NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Freshman Stephanie Helin (Manchester, Conn./East Catholic HS) scored a goal and provided an assist to help the Bentley women's soccer team to a 2-0 win over Merrimack Wednesday night. Goalkeeper Deirdre Macrorie (Winchester/Winchester HS) made 10 saves in the victory.

Helin first scored in the 48^th minute to put Bentley up 1-0, then assisted on senior Ana Tantum's (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull HS) 9^th goal of the season in the 76^th minute.

Macrorie meanwhile was stellar and stopped all 10 shots on goal she faced, with five in each half. The teams each took 23 shots, but Bentley had an 8-3 edge in corner kicks.

Helin's goal started after Tantum chased down a ball and fed to Meagan Iris (Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills) up top. Iris then fed a diagonal ball to Alyssa Valente (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) that she chased down on the far post. Valente then fed a cross into the penalty area, that Helin ran onto. The assist was Valente's 7^th of the year.

For the second goal, Helin chipped a pass to Tantum that she beat her defender to. Tantum then fired off a shot that went off the goalkeepers' hands for the goal.

Macrorie meanwhile helped keep the clean sheet, and her 10 saves are a season high. She earned her 7^th win of the season.

Bentley is now 4-3-2 in NE-10 matches for 14 points. The will be back in action on Saturday at Saint Rose.