FORT MYERS, Fla. - Gaetano Florio's first home run of the year provided the only scoring for the University of Dubuque baseball team as they fall to St. Lawrence University, 13-1, in their first of nine Spring Break games.

Florio's four-bagger tied it up at 1 after the third inning in a pitcher's dual up. The St. Lawrence (1-0) quickly erupted for 10 runs over innings five through seven to put away the Spartans (3-1). UD piled on 11 hits, but couldn't string a scoring run together as their three-game winning streak to start the season was interrupted.

St. Lawrence totaled 16 hits in their first game of the season.

Florio, Dalton Garst, and Daniel Casanova all finished wih two hits as Garst collected one of UD's two doubles. 

Josh Eastman took the loss for the Spartans after surrendering six earned runs on seven hits and notching three strikeouts.

The Spartans continue their Spring Break trip with a double-header on Sunday, March 15 against UM-Morris and McDaniel College at 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., respectively.