Ole Miss softball returns to SEC action after a nearly two-week, conference break, welcoming No. 13 Texas A&M Aggies to town for a three-game series beginning Friday. The Rebels (26-15, 2-10 SEC) host the Aggies (27-12, 8-4 SEC) beginning on Friday at 6 p.m. CT. Game two is set for Saturday at 2 p.m. CT and the finale is set for 1 p.m. CT on Sunday. All three games will be streamed via SEC Network Plus.
WHAT’S ON THE LINE
It is a chance for Ole Miss to prove that the series road win at Tennessee was no fluke and that this team has gelled and is coming together. Ole Miss owns the nation’s No. 1 toughest schedule and an impressive No. 19 RPI in America. A second series win over a ranked SEC opponent would be big.
Persy Llamas
LEADING OFF
- Ole Miss is set for a key SEC series, welcoming No. 13 Texas A&M to town for three games.
- Junior Cassie Reasner is red hot and on the heels of a historic performance in which she tallied two home runs and an Ole Miss single game record seven RBI in a win at Memphis. Reasner followed it up with another home run the next day at Central Arkansas and has three multi-hit games in a row for the first time in her career.
- Freshman Madi George has been the breakout star of the season thus far, hitting .377 with a team-high 11 home runs, 34 RBI and 21 walks. Her 11 home runs moved her into the single-season top-10 at Ole Miss in home runs.
- Sophomore Persy Llamas remains hot as well, hitting .406 through 41 games with five home runs and 30 RBI. Llamas leads the team with 54 hits and seven doubles.
- Llamas is now 9-for-15 (.600) over the last four games, and .524 (11-for-21) over her last six games.
- The Rebels have hit 50 home runs in 2026, averaging 1.22 home runs per game. The Rebels set a program record last season with 67 home runs in 63 games (1.06 per game).
- Defense has become paramount for the Rebels, who are 16-3 when they don’t make an error, versus 10-12 when making one or more errors.
RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
The Rebels returns to its grueling SEC schedule this weekend with three games against No. 13 Texas A&M. The Rebels own the third-most difficult schedule in nation, trailing only Nebraska and Arkansas.
Ole Miss has two non-conference midweeks remaining as SEC play gets into full gear, with both games generating added importance in the face of at least three more series against top-25 teams in SEC play.
The Rebels have already filled the schedule with road opportunities, going 13-5 outside of Oxford in non-conference play. The Rebels have nine games remaining against the current RPI top-25, with Texas A&M, LSU and Mississippi State highlighting the group.
SCOUTING TEXAS A&M
The Texas A&M Aggies bring another explosive offense to the table in 2026, as head coach Trisha Ford leads the 27-12 Aggies into a key SEC series at 8-4 in conference play.
The Aggies offense is balanced, with two primary power hitters in junior Mya Perez and senior and Oklahoma State transfer Micaela Wark. Perez leads the way with a .455 batting average, 14 home runs and 42 RBI, while Wark is hitting .361 with 16 home runs and 53 RBI. Seniors Kennedy Powell (.423 batting average, 17 stolen bases) and Tallen Edwards (.370 batting average, 28 RBI) are other key pieces of the Aggies lineup.
Junior Sidne Peters and sophomore Sydney Lessentine lead the Aggies rotation, with the former going 10-4 with a 2.57 ERA (76.1 IP) and 90 strikeouts, while the latter is 11-3 with a 2.90 ERA (94.0 IP) and 79 strikeouts. However, SEC play has been trickier for the staff, who hold a 4.03 ERA as a unit in conference play and been susceptible to the long ball, allowing 17 in 12 games and 39 overall, good for the second highest total in the SEC.
The Aggies have stacked up big wins in recent days, taking two of three games from then No. 11 Georgia and a game at then No. 1 Texas. The Aggies have played the majority of its games from the friendly confines of College Station, with only seven true road games this season, going 3-4 overall.
- SEC SOFTBALL STANDINGS
| conf | cpct | overall | opct | home | road | neutral | strk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Oklahoma | 11-1 | 0.917 | 38-3 | 0.927 | 18-0 | 12-2 | 8-1 | W5 |
 Alabama | 9-3 | 0.750 | 36-3 | 0.923 | 22-2 | 9-1 | 5-0 | W3 |
 Texas | 9-3 | 0.750 | 32-4 | 0.889 | 17-1 | 9-2 | 6-1 | L2 |
 Florida | 11-4 | 0.733 | 37-5 | 0.881 | 21-2 | 8-2 | 8-1 | W2 |
 Arkansas | 8-4 | 0.667 | 33-5 | 0.868 | 22-2 | 5-2 | 6-1 | W4 |
 Texas A&M | 8-4 | 0.667 | 27-12 | 0.692 | 17-3 | 3-4 | 7-5 | W2 |
 Tennessee | 9-6 | 0.600 | 34-6 | 0.850 | 15-3 | 5-3 | 14-0 | W3 |
 Georgia | 7-5 | 0.583 | 29-10 | 0.744 | 19-5 | 5-4 | 5-1 | W1 |
 Mississippi State | 5-7 | 0.417 | 33-9 | 0.786 | 17-4 | 8-5 | 8-0 | L1 |
 Missouri | 5-7 | 0.417 | 21-20 | 0.512 | 9-6 | 7-6 | 5-8 | W1 |
 LSU | 6-9 | 0.400 | 26-13 | 0.667 | 19-4 | 6-5 | 1-4 | W1 |
 South Carolina | 3-9 | 0.250 | 23-17 | 0.575 | 17-10 | 4-4 | 2-3 | L1 |
 Ole Miss | 2-10 | 0.167 | 26-15 | 0.634 | 11-6 | 7-6 | 8-3 | W3 |
 Auburn | 2-10 | 0.167 | 23-16 | 0.590 | 14-6 | 1-7 | 8-3 | L6 |
 Kentucky | 1-14 | 0.067 | 24-19 | 0.558 | 9-7 | 7-10 | 8-2 | W2 |