After an extensive nonconference slate, Auburn softball hosted Texas A&M to open the ever daunting SEC schedule. The Tigers’ bats were hot, and they scored at least seven runs in each game for a sweep of the Aggies. After a 6–7 loss to start the series in Starkville against Mississippi State, the Tigers won the series in convincing fashion before entering a battle of top-20 teams against Georgia.
At stake was an 18-game home winning streak for the Tigers as well as an eight-game winning streak against the Bulldogs going back to 2014. They had to face the Dawgs without ace pitcher Makayla Martin, who has a broken hand.