AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Will Peiffer used his arm and bat to deliver the Ursinus College baseball team a 6-1 victory over Beloit in the first of two Saturday contests for the Bears, who later fell by the same score to Illinois Wesleyan to settle for a split with their first spring break setback.

Peiffer was dominant in his second start of the year, allowing only an unearned run across seven sparkling innings. He struck out seven and took a shutout into the sixth inning, when an error paved the way for the Buccaneers to score their only run.

The Bears (4-2) jumped on top quickly as Dom Fiorentino smacked a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first. Peiffer then doubled and scored on Jerry Scavone's RBI single.

Peiffer's rare two-run sacrifice fly in the second doubled the advantage, and neither side dented the scoreboard until Beloit scored in the sixth. Ursinus had its answer ready, scoring twice more as Eric Gross rapped an RBI double and ultimately scored on an error for the game's final run.

After Peiffer (1-0) finished, Jon Moldoff struck out three over two scoreless innings.

Scavone finished 3-for-4 at the dish, while Fiorentino was 2-for-3.

Ursinus got off to another auspicious start in the nightcap against the Titans, scoring in the first inning on Gross' infield single. The hit succeeded back-to-back knocks by Connor Barrett and Solomon Griffith, who loaded the bags with a bunt single.

Illinois Wesleyan took the lead for good with a two-run homer in the second, and the Bears did not score again.

Moldoff (2-for-3, run) and Griffith (2-for-4) each had multiple hits for Ursinus, which managed nine for the game but left 11 men stranded.

Ryan Schwab worked five innings in his first career start, allowing five runs on seven hits with three strikeouts. Casey Fitzsimmons conceded just a run and two hits over the final three frames.

The Bears return to action on Monday with a doubleheader against Mount Union.