Two-Out Sixth-Inning Rally Pushes Softball Past No. 1 Oklahoma, 8-5

Friday, May 1

College Station

12:50 PM

Texas A&M

36-14, 16-6

Oklahoma

46-7, 18-4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Oklahoma	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	4	1
Texas A&M	0	2	0	0	1	5	X	8	10	2

Photo by: Evan Pilat/Texas A&M Athletics

May 01, 2026 | Softball

Box Score

By: Tyler Pounds, Athletics Communications

COLLEGE STATION – A five-run, two-out sixth-inning rally propelled the No. 12 Texas A&M softball team past No. 1 Oklahoma, 8-5, on Friday at Davis Diamond, marking the program's first home win over a top-ranked opponent since 2016.

Thursday's series opener was halted due to weather and resumed Friday in the bottom of the sixth inning with the Aggies trailing 5-3 and one out. Texas A&M (36-14, 16-6 SEC) flipped the script with a two-out rally, plating five runs highlighted by three consecutive singles to even the score before Micaela Wark's bases-loaded single up the middle cleared the bases to give the Aggies an 8-5 lead.

Pinch hitter Maddie Sauni brought the Aggies within one with an RBI single up the middle before Kennedy Powell followed with a single. Tallen Edwards then singled to left field to tie the game.

Edwards, Wark and Paislie Allen each recorded multiple RBI, while Edwards, Wark and Powell paced the offense with multiple hits. Seven Aggies scored a run, while Powell plated multiple runs for the 17th time this season.

Sidne Peters (14-5) earned the win after tossing 2.0 scoreless relief innings with three strikeouts while holding Oklahoma (46-7, 18-4 SEC) hitless. Kate Munnerlyn provided 3.0 innings of relief, allowing one unearned run on one hit and two walks. Sydney Lessentine made the start, tossing 2.0 innings with a pair of strikeouts while allowing four unearned runs on three hits.

The Sooners struck first in the second inning, capitalizing on a fielding error and plating four two-out runs on a single, double and two-run home run to take a 4-0 lead.

Texas A&M cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the second after Ariel Kowalewski drew a one-out walk, Kelsey Mathis doubled and Allen delivered a two-RBI single through the middle.

After a scoreless third inning, Oklahoma added another run in the fourth on a two-out double followed by an Aggie fielding error that allowed the runner to score from second, extending the lead to 5-2.

Powell led off the fifth with a single and scored in the next at-bat when Edwards doubled down the right field line to trim the deficit to 5-3.

Play was halted overnight in the sixth inning and resumed Friday, where Ol' Sarge's charges capitalized with a five-run, two-out rally to take an 8-5 lead. Peters then slammed the door shut with a looking strikeout, swinging strikeout and induced foul out to seal the victory.

UP NEXT
The series continues Saturday with a 12:15 p.m. and 4 p.m. double header. Game 1 of the doubleheader will stream on the SEC Network+, while the series finale will broadcast nationally on ESPN. Women's College World Series crew Beth Mowins (play-by-play) and Michele Smith (analyst) are in the booth for each game. Fans can also listen on the 12th Man Mobile app or locally on Maverick 100.9 FM.

NOTES

Mya Perez extended her on-base streak to 53 games with a pair of walks. Perez has drawn a walk in 14 of 22 SEC games.
Micaela Wark recorded her team-leading 18th multi-RBI game of the season with RBI No. 64 and 65, moving to No. 4 on Texas A&M's single-season RBI list and passing KK Dement's 64 RBI in 2025.
Kennedy Powell registered her 24th multi-hit game of the season, matching Emily Albus (2014) for the second-most multi-hit games by an Aggie since Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2013.
Texas A&M improved to 14-3 when Powell plates multiple runs.
Maddie Sauni recorded her seventh pinch-hit RBI of the season and has reached base in eight of her last nine pinch-hit appearances.
Hailey Golden and Scout Lovell each scored as pinch-runners during the sixth-inning rally.
The win marked Texas A&M's second over a top-ranked opponent this season and the first time the Aggies have defeated a No. 1 team multiple times in a season since 2008.
Texas A&M has scored 350 or more runs in three straight seasons for the first time in program history.
The sixth-inning rally marked just the second comeback win this season when trailing after five innings. The other was a 6-5 win over Northwestern on Feb. 15 after trailing 5-4 through five.
Texas A&M improved to 24-0 when leading after six innings.
The Aggies finished SEC play 6-2 in series openers and improved to 21-11 in conference series openers during the Trisha Ford era.

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