Texas A&M softball HC Trisha Ford previews the Texas series
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Texas A&M softball is gearing up for its biggest regular‑season test of the year as the Aggies head to Austin for a three‑game showdown with the No. 1 Texas Longhorns.
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The rivalry needs no introduction, but last season’s lone meeting added fresh fuel. A&M run‑ruled Texas 14–2 on the way to a share of the SEC Championship, only for the Longhorns to get the last word by winning the national title. Meanwhile, the Aggies, who entered the postseason as a top regional seed, failed to advance out of their own bracket.
This year’s group has taken time to settle in. With several players in new positions and a roster full of sophomores and transfers, head coach Trisha Ford expected early growing pains.
"We talked about it prior to this year starting of just how I thought that it was going to take us some time to kind of figure things out. A for me from a coaching standpoint, like who needs to be in the lineup? What does that look like and how do we have to mix that up? And then, you know, we just have a lot of sophomores in our lineup and we have a lot of either sophomores or transfers, so they're like new, and so it just it it's taken some time"
Even so, the Aggies have found their footing. Through two SEC series, they sit at 5–1. But Texas is a different challenge entirely. This marks the first conference series between the two programs since the Longhorns joined the SEC, and the rivalry remains one of the most heated in college athletics.
Ford embraces the energy.
"This series obviously we know like it brings a lot of spice and, you know, I like spice."
A&M played a fall exhibition in Austin to give newcomers a taste of the environment, something Ford believes will pay off this weekend.
"I think it's a great series that, has traditionally gone back and forth and, we played in Austin this fall. I wanted our newbies, our young ones to, kind of get a feel of what it's like. They do a great job there of making it a hostile environment, but that's what college athletics is about."
Below is the full interview with Softball America and Trisha Ford.
Texas A&M will head to Austin to face the No. 1 Texas Longhorns in a three-game series starting on Friday, March 27, at 6:00 p.m. CST. The game can be viewed on SEC Network+ and the ESPN App.
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