WALTHAM, Mass. - Freshman Brad Tunis (Sudbury/Lincoln-Sudbury HS) scored two fourth-quarter goals, including the game-winner, to lead a Falcon comeback and help the Bentley men's lacrosse team capture a 10-9 win over Southern New Hampshire on Wednesday night in Northeast-10 Conference action. The win boosted the Falcons to 4-7 (3-5 NE-10), while the Penmen fell to 3-9 (3-5 NE-10).

Southern New Hampshire jumped out to an early lead en route to a 6-3 halftime lead. After sophomore Andy Curtis (Chelmsford/Chelmsford HS) put Bentley on the board first, senior Joe Young (Derry, N.H.) struck for the Penmen to even the score. That was a familiar story over the first half as Young netted four goals, including three unanswered tallies to open the second quarter and give Southern New Hampshire a 5-2 lead. The Falcons managed only one goal, coming from Curtis, in the second quarter before the Penmen took a three-goal lead at the break.

Bentley began chipping away at the lead in the third quarter. Freshman Wyatt Couture (South Hadley/Avon Old Farms) scored a man-up goal, but was quickly matched by a score from junior John Delanoy (Lansdale, Pa.). Junior defenseman Bill McGill (Westborough/Westborough HS) got the Falcons back within two with six minutes to go in the third.

Bentley swung the game in its direction with three goals over the first five minutes of the third. After senior Dalton Van Hatcher (Tigard, Ore./Oregon Episcopal School) scored 30 seconds into the period, Tunis scored to tie the game and freshman Stephen Moulton (Danvers/Danvers HS) gave the Falcons the lead. Senior Jimmy Mumford (Oshawa, Ontario) scored for the Penmen to tie the game at eight, but sophomore Josh Friedman (Old Bethpage, N.Y./Plainview JFK HS) struck for Bentley 32 seconds later to put the Falcons on top for good. Tunis scored the eventual game-winner with 5:17 on the clock to complete the comeback and finish with a team-high four points. Delanoy added a goal to bring Southern New Hampshire back within one with 3:24 to play, but that was all the Penmen offense could muster.

The Falcons wrap up the regular season on Saturday when they travel to Syracuse, N.Y., to take on No. 3 Le Moyne at 1:00 p.m.

2007-04-26