Texas A&M is headed to the SEC Tournament semifinals after Koko Wooley delivered a two-run, walkoff double in the bottom of the 7th inning against South Carolina, propelling the Aggies to a 3-2 victory. It’s the first SEC Tournament win in program history for the Aggies.
Freshman pitcher Sage Mardjetko had mostly cruised through the first six innings, holding Texas A&M to a single run. But things began to get away from her to start the 7th, and the Gamecocks turned to Alana Vawter, who managed to get one batter out before Wooley came to the plate.
“Well we just passed the bat and I believed in myself and trusted the process,” Wooley said to reporter Holly Rowe after the win. “I got out a couple of times before but I just knew I could do it.”
And despite facing Vawter, who starred at Stanford before transferring to the Gamecocks this year, Wooley was cool and collected in the box.
When she finally got a pitch to hit, she made no mistake on it.
“It looked down the middle to me, so I swung on it,” Wooley said.
With the win in the tournament, the Aggies will be back in action shortly. Due to weather delays, the quarterfinals were finished on Friday, and the semifinals will be played into the evening. Texas A&M is now slated to play Florida in the night cap after a few hours of rest.
“It means so much, we’ve never won a game in the SEC Tournament and we just did, so I’m so excited for us,” Wooley said.
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