Softball Splits Day One at Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic

Thursday, February 19

Cathedral City, Calif.

3:20 PM

Texas A&M

7-4

Oregon

6-5

Texas A&M

Oregon

Photo by: Evan Pilat/Texas A&M Athletics

Feb 19, 2026 | Softball

Box Score

By: Tyler Pounds, Athletics Communications

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. – The No. 13 Texas A&M softball team defeated No. 14 Duke, 11-5, after dropping a 2-1 decision to No. 14 Oregon on Thursday in Day 1 of the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.

Micaela Wark paced the offense with five RBI on the day, including a home run in each game, while Frankie Vrazel was the lone Aggie to record multiple hits in both contests. Wark, along with Mya Perez and Tallen Edwards, recorded multiple hits and multiple runs on the day. Texas A&M (8-4) mustered just one run on five hits in the opener before eight of the nine starters collected hits to score 11 runs in the nightcap.

Sidne Peters earned her fourth win of the season, tossing 6.0 innings with five strikeouts while allowing three runs. Kate Munnerlyn was saddled with the loss in game one. Aggie starter Sydney Lessentine struck out three batters in 5.0 innings, allowing one run on three hits.

After three scoreless innings against Oregon, Wark broke the ice with a home run to center field. Oregon (6-5) answered in the bottom half of the inning with a solo homer of its own. Lessentine walked the leadoff batter in the fifth before retiring the next three Ducks in order.

Oregon's first two batters reached base following an Aggie pitching change to start the bottom of the sixth. After a strikeout, an Oregon single loaded the bases before an RBI groundout gave the Ducks a 2-1 lead. Texas A&M recorded a one-out single in the seventh, but Oregon ended the rally with consecutive fielder's choices.

The Maroon & White erupted for seven runs on eight hits in the nightcap, including home runs by Ariel Kowalewski, Maddie Sauni and Wark, to take a 7-1 lead through four innings. Duke (8-4) opened the bottom of the fifth with a solo homer before Perez answered with a two-run tater in the sixth as the Aggies extended their advantage to 9-2.

Following a Duke home run to trim the lead to six, Texas A&M pushed the margin back to eight runs, 11-3, after Kennedy Powell stole second and advanced to third, allowing the lead runner to score, before Kowalewski doubled down the right field line to plate Powell.

Peters faced two batters in the seventh before Taylor Pannell entered in relief and induced three flyouts to end the Blue Devil threat.

UP NEXT
Texas A&M faces UC San Diego at 10:30 p.m. to close out the second day of the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.

NOTES

Micaela Wark homered in consecutive games for the third time this season and has homered in three of the last four contests. The graduate student leads the team with eight home runs, matching her total from last season at Oklahoma State.
Mya Perez and Kennedy Powell each recorded a hit in both games to extend their hitting streaks to 12 games.
Powell has reached base safely in 15 consecutive games dating back to 2025 and added a stolen base against Duke to extend her streak to 31 straight stolen bases dating back to the 2024 season.
Frankie Vrazel registered her second and third multi-hit games of the season, marking the eighth and ninth of her career.
Maddie Sauni extended her on-base streak to six games after failing to reach base in three games on opening weekend. The freshman hit her second home run of the season, with both coming against ranked opponents after her first against No. 23 Oklahoma State.
Ariel Kowalewski recorded her fifth multi-hit game of the season, going 3-for-5 with one home run, one double and two RBI against Duke.
After failing to reach double figures in its first seven games, Texas A&M has scored 10 or more runs three times in its last five outings.