Oct. 17, 2009

Box Score

Waltham, MA -

The Adelphi University field hockey team traveled to Waltham, Massachusetts this afternoon to take on seventh-ranked Bentley University. With the score tied 1-1 at the half, the Falcons tallied two second half goals to go on for the 3-2 victory. The win improves the Falcons to 13-3 and 7-1 in the Northeast-10, while the Panthers fall to 10-6 and 5-2 in league play.

Bentley struck first and early, 1:26 into the contest, when Nicole Dion found the back of the net on a feed from Courtney Bartlett. With 19:17 remaining in the first half, Lindsay Williams set up Jeanette Heimerle for the sophomore's third goal in two games. The Falcons went into the half with an advantage in shots and penalty corners, 8-3 and 3-2, respectively.

The duo of Dion and Bartlett would strike early again, this time 2:49 into the second half for Dion's second goal of the game. Stephanie Sideris would then assist on Nicole Murphy's score, with 29:37 remaining in regulation, to give Bentley a comfortable two-goal lead. With less than 20 minutes to play, Crystal Gray would cut the deficit in half on a penalty stroke, but it wasn't enough as Bentley held on for the victory.

Alyssa Sliney set aside three shots en route to the victory, while Lucia Vigliotti recorded six saves in net for the Panthers.

The Panthers return to action tomorrow when they travel to North Andover, Massachusetts to take on #10 Merrimack College at 1:00 pm.