Whitworth stays alive at NCAA D-III baseball tourney

APPLETON, Wis. - It took nearly 24 hours to complete, but Whitworth's baseball team earned its first-ever victory at the NCAA Division III World Series with a 7-2 win over Christopher Newport on Sunday afternoon at Fox Cities Stadium.

The Pirates (31-15-1) play today at 8 a.m. PDT in another elimination game against SUNY-Cortland (40-8-1). The sixth-ranked Captains finished 34-10.

Whitworth led 4-2 in the middle of the fifth inning after the game was delayed from Saturday by rain for almost 21 hours. JR Jarrell's two-run double in the bottom of the eighth helped the Pirates pull away.