The University of Delaware baseball team came up short in its first NCAA tournament appearance in 16 years.
The Blue Hens fell to Texas Tech 5-2 in its opening contest in the regional round.
UD hung with the Red Raiders, ranked as high as fifth nationally, most of the way. The trailed just 3-2 in the 8th inning before Texas Tech’s Orlando Garcia hit a two run homer to put the game away.
Blue Hen starting pitcher Ron Marinaccio did his part to keep Delaware in the contest. He allowed just 3 runs on 4 hits in 6 and a third innings.
The game was delayed for an hour and 42 minutes in the second inning due to a thunderstorm.
The loss drops the Hens into an elimination game at 3 pm Saturday against Arizona, which lost its opening contest to Sam Houston State 5-4 Friday.
