Around Aggieland (5/24)
During Monday's edition of TexAgs Radio, Richard Zane joined to take us Around Aggieland and provided updates from the diamonds, the tennis courts and beyond following a busy weekend for the Maroon & White.
Baseball (29-27, 9-21 in SEC play)
Texas A&M finished the regular season this weekend by dropping two out of three to LSU at Olsen Field.
- Thursday: Texas A&M 2, LSU 1
- Dustin Saenz: 8.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
- Will Frizzell: Go-ahead eighth-inning home run (19th and final HR of the year)
- Friday: LSU 12, Texas A&M 6 (13 innings)
- Texas A&M blew a 6-2 lead
- Joseph Menefee: 4.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K
- Austin Bost: Three-run home run in the first inning
- Loss eliminated A&M from SEC Tournament
- Saturday: LSU 8, Texas A&M 2
On Sunday morning, it was announced that Rob Childress will not return as head coach in 2021.
- In 16 seasons at Texas A&M, Childress won 622 games, six conference championships and made two trips to the College World Series.
- Childress ranks third in wins in program history behind Mark Johnson (876) and Tom Chandler (660).
Softball (32-23, 8-16 in SEC play)
Texas A&M finished the 2021 season with a 1-2 showing in the Norman Regional this weekend.
- Friday: Wichita State 9, Texas A&M 7
- Bre Warren hit a two-run home run in the third.
- Saturday: Texas A&M 10, Morgan State 3
- Haley Lee hit a solo home run in the fourth, putting A&M up 5-0. Lee later hit a grand slam in the sixth, putting A&M up 10-3.
- The grand slam was Lee’s 24th home run of the season, tying Meagan May for the program record for home runs in a single season.
- Saturday: Wichita State 9, Texas A&M 6
Men’s Tennis (19-9, 7-5 in SEC play)
The NCAA Individual Championships began on May 23 at the USTA Campus in Orlando, and the Aggies had three representatives in the singles competition as well as a pairing in the doubles competition.
- No. 3 Hady Habib defeated Tulsa’s No. 50 Kody Pearson (6-2, 6-1)
- Habib will face North Carolina’s No. 35 William Blumberg in the second round on Monday at 9 a.m. CT.
- No. 5 Valentin Vacherot defeated Arizona’s No. 45 Gustaf Storm (2-6, 7-5, 6-3)
- Vacherot was down 5-1 in the second set before storming back to stay alive.
- Vacherot will face Southern California’s No. 52 Riley Smith in the second round on Monday at 9 a.m. CT.
- No. 30 Carlos Aguilar fell to Oklahoma State No. 37 Matej Vocel (3-6, 1-6)
The NCAA doubles draw opens on Monday.
- The eighth-ranked pairing of Aguilar and Bjorn Thompson faces No. 10 Daniel Cukierman and Riley Smith at 5:00 p.m. CT.
Women’s Tennis (21-8, 9-4 in SEC play)
The NCAA Individual Championships began on May 23 at the USTA Campus in Orlando, and the Aggies have one representative in the singles competition as well as a pairing in the doubles competition.
Makarova joins Jayci Goldsmith for NCAA doubles competition, beginning on Monday.
- A&M’s 20th-ranked pairing will face the No. 15 duo of Maya Tahan and Diana Khodan from Miami (FL) on Monday.
Track & Field
The Aggies will host the NCAA West Prelims at E.B. Cushing Stadium, beginning Wednesday, May 26. All four days will be streamed on the SEC Network+.
- Wednesday, May 26: Field events begin at 1:30 p.m. CT, running events begin at 6:00 p.m. CT.
- Thursday, May 27: Field events begin at 1:30 p.m. CT, running events begin at 6:00 p.m. CT.
- Friday, May 28: Field events begin at 1:00 p.m. CT, running events begin at 5:30 p.m. CT.
- Saturday, May 29: Field events begin at 1:00 p.m. CT, running events begin at 5:30 p.m. CT.