WALTHAM, Mass. – Four players scored two goals, including junior Addi Van Hatcher (Tigard, Ore./Oregon Episcopal) who added three assists for a game-high five points, as No. 7 Bentley University closed out the regular season with a 12-6 win over Pace on Saturday afternoon in Northeast-10 men's lacrosse.

Bentley finishes the regular season with an overall record of 8-3 and 7-2 in the NE-10. The Falcons will be the third-seed in the playoffs and will host a quarterfinals game on Tuesday, April 28.

Pace actually out-shot Bentley 40-39, but senior goalie Kris Dambach (Chester, N.J./West Morris Central) was on the top of his game for the second straight outing as he made 18 saves. 15 were in the second half and nine came in the fourth quarter.

Juniors Stephen Moulton (Danvers, Mass./Danvers) and Wyatt Couture (South Hadley, Mass./Avon Old Farms) and sophomore Steve Murray (Billerica, Mass./Billerica) were the other three Falcons to score two goals.

Moulton scored the first two goals of the game, allowing Bentley to take a two-goal lead at the 10:43 mark. T.J. Urban got one back for Pace at the 9:16 mark.

The Falcons then scored the final three goals of the quarter. Couture and Murray scored less than a minute apart, and senior Andrew Smulligan (Lowell, Mass./Lowell) scored with just nine seconds left in the quarter to give Bentley a 5-1 lead.

Pace scored the first two goals of the second quarter, but that two-goal deficit was its smallest the rest of the way. Murray scored his second goal at the 3:09 mark, then Van Hatcher found the back of the net for the first time just 53 seconds before halftime, giving Bentley an 8-3 lead at the break.

The Falcons blanked Pace in the third quarter to put the game away. Van Hatcher, Couture and senior Andy Curtis (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) scored the goals as Bentley led 10-3 heading into the fourth quarter.

Senior defenseman Doug Logan (Beaverton, Ore./ Oregon Episcopal) had a team-high two caused turnovers.

2009-04-25