News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The No. 16 seed Texas A&M softball team hosts UAlbany to open the Bryan-College Station at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Davis Diamond.
Texas A&M (40-13) welcomes Texas State (45-13), Penn State (34-18) and UAlbany (33-12) to the Bryan-College Station Regional. Each game can be streamed on ESPN+ with Brittany McKinney (analyst) and Trey Bender (play-by-play) on the call. All Aggie softball games can be heard on the 12th Man Mobile app or locally on Gospel 97.3 with Matt Simon as the play-by-play voice in his 10th season with Texas A&M softball.
AGGIES IN THE REGIONAL
Texas A&M is making its 22nd consecutive appearance in an NCAA regional, which is the seventh longest current active streak in the NCAA. The Aggies are hosting a regional for the 16th time in program history and first at Davis Diamond since 2018. The Aggies are 56-45 all-time in the regional round and are 32-8 when hosting. The Maroon & White are 4-0 against Texas State in regional play, including two wins last season at the Austin regional. The Aggies last played UAlbany in a 2006 regional in Amherst, Massachusetts, winning 6-5, and are 1-2 all-time in regionals against Penn State. Trisha Ford is 13-12 all-time in NCAA regionals as a head coach, while advancing to two super regional appearances and one Women’s College World Series in 2018 at Arizona State.
KOKO LOKO
Junior Koko Wooley has been a headache for opposing teams offensively by swiping extra bases with her world-class speed and defensively when flashing the leather at shortstop. The speedster is heating up entering NCAA postseason batting 13-for-22 with a 1.261 OPS, while adding fives runs and three stolen bases in Texas A&M’s last 10 games. Wooley was recently named to the SEC All-Tournament team hitting 3-for-7 and driving in three runs, including a game-winning two-RBI double to send Texas A&M to its first semifinal appearance in program history. Despite missing a dozen games this season, Wooley’s 49 hits and 18 stolen bases leads the team.
HOWDY HAT COUNTER
Texas A&M has blasted 60 home runs, including 16 multi-home run games and eight games with at least three round trippers. The Maroon & White are 15-2 this season when recording at least two home runs in a game. Senior Trinity Cannon leads the team with a career-high 15 home runs, while junior Allie Enright and senior Rylen Wiggins are second with 10 bell ringers each. Following each home run, an Aggie slugger is greeted at home plate with the team’s Howdy Hat and Homer the Horse to celebrate.
EXPERIENCED AGGIES
The Aggies are loaded with players having NCAA postseason action, including Cottrill with Women’s College World Series action after she helped lead the Oklahoma State Cowgirls to Oklahoma City in 2022. Allie Enright was a member of the Arizona Wildcats squad that made the trip in 2022 and Brooke Vestal was on Oklahoma’s national championship roster during the 2021 season. Despite lacking WCWS experience, Arizona State transfer Jazmine Hill has appeared in nine NCAA postseason games boasting a .394 batting average with four home runs, 12 RBI and seven runs scored. Koko Wooley has appeared in eight NCAA postseason games in her Aggie career with a .462 batting average (12-for-26), including one triple and scoring five runs. Four Aggies have logged more than 200 career games played, including transfers Jazmine Hill (231), Julia Cottrill (228), while Rylen Wiggins (222) and Trinity Cannon (207) each have played their entire careers in the Maroon & White.
DAVIS DIAMOND A TO Z
For a complete guide to the game day experience at Davis Diamond, visit the A to Z guide on 12thman.com.
PARKING
Fans are highly encouraged to arrive early and have patience for expected traffic and parking congestion around Reed Arena. Spectators planning to attend Friday and Saturday’s softball game can park in lots 100a, 100b, 100c, 100e, 100f and 100g surrounding Reed Arena with a valid Texas A&M permit or by paying $5 cash or card. Parking for Sunday is free.
TICKETS
Walk-up tickets will be available on gameday at the ticket windows one hour prior to the first game of each day. All tickets subject to availability. More information on the regional can be found at 12thman.com/ncaasoftball24.
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION REGIONAL SCHEDULE
Friday, May 17
Game 1 – 3 p.m. Penn State vs. Texas State (ESPNU)
Game 2 – 5:30 p.m. UAlbany vs. Texas A&M (ESPN+)
Bold Team = Home Team
Saturday, May 18
Game 3 – 2 p.m. (Winner GM1 vs. Winner GM2)
Game 4 – 4:30 p.m. (Loser GM1 vs. Loser GM2)
Game 5 – 7 p.m. (Winner GM4 vs. Loser GM3)
Sunday, May 19
Game 6 – TBD (Winner GM3 vs. Winner GM5)
Game 7 – TBD if necessary (Winner GM6 vs. Loser GM6)