No. 11 Texas A&M Run-Rules ACU, Utah State on Opening Day

Thursday, February 5

Bryan-College Station

4:30 PM

Texas A&M

1-0

ACU

0-2

ACU

Texas A&M

Photo by: Texas A&M Athletics

Feb 05, 2026 | Softball

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By: Tyler Pounds, Athletics Communications

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The No. 11 Texas A&M softball team dominated opening day in run-rule fashion, defeating ACU 8-0 in six innings before posting a five-inning 9-1 win over Utah State on Thursday at Davis Diamond.

Sydney Lessentine dominated in the circle in Game 1, striking out seven batters in 5.0 innings of work. She held opposing hitters to a .059 batting average without issuing a walk. After striking out the first batter and allowing the second to reach on an error, Lessentine retired the next 10 batters before ACU (0-2) recorded its first hit in the fourth inning.

Mya Perez put the Aggies on the board with an RBI single in the opening frame to score Ariel Kowalewski, while Paislie Allen homered in her first at-bat as an Aggie in the second inning. Texas A&M (2-0) plated four runs in the fifth inning on a two-run homer by Micaela Wark and an RBI double from Tallen Edwards. The Maroon & White walked it off in the sixth as Perez homered to left-center, followed by a KK Dement double up the middle to score pinch runner Hailey Golden. The 8-0 victory marked the sixth consecutive season-opening run-rule win.

Texas A&M carried its momentum into the nightcap, plating three runs in the first inning. Kowalewski singled to right field to score Kennedy Powell before Perez crushed her second home run of the day to give the Aggies a 3-0 lead. Utah State (1-1) answered in the top of the second, but Texas A&M responded with two runs in the third as Wark homered for the second time and Allen drove in a run with a single to left field.

The Maroon & White entered run-rule territory in the fifth inning when the Aggies loaded the bases on a single and consecutive walks before Dement launched a grand slam off the Davis Diamond video board.

Junior Sidne Peters matched a career-high 10 strikeouts while allowing only one walk, one hit and one run in her second complete game as an Aggie.

UP NEXT
Texas A&M continues play in the Aggie Classic against Providence at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Davis Diamond. The game will stream on SEC Network+ with Olympian and Aggie great Tori Vidales as the analyst and Will Johnson on play-by-play. Fans are encouraged to purchase advance tickets at 12thman.com/softballtickets.

NOTES

Texas A&M belted six home runs totaling 1,438 feet while batting .468.
The Aggie pitching staff held opposing teams to a .081 batting average, going 3-for-37, while registering 19 strikeouts and allowing one walk.
The Aggies are 39-5 in season openers since 1983, including wins in 14 straight.
Sydney Lessentine allowed one hit in her 12th career start, while Sidne Peters registered her third complete game in her 12th career start.
Taylor Pannell made her Aggie debut, striking out two batters in 1.0 inning of work.
Senior Kennedy Powell stole a base in each game to extend her consecutive stolen base streak to 27 attempts.
Oklahoma State transfer Micaela Wark homered in both games, marking the 30th and 31st home runs of her career.
Mya Perez homered in both games for the 18th and 19th long balls of her career. It marked the third time she has homered in each game of a doubleheader, also accomplishing the feat last season against Florida A&M in Tallahassee and at Georgia.
Sophomore Paislie Allen homered in her first at-bat as an Aggie, the second home run of her career.
Tallen Edwards shined in her Aggie debut going 3-for-4, 2 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, 1 RBI.
Freshman Annsley Groce stole a base in her first collegiate game.