ALBANY, N.Y. – #13 ranked Bentley outscored Saint Rose 8-1 in the 4^th quarter on its way to a 14-9 victory in the regular season finale on Tuesday afternoon.

The Falcons have now won five straight games and clinched the 4^th seed in the NE10 playoffs. They will host the 5^th seed Saint Michael's on Saturday at 7:00 PM in the first round.

Bentley trailed by as much as 8-4 past the midpoint of the 3^rd quarter after a 4-0 run by the Golden Knights. But goals by Nick Harvath at 2:48 and Devin Smith with five seconds remaining pulled the Falcons to within 8-6 heading into the final quarter.

Saint Rose responded and scored just nine seconds into the 4^th quarter but that was their final goal of the afternoon.

Bentley's rally started with a man-up goal by Eddie Gigliotti at the 12:57 mark, and just 33 seconds later Harvath scored to make it a one goal game.

Will Adams then scored at 9:29 to tie the game 9-9, with Jake Tyska on the assist.

Harvath's fourth goal of the day at 5:35 gave the Falcons a 10-9 lead. They padded the lead with four goals over the final 3:07, courtesy of Smith, Conor Segreti, Adams and Jayce Lambert.

Gigliotti and Harvath both had a game-high four points.

Cam Bartolomeo helped the Falcons control possession by going 14-24 in the faceoff circle with six ground balls. Kyle Piersiak had a game-high seven ground balls, along with two caused turnovers. Tyska had a game-high three caused turnovers.