COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Rachel Roupe hit two house runs for Liberty, Savannah Jessee hit a two-run shot and the Flames beat No. 1 Texas A&M 6-5 on Sunday evening to win the Bryan-School Station Regional and remove the top-seeded Aggies.
Texas A&M grew to become the the primary No. 1 nationwide seed to be eradicated in regionals since seeding started in 2005, based on ESPN Analysis.
Liberty (50-13) will play at No. 16 seed Oregon within the tremendous regionals subsequent weekend.
KK Madrey drew a leadoff stroll within the sixth, Paige Doeer and Rachel Crane struck out swinging earlier than Jessee homered to make it 3-3. JaMaya Byrum walked on 4 consecutive pitches, Savannah Woodard adopted with a single and Roupe hit a shot off the scoreboard in left area to offer the Flames a 6-3 lead.
Kaylan Yoder changed starter Elena Escobar (25-3) with one out and runners on first and second. Kennedy Powell flied out and Koko Wooley’s infield single scored Kramer Eschete to chop Texas A&M’s deficit to 6-5 earlier than Mya Perez flied out to finish the inning.
Yoder struck out Eschete to finish the sport and earn her first save of the season.
Amari Harper led off the second with a single a KK Dement adopted with a house run that gave the Aggies (48-10) a 2-0 lead.
Wooley scored on a two-out single by Harper within the third.
Kennedy Powell had a two-run single within the eighth inning because the Aggies pressured a second sport with a wild 14-11 win earlier Sunday. With the assistance of a Roupe grand slam within the second inning, the Flames took a 6-0 lead.
Texas A&M scored the subsequent 10 runs, together with house runs by Dement, Perez and Mac Barbara. The Aggies have been up 11-7 going into the underside of the seventh however Liberty tied it with 4 runs earlier than Sydney Lessentine bought the ultimate out with a strikeout on a 3-2 pitch.
The Aggies pounded 18 hits and Liberty, which received the primary matchup 8-5 on Saturday had six errors, the final one opening the door within the high of the eighth.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
