DUBUQUE, Iowa - Spartan starter Josh Eastman came out firing and stymied the Beaver bats with six strikeouts in a scoreless, first three innings. On the offensive side of the ball, CF Daniel Casanova and LF Trace Florekscored a pair of runs in the first and second inning, respectively, after utilizing a pair of Buena Vista (11-1, 1-0 Iowa Conference) errors to put the Spartans up 2-0 after three innings.

Buena Vista's bats woke up in the top of the fourth after four straight singles and later, a double, contributed to a four-run outbreak. UD responded with a pair of back-to-back doubles by C Will Doherty and 2B Will Fogel that eventually scored both to pull UD to a 4-4 tie. 

Three runs in the top of the sixth were too much as the Beavers pulled away for the 7-4 victory. 

Eastman (1-2) gave up seven hits and seven runs (five earned) in 5.1 innings of work while striking out a season-high eight batters. Fogel, Casanova, and DH Dalton Garst all finished with one RBI each for the Spartans.

Reigning IIAC Male Athlete of the Week, 1B Eric Gurbacki, paced the Beavers with two hits, one run, and three RBIs in the win. Beaver starter Justin Lange (4-0), named to D3baseball.com's National Team of the Week last week, earned the win after tossing 6.0 innings while giving up four runs (two earned) and six hits.