WALTHAM, Mass. – Junior Kellyn Riccitelli (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire) and freshman Alyssa Ritchie (North Andover, Mass./North Andover) both scored five goals and tallied an assist as Bentley College cruised to a 16-5 win over AIC Monday afternoon in Northeast-10 women's lacrosse action. It was the third consecutive win for the Falcons who moved above .500 to 6-5 overall and 5-4 in the NE-10, while AIC fell to 1-6 both overall and in league play.

Bentley took control of the game early scoring the first five goals of the contest, three by Riccitelli, in less than ten minutes of play. Eight minutes after the fifth Bentley goal, AIC would score its first of the afternoon on a strike by Lindsay Wolfe (Westfield, Mass.) with 13:01 to play in the first half. Bentley replied 40 seconds later on a goal by Riccitelli and freshman Kim Morris (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) scored minutes later to push Bentley out to a 7-1 lead.

AIC scored its second and final goal of the opening half through Caitlyn Mooney (Wilbraham, Mass.) with 3:03 showing on the clock, but Bentley would add a pair of goals, including the fifth of the half by Riccitelli, to take a seven goal lead into the break.

Ritchie netted her second goal of the game to open scoring in the second half and a goal by sophomore Liz Goddard (Acton, Mass./Acton-Boxboro) nine seconds after put Bentley up 11-2. Pam Gouger (Lyndonville, Mass.) scored the Yellow Jacket's third of the game six minutes later, but Bentley would then run off five straight goals, three by Ritchie, to take a 16-3 lead with 7:35 to play. The Yellow Jackets would score a pair of late goals to cut the final deficit to 11 as Bentley moved above .500 for the first time in the month of April.

Senior goaltender Lisa Cavallo (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton) played well making 13 saves, while her counterpart Megan Trystman (Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa) made 12 stops for AIC. The Bentley defense played very well all afternoon, forcing AIC into 24 turnovers, 15 of which were caused by Falcon players. Junior defender Liz Maloney (Wilbraham, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) led the way with three caused turnovers, while Ritchie, senior Val Yorston (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton) and sophomore Leslie Bullis (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth) each forced a pair of Yellow Jacket miscues.

Bentley returns to action on Saturday in Worcester as the Falcons take on Assumption at noon.

2006-04-17