8 Texas A&M Run-Rules JMU, 11-0, in Five Innings
Feb 15, 2026 | Softball
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UP NEXT
Texas A&M wraps up the weekend against Northwestern on Sunday at 12 p.m. on ESPN+.
NOTES
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.
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.
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.
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.
UP NEXT
Texas A&M wraps up the weekend against Northwestern on Sunday at 12 p.m. on ESPN+.
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.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lessentine, Sydney (3-0)
L: Fleet, Kirsten (1-1)
Batting:
SH: LeGrand, Emily 1
Batting:
2B: Dement, KK 1
HR: Kowalewski, Ariel 1 ; Mathis, Kelsey 1
RBI: Kowalewski, Ariel 3 ; Perez, Mya 1 ; Dement, KK 1 ; Mathis, Kelsey 4 ; Baldwin, DeeDee 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Powell, Kennedy 1 ; Kowalewski, Ariel 1 ; Golden, Hailey 1 ; Wark, Micaela 1 ; White, Piper 1 ; Perez, Larisa 1 ; Dement, KK 2 ; Mathis, Kelsey 1 ; Baldwin, DeeDee 1 ; Vrazel, Frankie 1
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