Softball Falls at No. 5 Texas A&M

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Mean Green softball fell 12-4 in six innings to No. 5 Texas A&M at Davis Diamond Wednesday.

UNT (22-11) held the game within one run through three and a half innings before the Aggies (28-5) plated six runs in the bottom of the fourth to expand its lead.

Cierra Simon opened the scoring in the first inning with a solo home run, her fourth of the season. She recorded her 95th career RBI on the homer and moved into a tie for 10th place on the UNT leaderboard, matching Hanna Rebar (2017-20) and Taylor Schoblocher (2013-15).

Senior Emma Grahmann collected her second two-hit game over the past week to match her career-best mark. She reached base in all three of her plate appearances as she finished 2-for-2 with one walk and added one run, one RBI and one stolen base.

Kayleigh Smith (L, 2-3) drew the midweek start and matched her career high of two strikeouts over three innings pitched. Freshmen Gracie Maloney and Shelby Buffington each made relief appearances as the former, Maloney, tallied her first career strikeout to end the fourth inning. Buffington retired four batters to mark the longest outing of her young career.

In the fifth inning, Riley McNemar cut into the Aggies' lead with a two-run home run and scored Grahmann on the hit. McNemar increased her season home run total to five and matched the team lead alongside Kailyn Bearpaw and Tatum Sparks.

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The Mean Green travel to Tulsa for a three-game American Athletic Conference series beginning Friday at 5 p.m. on ESPN+ from Collins Family Softball Complex. North Texas makes its first visit to Tulsa since 2012 as the all-time series is square at 9-9.

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Team Stats

Emma Grahmann

Tatum Sparks

Riley McNemar

Cierra Simon

Players Mentioned

Kailyn Bearpaw

Shelby Buffington

Emma Grahmann

Gracie Maloney

Riley McNemar

Cierra Simon

Kayleigh Smith

Tatum Sparks

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