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Regional Champs! Liberty Stuns No. 1 Texas A&M for 1st Super Regional Berth
5/19/2025 12:19:00 AM | Softball
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Liberty stunned No. 1 Texas A&M in the winner-take-all final of the Bryan-College Station Regional, winning 6-5 on Sunday night at Davis Diamond to punch the Lady Flames' first ticket to the NCAA Super Regionals.
The Lady Flames (50-13) fell to Texas A&M 14-11 in eight innings in today's first game, setting up tonight's winner-take-all final. The Aggies finish their season with a 48-11 record, becoming the first national No. 1 seed in the Super Regional era (since 2005) to not qualify for Super Regionals. Liberty defeated Texas A&M 8-5 yesterday and added tonight's 6-5 win to earn the series victory.
Liberty will take on No. 16 seed Oregon, Friday through Sunday in Super Regionals in Eugene, Ore.
Game 1
Liberty 8, Texas A&M 5
Scoring Summary
Liberty – 1st INNING – Woodard homers to right center, 1-0
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Doerr singles to right, Madrey scores, 2-0
Liberty – 2nd INNING – Roupe grand slam to center, Woodard, Craine and Doerr score, 6-0
Texas A&M – 3rd INNING – Barbara singles to left, Wolley scores, 6-1
Texas A&M – 4th INNING – Dement homers to left center, 6-2
Texas A&M – 4th INNING – Powell singles, advances on error, Enright scores, 6-3
Texas A&M – 4th INNING – Wooley singles, Powell scores, 6-4
Texas A&M – 4th INNING – Perez homers to center, Wooley scores, 6-6
Texas A&M – 4th INNING – Barbara homers to left, 7-6
Texas A&M – 5th INNING – Mathis walks, Vrazel and Enright advance, Dement scores, 8-6
Texas A&M – 5th INNING – Powell singles to center, Mathis and Vrazel advance, Enright scores, 9-6
Texas A&M – 5th INNING – Perez reaches on fielder's choice, Wooley and Powell advance, Mathis scores on throwing error, 10-6
Liberty – 6th INNING – McManus doubles to left, Woodard advances, Whatley scores, 10-7
Texas A&M – 7th INNING – Perez singles to center, Wooley scores, 11-7
Liberty – 7th INNING – Carras uillo singles to left center, Heidorn advances, Doerr scores, 11-8
Liberty – 7th INNING – Whatley singles to center, Norris advances, Heidorn scores, 11-9
Liberty – 7th INNING – Roupe singles to short, Whatley advances, Norris scores, 11-10
Liberty – 7th INNING – Henault hit by pitch, Roupe and McManus advance, Whatley scores, 11-11
Texas A&M – 8th INNING – Powell singles up middle, advances, Mathis advances, Eschete and Enright score, 13-11
Texas A&M – 8th INNING - Wooley grounds out to second, Powell advances, Mathis scores, 14-11
Turning Point
• Liberty led 6-0 after Rachel Roupe's grand slam in the second inning. The Aggies jumped ahead with a six-run fourth, building an 11-7 lead entering the bottom of the seventh.
• The Lady Flames tied it with a four-run seventh, but left the bases loaded. The hosts responded by scoring three times in the eighth to set up the "if necessary" game.
Notable Numbers
• Texas A&M outhit Liberty 18-11, with the Lady Flames committing a season-high six errors.
• Sydney Lessentine (6-2) earned the win in relief, tossing 1 1/3 innings of hitless softball.
• Paige Bachman (11-4) drew the loss, allowing seven runs (three earned) on seven hits, walking three in 4 1/3 innings of relief.
• Texas A&M's Koko Wooley went 4-for-6 with two RBI and three runs scored, while Kennedy Powell batted 3-for-6 with four RBI and one run scored. Mya Perez, KK Dement and Mac Barbara all homered for the Aggies.
• Rachel Roupe went 2-for-5 with a homer, one run and five RBI, while KK Madrey and Paige Doerr had two hits apiece. Madrey also stole her 50th base of the season.
Beyond the Box Score
• Roupe's grand slam was the fifth of her career and the second NCAA postseason grand slam. The first was by Savannah Channell against Tennessee in the 2021 NCAA Knoxville Regional.
