The Southeastern conference annual softball championship tournament began on Tuesday in Gainesville, Florida, and the 12th seeded Aggies got off on the right foot with a 5-3 win over the 13th seeded Auburn Tigers.
The Aggie women got the scoring started in the third inning, on a bases-loaded double by sophomore Trinity Cannon, which cleared the bases, scoring three.
The Aggies added an additional run when freshman Koko Wooley scored on a fielders choice ground ball hit by fellow fish Cayden Baker.
The Gamecocks put together a rally of their own in the top of the 5th, combining four hits, along with a walk and an A&M error to plate three runs and draw the score to 4-3 Aggies. But Trinity Cannon came up in the bottom half of the frame, and started a two-out rally with a single to left. She moved to second on a Rylen Wiggins walk, and Koko Wooley drove Cannon in with a double, providing a piece of bonus insurance, and solidifying a 5-3 Aggie win.
The Aggie women will take on the host Florida Gators in the second round of the tournament on Wednesday afternoon at 4 pm. You can see the game on SEC network.
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