GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Evan Vulgamore went 2-for-5, homered, and drove in three runs to lead Quinnipiac past Furman, 8-2, in baseball action Wednesday evening at Latham Stadium.

The win improves the Bobcats to 2-11 on the season while the Paladins fall to 8-9 with the loss.

Vulgamore gave Quinnipiac a 2-0 lead in the first inning when the took a offering by Furman starting pitcher Matthew Marchal (2-2) over the left field fence.

The Bobcats made it 4-0 in the second, taking advantage of three Furman errors.

The early run support backed up solid pitching by Quinnipiac, which got five innings out of starter Arthur Correria, who entered the game with a 13.00 ERA.  The junior right-hander surrendered only two hits and an unearned run while walking two and posting a pair of strikeouts.

He gave way to Nick Paasch in the sixth, who worked two perfect innings with three strikeouts. Robert Lewis finished the contest, recording five strikeouts over the final two frames.  He surrendered a solo home run to Blake Brady in the ninth, only the third hit by the Paladins in the game.

Marchal was tagged for five runs, four earned, on six hits over three innings.

His replacement, freshman right-hander Gavin Scott, was the lone bright spot for the Paladins, working six innings and allowing five hits, three runs, only one of which was earned, while fanning five.

Furman opens a three-game weekend series against the College of Charleston on Friday, with first pitch set for 4:00 p.m.