Game 2
Liberty 6, Texas A&M 5
Scoring Summary
Texas A&M – 2nd INNING – Dement homers to center, Harper scores, 2-0
Texas A&M – 3rd INNING – Harper singles to right, Barbara advances, Wooley scores, 3-0
Liberty – 5th INNING – Roupe homers to left, 3-1
Liberty – 6th INNING – Jessee homers to left center, Madrey scores, 3-3
Liberty – 6th INNING – Roupe homers to left, Woodard and Byrum score, 6-3
Texas A&M – 6th INNING – Enright homers to left center, 6-4
Texas A&M – 6th INNING – Wooley singles to shortstop, Mathis advances, Eschete scores, 6-5
Turning Point
• Liberty trailed 3-1 entering the sixth inning. With two outs, Savannah Jessee homered to tie it at 3-3. Three batters later, Roupe made it 6-3 with a three-run blast.
• Texas A&M pulled to within one with two runs in the sixth.
• Reliever Kaylan Yoder walked the tight rope in the seventh. With runners on first and second, Yoder struck out Kramer Eschete to punch Liberty's ticket to Super Regionals.
Notable Numbers
• Texas A&M outhit Liberty 12-7 for the game, with the Aggies committing two errors.
• Elena Escobar (25-3) earned the win, allowing five runs on 10 hits, walking one and striking out three in 5 1/3 innings. Yoder got the save with 1 2/3 innings of relief, walking one and fanning one.
• Emiley Kennedy (21-6) drew the loss, yielding three runs on one hit in one relief innings.
• Roupe went 3-for-4 with two homers, four RBI and two runs scored. Savannah Jessee batted 1-for-3 with a homer, two RBI and one run scored.
• Koko Wooley batted 3-for-3 with one RBI and one run scored, while Amaria Harper went 3-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored. KK Dement and Allie Enright homered for the Aggies.
Beyond the Box Score
• The Lady Flames knocked off the No. 1 team in the nation for the first two times in program history this week. Liberty is 3-6 against Top 25 teams this season, 24-87 against nationally-ranked opponents under Coach Richardson and 30-128 against the Top 25 all-time.
• Liberty is now 4-4 all-time against Texas A&M, including 3-3 at Davis Diamond. The Lady Flames and Aggies spit a pair of games here in 2019.
• The Lady Flames are the first team to knock out a national No. 1 seed from its Regional in the Super Regional era (since 2005).
• Liberty has made 20 come-from-behind wins, with eight of those coming when trailing in the sixth inning or later.
• The Lady Flames are now 12-11 all-time in NCAA Regional games under current 12th-year Head Coach Dot Richardson and 12-15 overall at Regionals.
• Liberty has set a new program record with 50 wins, as the Lady Flames were 49-12 after winning the first two games of the 2018 Columbia Regional.
• The Lady Flames made their fifth NCAA Regional final and third in a row. In 2018 (Columbia) and again in 2024 (Athens), Liberty opened at 2-0 before falling twice on Sunday.
• Liberty is the seventh NCAA Regional champion in CUSA softball history and first since UAB in 2013.
• Roupe broke Jessica Moore's single-season program record (21) with 23 homers), while her 72 RBI are a new program record as well.
• Roupe has tied Jessica Moore's (2006) single-season program record with 21 homers, while her 68 RBI surpass Amber Bishop-Riley's (2017) single-season record of 66.
• Escobar's 25 wins this season are third all-time at Liberty for a single season, trailing only Julia DiMartino (29 in 2018) and Karlie Keeney (27 in 2023).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sydney Lessentine (6-2)
L: Bachman, Paige (11-4)
Batting:
2B: Koko Wooley 1 ; KK Dement 1 ; Allie Enright 1
HR: Mya Perez 1 ; Mac Barbara 1 ; KK Dement 1
RBI: Kennedy Powell 4 ; Koko Wooley 2 ; Mya Perez 3 ; Mac Barbara 2 ; KK Dement 1 ; Kelsey Mathis 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kennedy Powell 1 ; Koko Wooley 3 ; Mya Perez 1 ; Mac Barbara 1 ; KK Dement 2 ; Allie Enright 3 ; Kramer Eschete 1 ; Kelsey Mathis 2
SB: Koko Wooley 1 ; Hailey Golden 1 ; Frankie Vrazel 1
HBP: Mac Barbara 1
Batting:
2B: McManus, Brynn 1
HR: Woodard, Savannah 1 ; Roupe, Rachel 1
RBI: Woodard, Savannah 1 ; Roupe, Rachel 5 ; McManus, Brynn 1 ; Henault, Alyssa 1 ; Doerr, Paige 1 ; Carrasquillo, Alexia 1 ; Whatley, Savanah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Woodard, Savannah 2 ; Roupe, Rachel 1 ; Madrey, KK 1 ; Doerr, Paige 2 ; Craine, Rachel 1 ; Heidorn, Lilly 1 ; Norris, Aubry 1 ; Whatley, Savanah 2
SB: Madrey, KK 1
HBP: Henault, Alyssa 2 ; Madrey, KK 1
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