WALTHAM, Mass. – Bentley earned a 2-1 victory over visiting Pace on Wednesday afternoon for three crucial points in the Northeast-10 standings. Amanda Andriano (Fort Salonga, N.Y./St. Anthony's) and Brooke Jones (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) scored the goals and goalkeeper Claire Ewen (Arlington, Mass./Arlington) made several big saves.

Bentley took a 1-0 lead in the 20^th minute on Andriano's first goal of the season in the 20^th minute.

McKenzie Sullivan (Suffield, Conn./Suffield) stared with the ball on the left, just outside of the penalty area and she fed a pass to Gabby Vachon (Pocasset, Mass./Austin Prep) in the middle of the field. Vachon then found Andriano on the right, about 22 yards from goal. Andriano got off a low shot that beat the Pace keeper to the far post for a 1-0 Bentley lead.

Pace though equalized in the 26^th minute on a goal by Allison Carr. Ava Viebrock sent a cross in from about 30 yards, into the six yard box that Carr got to first and headed into the top of the net to tie the match 1-1.

The Falcons though took the lead back in the 64^th minute on Jones' 3^rd goal of the year, on a penalty kick. Bentley had possession near the penalty area and Sullivan first fired a shot that was blocked. The ball pinballed around and found its way back to Sullivan, who had another crack from about 15 yards that hit the hand of a Pace defender for a hand ball call and a penalty kick.

Jones was selected to take the kick and she scored with a low shot to the right-hand corner to give Bentley a 2-1 lead.

The Bentley defense then came up with several big stops to preserve the lead. Ewen tipped a shot by Carr over the crossbar in the 77^th minute and just a minute later Vachon made a key block on a shot by Viebrock from close range.

In the 86^th minute Ewen made one final big stop, as she denied Viebrock on the near post from close range.

The Falcons improved to 5-5-3 overall and 3-4-1 NE10 with the victory. Their next match is on Saturday at Le Moyne.