Saturday, March 14
Baton Rouge, La.
6:00 PM
Texas A&M
at
LSU
No. 16 Softball Opens SEC Play at No. 17 LSU
Mar 13, 2026 | Softball
BATON ROUGE – The No. 16 Texas A&M softball team opens SEC play at No. 17 LSU in a three-game series beginning Saturday at Tiger Park.
First pitch in the series opener is slated for 6 p.m., while the game will stream on the SEC Network+. Sunday's and Monday's games are set for 6 p.m. start and each game will broadcast nationally on the SEC Network with Michele Smith (analyst) and Roy Philpott (play-by-play) in the booth. Fans can also listen on the 12th Man Mobile app or locally on Willy 1550 AM, with Matt Simon calling the action in his 12th season as the voice of Texas A&M softball.
WHERE THE AGGIES ARE NATIONALLY
The Aggies rank No. 16 in the NFCA and ESPN/USA Softball polls, No. 18 in D1 Softball and No. 22 in Softball America. The pitching staff ranks seventh nationally with a 4.53 strikeout-to-walk ratio and 11th with a 1.08 WHIP, while the offense ranks 10th in on-base percentage (.467) and 19th in total runs (187). Individually, Sydney Lessentine ranks fourth nationally in walks allowed per seven innings (0.65) and seventh in strikeout-to-walk ratio (9.60). Mya Perez and Micaela Wark are tied for 16th nationally with 10 home runs, while Ariel Kowalewski's 10 doubles rank 18th.
LSU SERIES
Texas A&M (17-8) swept the 2025 series at Davis Diamond, but LSU (18-7) leads the all-time series 21-16. Mya Perez and Kennedy Powell led the team with four hits in the series last season. Powell scored registered two extra base hits with a double and triple, while adding six runs and one stolen base. Perez hit three doubles, while driving in two runs and scoring twice. The Aggies were swept in their last trip to Baton Rouge in 2024, losing 2-1 (8 inn.), 5-1 and 9-3. Texas A&M last won at Tiger Park in 2021, taking the series opener 2-1
OL' RELIABLE
Senior Kennedy Powell has been a fixture at the hot corner, starting every game this season at third base. Since joining the Aggies in 2024, she has appeared in 142 games with 141 starts. The run-scoring catalyst opened the season by scoring in each of the first 10 games and has crossed the plate in all but six games this season. Texas A&M is 14-5 when Powell scores at least once and 7-1 when she scores multiple runs. Powell and Mya Perez are the only Aggies to reach base safely in every game this season, while the duo owns a nation-leading 28-game on-base streak dating to 2025. Powell has successfully stolen 37 consecutive bases, an NCAA-leading active streak dating to February 2024, after finishing 19-for-19 on stolen base attempts in 2025. The Conroe, Texas, native is hitting .450 (36-for-80) with 14 RBI, 29 runs, four doubles and one home run, recording hits in 23 of 25 games.
OFFENSIVE PROWESS
Texas A&M has homered in 10 consecutive games, its longest team home run streak since 2022. Six Aggies have combined for 16 home runs during the stretch. The Aggies rank top 25 nationally in several offensive categories including 10th in on-base percentage (.467), 14th in slugging percentage (.613), 16th in batting average (.362) and 23rd in scoring (7.48 runs per game). The offense enters SEC play firing on all cylinders.
First pitch in the series opener is slated for 6 p.m., while the game will stream on the SEC Network+. Sunday's and Monday's games are set for 6 p.m. start and each game will broadcast nationally on the SEC Network with Michele Smith (analyst) and Roy Philpott (play-by-play) in the booth. Fans can also listen on the 12th Man Mobile app or locally on Willy 1550 AM, with Matt Simon calling the action in his 12th season as the voice of Texas A&M softball.
WHERE THE AGGIES ARE NATIONALLY
The Aggies rank No. 16 in the NFCA and ESPN/USA Softball polls, No. 18 in D1 Softball and No. 22 in Softball America. The pitching staff ranks seventh nationally with a 4.53 strikeout-to-walk ratio and 11th with a 1.08 WHIP, while the offense ranks 10th in on-base percentage (.467) and 19th in total runs (187). Individually, Sydney Lessentine ranks fourth nationally in walks allowed per seven innings (0.65) and seventh in strikeout-to-walk ratio (9.60). Mya Perez and Micaela Wark are tied for 16th nationally with 10 home runs, while Ariel Kowalewski's 10 doubles rank 18th.
LSU SERIES
Texas A&M (17-8) swept the 2025 series at Davis Diamond, but LSU (18-7) leads the all-time series 21-16. Mya Perez and Kennedy Powell led the team with four hits in the series last season. Powell scored registered two extra base hits with a double and triple, while adding six runs and one stolen base. Perez hit three doubles, while driving in two runs and scoring twice. The Aggies were swept in their last trip to Baton Rouge in 2024, losing 2-1 (8 inn.), 5-1 and 9-3. Texas A&M last won at Tiger Park in 2021, taking the series opener 2-1
OL' RELIABLE
Senior Kennedy Powell has been a fixture at the hot corner, starting every game this season at third base. Since joining the Aggies in 2024, she has appeared in 142 games with 141 starts. The run-scoring catalyst opened the season by scoring in each of the first 10 games and has crossed the plate in all but six games this season. Texas A&M is 14-5 when Powell scores at least once and 7-1 when she scores multiple runs. Powell and Mya Perez are the only Aggies to reach base safely in every game this season, while the duo owns a nation-leading 28-game on-base streak dating to 2025. Powell has successfully stolen 37 consecutive bases, an NCAA-leading active streak dating to February 2024, after finishing 19-for-19 on stolen base attempts in 2025. The Conroe, Texas, native is hitting .450 (36-for-80) with 14 RBI, 29 runs, four doubles and one home run, recording hits in 23 of 25 games.
OFFENSIVE PROWESS
Texas A&M has homered in 10 consecutive games, its longest team home run streak since 2022. Six Aggies have combined for 16 home runs during the stretch. The Aggies rank top 25 nationally in several offensive categories including 10th in on-base percentage (.467), 14th in slugging percentage (.613), 16th in batting average (.362) and 23rd in scoring (7.48 runs per game). The offense enters SEC play firing on all cylinders.
| Year | Hits | Runs | Home Runs | Total Bases | Walks | Strikeouts |
| 2026 (25 games) | 230 (9.20) | 187 (7.48) | 37 (1.48) | 389 (15.6) | 111 (4.44) | 79 (3.16) |
| 2025 (22 games) | 190 (8.64) | 164 (7.45) | 19 (0.86) | 295 (13.4) | 85 (3.86) | 72 (3.27) |
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