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17-05-2025
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Texas A&M run rules Red Flash in tournament opener
COLLEGE STATION, TX (WTAJ) — Top seeded Texas A&M proved their ranking Friday in the Aggies' regional opener against Saint Francis, no-hitting the Red Flash in a run-rule victory. It was a dreadful opener for Saint Francis, who rode plenty of momentum into the NCAA Tournament. It's the team's seventh trip to the regionals in eight seasons, but for this young team, the stage and lights shone too brightly. 'That is certainly not something that satisfies them how we played today,' said head coach Beth Krysiak. 'So the talk in the huddle was our season's not done. We had to fight to be in-season as long as humanly possible. And so all we got to do now is show the fight that we've had all season, throughout the chaos we've been put through. And so it's a little more chaos and a little more fight.' Saint Francis struggled for a good chunk of the 2025 campaign, only to catch fire down the stretch, winning 11 of its last 12 games, including the NEC championship, but no team on its schedule compares to the Aggies who shared the SEC title with Oklahoma en route to a 45-9 season. With the win, Texas A&M advances to play Liberty in a regional semifinal Saturday, while Saint Francis will face elimination against Marist. The game is Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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16-05-2025
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Late surge has Red Flash back in the NCAA Tournament
LORETTO (WTAJ) — Stop me if you've heard this story before: the Red Flash catch fire at the end of the season, winning 11 of their last 12, including an NEC Championship to secure their spot in the NCAA Tournament. That's the story of Saint Francis softball. It's a similar script that Saint Francis basketball used to end their 30-plus year tournament drought, only the Red Flash are no strangers to the NCAA Softball Tournament. Friday's matchup against Texas A&M will make it the seventh time in eight years that SFU is in it. The Red Flash got here with a 26-24 record, a sharp drop-off from the team's 41 wins last spring. Still, an NEC Championship run sends them to the College Station region with the overall top seed, Texas A&M. 'We started a lot of freshmen, a lot of sophomores, who sat on the bench last year. And so they just had to get the nerves out and they had to figure out what a Saint Francis softball look like for this group,' said second year head coach Beth Krysiak. Since 2017, Saint Francis has been a staple at the NCAA Tournament. Last year, a 1-0 win over Sienna in the Evanston Regional marked the team's second all-time postseason victory. It gave the team a lesson they carried into Friday's matchup. 'It's a big stage, but everyone messes up and I feel like everything that happened just kind of brought us closer together,' said junior outfielder Savannah Nash. 'I think that just not thinking of or thinking about what we're doing, and just putting (the game) that into perspective.' 'Being at the one seed is continuing to thrive in chaos for us. And we've done nothing but that this year,' said Krysiak. 'So continuing to thrive in that chaos, I believe that we can come out on the other side. We can definitely go take a game or two.' Saint Francis plays Texas A&M at 3:30 Friday on the SEC Network, proceeding a game between Marist and Liberty. The NCAA softball regionals are a two-loss elimination format. It runs Friday through Sunday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
