In a game interrupted by a pair of weather delays, the third-seeded Case Western Reserve University Spartans fell to 18th-ranked and fourth-seeded Whitworth University Pirates 8-5 in their opening game of the 2016 NCAA Division III West Regional Championships at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Washington.
Despite trailing by as many as seven runs in the game, the Spartans were in the contest until the end, scoring four unanswered runs in the final three innings to close the gap to three. Case Western Reserve out-hit Whitworth 14-11 during the game.
The setback puts the Spartans one loss away from elimination, as the team dropped to 26-14 overall for the season.