Manchester, N.H. (September 30) -- On a blustery Wednesday afternoon, the Saint Anselm field hockey team dropped a 5-1 home decision to No. 8 ranked Bentley University in Northeast-10 Conference play.

The Falcons came out firing in the first half as Hawk goalie Linsday MacDonald (Dedham, Mass.) had to make 11 saves in the period. Bentley did find the net twice though as Abbie DeMusis (Guilford, Conn.) and Allison St. Jean (Lebanon, Maine) each scored unassisted goals for a 2-0 halftime edge.

In the second half, the Falcons built the lead to 3-0 on Courtney Bartlett's (Brunswick, Maine) seventh goal of the season. Saint Anselm answered 1:28 later as senior Maddie Cantarow (Norwood, Mass.) scored her team-best third goal of the year to make it a 3-1 game. That goal was assisted on by sophomore Caitlin Hurley (Cape Elizabeth, Maine).

Bentley added a pair of goals later in the period though as Beth Maguire (Medfield, Mass.) scored her first career goal and Stephanie Sideris (Watertown, Mass.) added her seventh of the season for the 5-1 final.

MacDonald finished with 11 saves, while Bentley netminder Alyssa Sliney (Brewster, Mass.) made two saves for her eighth win of the season.

With the loss, the Hawks are now 1-10 overall and 0-4 in the Northeast-10, while the Falcons improve to 8-3 overall and are 3-1 in the league. Saint Anselm is back in action on Saturday, October 3rd as the Hawks travel to Saint Michael's for a Northeast-10 game beginning at 3 p.m.