The Case Western Reserve University baseball team dropped a pair of close games on the opening day of University Athletic Association play, falling to 25th-ranked Washington University 7-5 in the first game, and dropping a 2-1 contest in the late affair at Nobby's Ballpark in Cleveland, Ohio on Friday.
The two losses ended a six-game winning streak for the Spartans and dropped the team to 12-8 overall, including a 0-2 mark in the UAA. Washington improved to 15-3-1 overall with the two wins, and took an early lead in the conference standings with a 2-0 league mark.