Case Western Reserve University senior guard/forward Emily Plachta and junior forward Maura Schorr each recorded a double-double, but it was not enough for the Spartans, who suffered their first loss of the 2025-26 season, falling to Capital University 59-54 in overtime on Wednesday night in Columbus, Ohio.

The Spartans fell to 3-1 with the loss, while Capital improved to 3-0.

Stats and Standouts

• Plachta finished the game with 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. She added a pair of blocks and a steal in the game.

• Schorr finished the game with 10 points and 10 rebounds, both season-high marks. She shot five-of-11 from the floor and added a pair of steals.

• Junior guard Mya Hartjes finished the game with team-highs in both points (15) and assists (3), while adding eight rebounds and a steal in a well-rounded effort. She shot six-of-19 from the floor in the game.

• Wednesday's contest remained close most of the way despite a tough night from the floor for the Spartans, who shot 28.6% (22-77) overall and 8.0% (2-25) from long range. The Comets finished the game shooting 35.4% (23-65) overall and 24.0% (6-25) from behind the three-point line.

• CWRU held advantages in points off turnovers (12-7), points in the paint (34-28), second-chance points (10-7), fast break points (11-0), and bench points (6-0). The Spartans also forced 20 Capital turnovers (including 11 steals) while committing just 14 and outrebounded the Comets 51-50, including a 21-16 edge in offensive rebounds.

• The Spartans could not overcome a monster effort from Capital forward Samaree Perkins, who finished the game with 23 points and 19 rebounds.

First Period

• The score remained within a possession for the entire first quarter.

• Down 8-6 with three minutes left in the frame, baskets by Schorr and senior guard Maya Roberts put the Spartans ahead 10-8 with under a minute remaining in the period.

• Capital would tie the game at 10-10 by the end of the period.

Second Period

• The Spartans found themselves behind 15-12 early in the period before a 6-0 run over the next 5:36, capped off by a jumper from Schorr, put CWRU ahead 18-15 with 4:06 to play in the half. 

• Capital regained the lead with five-straight points, but a layup by Schorr with 1:48 on the clock evened the score again, and the game remained tied 20-20 going into halftime.

• Schorr made three of the team's four baskets during the period and scored six of the team's 10 points during the frame.

Third Period

• The game remained within a possession until midway through the third when a layup from Plachta and a three by Hartjes off a block from junior forward Biz Watson on the other end of the court gave CWRU its largest lead of the game, 34-28, with 4:35 left in the third.

• However, CWRU would not score again during the period as Capital reeled off the final four points of the frame to pull back within two, 34-32, going into the final quarter.

• Plachta scored seven points in the period, with Hartjes adding five.

Fourth Period

• Capital scored the first points of the fourth to tie the game and went on to take a 44-40 lead with 4:48 left to play in regulation.

• Baskets from senior guard Emi Hutter-DeMarco and Schorr evened the score at 44 apiece with 3:28 to go in the game.

• The Spartans found themselves down a point with 1:54 to go, but Plachta evened the score at 45-45 with a free throw.

• Neither team would score for the remainder of regulation, sending the game into overtime.

Overtime

• After the Comets hit the first basket of overtime, Roberts connected on a three-pointer to put the Spartans ahead 48-47. However, Capital responded with five straight points to take a four-point lead.

• The Spartans would remain behind the rest of the game, despite pulling back within two points, 54-52, with 1:40 on the clock after a basket by junior guard Jordyn Call. 

• Capital secured the win with five unanswered points, and a layup by Hartjes with 11 seconds to go cut into the Comets' lead, but it would be too little, too late for the Spartans.

Spartan Notes

• Through the team's first four games of the season, the Spartans have not faced an opponent that has entered the contest with a loss to their record.

• CWRU fell to 3-2 all-time against Capital. It was the team's second-straight loss to the Comets.

• Plachta's double-double was the first of her career. The 12 rebounds marked the second-straight game she has surpassed her career-high for rebounds in a game.

• Schorr tallied her first double-double of the campaign and the fourth of her career.

• This was the second time this season that Hartjes has led the team in scoring. She has paced the team in assists in all four contests this year.

• Wednesday night's game was the Spartans' first overtime game since January 13, 2025, when the team suffered a 73-67 loss at Marietta in overtime.

Up Next

The Spartans will return home to face Thiel College (2-2) on Saturday at noon inside Horsburgh Gymnasium in Cleveland.