Softball Hosts Texas A&M to Close Non-Conference Schedule

HOUSTON – The University of Houston softball team wraps up its non-conference slate with a midweek tilt against Texas A&M on Wednesday at Cougar Softball Stadium.

The game, which is also Houston's Strike Out Breast Cancer night, is scheduled for a 6 p.m. first pitch on ESPN+.

#25/#23 Texas A&M
Teams				Houston vs. Texas A&M
Dates				May 3 at 6 p.m.
Location				Houston, Texas \| Cougar Softball Stadium
Live Stream				ESPN+
Live Stats				U HStats.com
Game Notes				Houston
Social Media				@uhcougarsb \| @uhccougarsb \| Cougar Softball \| #GoCoogs

HEAD COACH KRISTIN VESELYOverall record: 185-160-1 (7th season)
At Houston: same

SERIES VS. TEXAS A&MOverall record: 22-10, Texas A&M
Under Vesely: 5-3, Houston
Streak: Texas A&M, 1

THE RUNDOWN

Houston is 10-22 all-time against Texas A&M. Under Vesely, the Cougars are 5-3 against the Aggies.
Houston swept a doubleheader against Texas A&M almost exactly a year ago, including a walk-off win courtesy of an RBI double from Emma Robertson.
The Cougars dropped a midweek contest to the Aggies earlier this season.

FIRST PITCH

Kenna Wilkey ranks near the top nationally in multiple stat categories, sitting at 20th in innings pitched (172.2) and 38th in strikeouts (159), both of which also lead the conference. Bree Cantu sits at 44th nationally in sacrifice flies with four.
With the win over Wichita State on April 16, head coach Kristin Vesely extended her streak and has defeated a top-25 opponent in each of her seven years at the helm of the Cougars.
Cantu leads the AAC in batting average in conference games, hitting .489 nearing the end of the season. She also leads the conference in on-base percentage (.545), and doubles (8). Among pitchers, Wilkey paces the league in strikeouts (68), innings pitched (71.1).
Kati Ray Brown is the only AAC catcher to have picked off the only runner in conference play this season and sits at fifth in the conference in league play having caught three runners stealing.
Houston sits tied for fourth in The American after three weeks of conference play entering the last week of regular season play and is one of two teams to have taken a game from leader Wichita State.
Among active Division I players, Wilkey has the 19th most appearances (141), 36th most wins (56), the 23rd most innings pitched (624.1) and the 33rd most strikeouts (545).
The Cougars boast one of the tougher nonconference schedules in the nation. Houston's nonconference slate was ranked as the 33rd toughest, with Texas A&M remaining on its nonconference slate.
The Cougars are playing their last season in The American prior to joining the Big 12 Conference next season.

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