Women's College World Series: Liberty softball stuns No. 1 Texas A&M for historic upset

Liberty softball made history on Sunday night in College Station.

The Flames knocked off Texas A&M 6-5 in their regional matchup on Sunday, which sent them into the Super Regionals for the first time in program history. That also left the Aggies, who were the top seed in the region and the betting favorite to win the Women’s College World Series, on the wrong side of a historic upset.

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They are now the first No. 1 seed in history to ever fail to make it out of the regionals round since the current format started two decades ago.

The Aggies held a 3-1 lead entering the sixth inning of the winner-take-all game on Sunday afternoon, though that’s when the Flames erupted. Savannah Jessee hit a two-run homer to left field to tie the game up early in the inning, and then Rachel Roupe followed suit with a three-run shot of her own. That suddenly put LIberty up 6-3.

While the Aggies added two runs at the bottom of the inning, Liberty held on and took the one-run win after closing out the final inning.

Texas A&M had to beat Liberty twice on Sunday to make it out of the regional, as it had already fallen to the Flames on Saturday. That sent the Aggies to the elimination bracket, where they beat Marist to set up Sunday’s pair of games. The Aggies then took the first game 14-11 in extra innings.

Liberty will now take on either Stanford or Oregon next in the Super Regionals. If they win there, the Flames will earn a trip to the Women’s College World Series — which starts on May 29 in Oklahoma City.