Freshman infielder Matt O'Leary was 4-5 at the plate with a run scored and five runs batted in to lead the Beloit College baseball team to an 8-5 win over Rochester Institute of Technology Monday evening in Auburndale, Florida. 

The Buccaneer offense opened the scoring in the top of the first getting things going with two outs. James Wicker started it off with a single to center field followed by a Mitch Campbell single to right field to put Bucs on the corners. Garrison Ferone notched the first RBI of the game with a double to right field and then O'Leary put the finishing touches on the inning with a two-RBI single to center to give Beloit a 3-0 lead after the first half inning. 

The Bucs added a single run in the top of the fourth on the squeeze play. Wicker executed the bunt with Matt Crandall bolting in from third to go up 4-0. 

Beloit's defense held RIT off the board until the bottom of the fourth when three hits led to a single run in the inning. 

The Bucs and RIT traded single runs in each half of the fifth to bring the score to 5-2. Beloit extended the gap in the top of the eighth as O'Leary plated three on a triple down the right field line. Nick Schmidt and Ferone were on via hit-by-pitch and Wicker had singled before O'Leary cleared the bases to make it 8-2.

RIT came back with three runs over the next two innings but Beloit held on for the win to improve to 3-1 this season. 

The Bucs belted 14 hits in the contest with Fereone and Wicker tallying three apiece in addition to O'Leary's team-leading four. 

On the mound, Jacob Sligar captured the win in an efficient six-inning outing. Sligar scattered eight hits while fanning three, walking one and allowing just one earned run. Zachary Miller and Kaiya Nishino made appearances in relief. 

The Bucs will take on Illinois Wesleyan in their fourth day of competition in the RussMatt Invitational. First pitch is scheduled for 9 a.m. ET.