Waltham, Mass. (October 14) -- Bentley struck twice in the first half as the Falcons defeated Saint Anselm by a 2-1 final on Tuesday afternoon in Northeast-10 men's soccer action.

Harris Smriko scored just 5:57 into the game, his seventh goal of the year, for the early 1-0  lead. That lead was added to at the 27:28 mark as Jared Joaquin notched his fifth goal of the season. Eric Heuze assisted on both scores.

Joshua Rocco (North Reading, Mass.) scored his second goal of the year at 52:07 to get the Hawks on the board. Assisting was Justin Labonte (Pembroke, Mass.) and Sam Lamptey (Worcester, Mass.), this week's NE-10 Player of the Week.

John Corridan (Holliston, Mass.) made four saves in the loss, while Michael Nikiforov turned aside two shots for the win. Saint Anselm is back in action on Saturday, October 18th as the team travels to Le Moyne for a Noon start in Syracuse, N.Y.