{"id":293641,"date":"2026-05-14T23:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293641\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:29:07","slug":"texas-am-opens-college-station-regional-against-uconn-texas-am-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293641\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&M Opens College Station Regional Against UConn – Texas A&M Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLLEGE STATION \u2013\u00a0The No. 4 seed Texas A&M softball team opens the College Station Regional against UConn on Friday at 1 p.m. at Davis Diamond.
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\nFriday’s game will broadcast nationally on ESPN2 with Madison Shipman (analyst) and Eric Frede (play-by-play) on the call. Fans can also listen on the 12th Man Mobile app or locally on Willy 1550 AM, with Matt Simon<\/a> calling the action in his 12th season as the voice of Texas A&M softball.
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\nThe winner of No. 4 Texas A&M (36-17) and UConn (31-26) will face the winner of No. 5 Arizona State (41-16) and McNeese (40-20) on Saturday at 2 p.m., while the losers will meet Saturday at 4:30 p.m. For more information on ticketing and parking, visit 12thman.com\/ncaasoftball<\/a>.
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\nAGGIES IN THE POSTSEASON

\nThe Aggies are making their 36th NCAA Tournament appearance and 24th consecutive trip, the seventh-longest active streak in the nation. Texas A&M is hosting an NCAA Regional for the 18th time in program history and for the third consecutive season, marking the program’s first three-year hosting stretch since 2011-13.
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\nThe Maroon & White owns a 38-10 record when hosting regional play. Texas A&M is one of 12 SEC teams to advance to the NCAA Tournament and one of nine conference programs to host a regional.
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\nAGGIE HONOR ROLL
\nSix Aggies earned NFCA All-Region Central honors, highlighted by Mya Perez<\/a> earning first-team recognition for the first time in her career. Sidne Peters<\/a> and Kennedy Powell<\/a> were named to the second team, while Sydney Lessentine<\/a>, Ariel Kowalewski<\/a> and Micaela Wark<\/a> earned third-team honors.
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\nTexas A&M also placed four players on the All-SEC teams, led by Perez and Powell earning first-team honors. Wark and Peters were named to the second team.
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\nMY-OH-MYA
\nPerez is the only Division I player to have reached base in every game this season and carries a 56-game on-base streak dating back to 2025.
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\nEntering her third NCAA postseason, Perez has appeared in 11 career tournament games, totaling nine hits, including four home runs, while adding 13 RBI, eight runs scored and 10 walks. Nearly half of Perez’s 57 hits this season have gone for extra bases, including 18 home runs and 10 doubles.
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\nOL’ RELIABLE

\nPowell 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 170 games with 169 starts. Her 155 career runs in the Maroon & White rank eighth in program history.
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\nPowell led the SEC during conference play with 36 hits and nine doubles, setting Texas A&M program records in both categories. Nationally, her 78 hits rank 25th and are the second most among SEC players.
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\nHOME OF THE 12TH MAN
\nThe Aggies own a 186-58 (.762) record at Davis Diamond since it opened on April 27, 2018, and are 21-5 at home this season.
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\nThe 12th Man set a Davis Diamond attendance record of 2,880 in the fourth home game of the season on Feb. 7 and ranks seventh nationally and fifth in the SEC with an average attendance of 2,074.
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\nFOLLOW THE AGGIES
\nVisit\u00a012thman.com<\/a>\u00a0for more information on Texas A&M softball. Fans can keep up to date with the A&M softball team on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and \u00a0Twitter\/X\u00a0<\/a>by following @AggieSoftball.