OXFORD – The No. 13 Texas A&M softball team outlasted Ole Miss, 10-6, to win Game 1 of the series Friday night at the Ole Miss Softball Stadium.
 

Texas A&M (28-12, 9-4 SEC) used a six-run first inning to seize control and finished with 10 hits and 10 walks. Eight Aggies recorded a hit, while Kennedy Powell and Frankie Vrazel each posted multi-hit games. Micaela Wark matched her career high with four RBI and hit her team-leading 17th home run.
 
Sidne Peters (11-4) earned the win, tossing 3.0 innings of relief and allowing one run on one hit with three strikeouts. Starter Sydney Lessentine worked 3.2 innings, striking out three while allowing three earned runs.
 
The Aggies sent 10 batters to the plate in the opening frame, scoring six runs on four hits and three walks. Powell and Tallen Edwards led off with consecutive singles before a pair of walks brought in the first run. Ariel Kowalewski added an RBI single, Kelsey Mathis drew a bases-loaded walk and Paislie Allen lifted a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0. Vrazel capped the inning with a two-out, two-RBI triple to extend the lead to 6-0.
 
Edwards and Mya Perez opened the second with walks before Wark launched a three-run homer just inside the right-field foul pole to push the advantage to 9-0.
 
Ole Miss answered with two runs in the bottom half of the inning and continued to chip away with solo home runs in the third and fourth.
 

Texas A&M added a run in the fifth as Vrazel doubled to lead off and later scored on an Edwards sacrifice fly to make it 10-4. Ole Miss responded with a two-run homer in the bottom half to trim the deficit to four.
 
After allowing a leadoff single in the sixth, Peters retired the next five batters, highlighted by a 4-6-3 double play and two swinging strikeouts, to secure the 10-6 victory.
 
UP NEXT
Saturday’s Game 2 first pitch is set for 2 p.m. on SEC Network+ with Jake Hromada (play-by-play) and Carly Hummel (analyst) 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.
 
NOTES


Mya Perez extended her on-base streak to 43 games with a hit and three walks. It marked her fifth SEC game with multiple walks, and her 20 walks in conference play lead the league.
Micaela Wark homered for the sixth time in SEC play, tied for second in the league. Her 21 RBI in conference action also rank second.
Wark recorded her fifth four-RBI game this season and her team-leading 16th multi-RBI performance.
Frankie Vrazel accounted for two of the team’s three extra-base hits, collecting her eighth double and second triple of the season.
Ariel Kowalewski extended her hitting streak to a season-best seven games with an RBI single in the first inning.
Texas A&M drew 10 walks, marking its second game this season with double-digit walks.
The Aggies reached double-digit runs for the 10th time this season and second time in SEC play.
Texas A&M improved to 22-5 all-time against Ole Miss, including 8-2 in Oxford.

 
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