A&M was very good as well last season, winning its first eight games en route to a 48-11 record and a share of the SEC Tournament title. Ace pitcher Emiley Kennedy is gone as are key bats such as Koko Wooley and Amari Harper. But head coach Trisha Ford is confident in a team picked to finish sixth in the SEC’s preseason poll.

A groundout by Edwards is followed by a lineout from Sauni. DeeDee Baldwin comes in to pinch-hit but strikes out on a 3-2 pitch. The Aggies suffer their first loss of the season. 

Two strikeouts and a groundout send us to the last of the seventh.

Preseason All-SEC selection Perez strikes out, Wark flies out and Dement pops out against Canady as the teams are down to their final three outs.

Peters stays strong with a strikeout, groundout and flyout. The heart of the Aggies order is coming up, down one.

Vrazel reached on a one-out infield single, but was erased on a fielder’s choice. A long flyout from Kowalewski ends the inning. Canady has settled in nicely after the two first-inning runs.

The first error of the game gives Texas Tech a late lead. Davis reached on the miscue then made it to second on a passed ball. A double from Williams gave TTU the advantage as Sidne Peters enters to end the half-inning.

Canady matches Munnerlyn’s perfection as the game heads into the final stretch tied.

Texas Tech goes down 1-2-3 for the first time all game with the new pitcher in the circle. 

A two-out hit by Perez goes for naught as the score stays tied. Kate Munnerlyn takes over at pitcher on the other side of the break.

Vrazel crashes into the wall making a catch on a long Pannell flyout to begin the half-inning to the delight of a soldout Davis Diamond crowd. Lessentine then induced a popup and strikeout to maintain the tie. 

Edwards reached on a hit by pitch, but a flyout, strikeout and groundout for Canady ended the frame. 

Terry reached to the begin the inning and made it to third base with two out. But Dement and Powell teamed up on a fielder’s choice to tag her at third base after a grounder to the shortstop off the bat of Williams.

After Kennedy Powell singled to start the game, Canady retired two Aggies on groundouts. But a Wark home run to left field tied the game. Dement struck out to end the inning.

Davis takes the third pitch of the game deep for a home run. Williams then followed up with a homer of her own on a 3-2 pitch. Lessentine retired three of the next four to get out of the inning.

The Aggies are wearing cream-colored jerseys. A&M volleyball coach Jamie Morrison, who led his team to a national title, is on hand to throw out the first pitch. 

Location: Davis Diamond in College Station