WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Senior Ana Tantum (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull HS) and Alyssa Valente (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan HS) scored late in the 2^nd half to lift the Bentley University women's soccer team to a 2-0 victory at New Haven on Saturday afternoon. The win extended the Falcons' unbeaten start to the season to seven matches.

The teams were locked in a tight 0-0 match until Tantum scored the breakthrough goal in the 76^th minute, her 6^th goal of the year, followed by Valente adding an insurance goal in the 80^th minute, to give Bentley a 2-0 lead.

The Falcons are now 5-0-2 on the season, and 2-0-2 in Northeast-10 matches, which gives them eight points.

The Chargers had the pressure on in the first half with five shots on goal. However junior goalie Deirdre Macrorie (Winchester, Mass./Winchester HS) was equal to the task and stopped each one, and the match went into halftime 0-0. Macrorie ended the day with six saves, and earned her fifth win of the season.

Into the 2^nd half and as the match entered its later stages, Tantum scored the breakthrough goal. She dribbled to the end line and beat the UNH keeper to the near post for the goal to give Bentley a 1-0 lead.

Just over four minutes later, Tantum was involved again. Her pass teed up Valente, whose shot from just inside the penalty area nestled into the top corner to double Bentley's lead at 2-0 in the 80^th minute. The goal was Valente's 5^th of the season, and Tantum's 4^th assist.

With her goal, Tantum moved into 5^th place for career goals (24) in the program's history, and into a tie for 5^th in points (59).

The Falcons will look to keep their unbeaten start to the season going on Wednesday night when they visit Southern New Hampshire.