Waltham, Mass. (April 8) -- After leading 6-5 at halftime, the Saint Anselm men's lacrosse couldn't hold off No. 7 Bentley as the Falcons rallied for a 15-10 victory over the Hawks in Northeast-10 play on Wednesday night.

Bentley jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the opening quarter before Chris Murphy (Winchester, Mass.) and Ryan McDonald (Bow, N.H.) scored twice in 33 seconds to cut the deficit to 3-2. After the Falcons pushed the lead back to 4-2, the Hawks tallied four unanswered goals, including three by Murphy, to seize a 6-4 lead with 8:10 left in the second quarter.

After the 6-5 halftime score, the Falcons tied the game with a man-up goals with 10:27 left in the third. Justin Hall (Sudbury, Mass.) answered for Saint Anselm though as the Hawks regained the lead at 7-6 midway through the quarter. The hosts took control from that point though, scoring nine of the game's next 10 goals to make it a 15-8 margin with 4:09 left in the fourth quarter. Murphy and Jeff Dunkle (Exeter, N.H.) rounded out the scoring in the 15-10 setback.

Murphy led the Hawks with five goals, while Dunkle added two. Matt O'Connell (Charlestown, Mass.), the NE-10 leader in assists per game, has a pair of assists in the loss. Dan Flynn (Wakefield, Mass.) made 14 saves in the loss.

Brad Tunis had five goals for the Falcons, while Kevin Gould had three goals and four assists. Kris Dambach made 12 saves for the win.

Saint Anselm drops to 4-4 overall and 2-2 in the Northeast-10, while Bentley improves to 5-2 overall and 4-1 in the league. The Hawks are back in action on Saturday, April 11th when the team travels to Pace for a Northeast-10 contest beginning at 1 p.m.