1 Matt Dente
Matt Dente
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Weight:
    150
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Reading, Mass.
  • High School:
    Reading
  • Position:
    A
  • gp
    13
  • p
    27
  • g
    21
  • a
    6

Bio

2014: Named to Northeast-10 All-Academic team … scored five goals and added one assist for six points … played in all 15 games … had two goals in win over Assumption April 12 … had one goal each in wins over Saint Michael’s April 1 and Saint Rose April 5, and at So. New Hampshire April 16.

2013: Tied for fourth on team in points (11) with six goals and five assists … started all 12 games at attack … had one goal and two assists in season-opener against New York Tech … scored the game-winning goal in 2OT to beat Saint Rose 8-7 April 6 … had one goal and two assists in win over So. New Hampshire April 20.

2012: Scored three goals and added two assists for five points … made collegiate debut against Pace March 24 … scored first career goal at Saint Michael’s March 27 … also scored against Assumption April 10 and at Adelphi in Northeast-10 first round May 1 … had two assists against Merrimack at Gillette Stadium in the New England Lacrosse Classic April 21 … played in 10 games and started at AIC April 25.

Before Bentley: 2011 graduate of Reading Memorial High School … named a Middlesex League All-Star in 2010 and 2011 … played in the North-South All-Star game … team captain as a senior.

Personal: Majoring in corporate finance and accounting … age as of March 1: 21 … son of Mike and Patty … brothers, Mark (19) and Mike (17).

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 4 American International W, 16-3
Apr 7 Southern N.H. W, 11-7
Apr 11 St. Michael's W, 8-5
Apr 15 at Merrimack L, 13-5
Apr 18 at Le Moyne L, 18-8
Apr 25 at Pace L, 8-6
  Overall Conf
Games 13 11
Points 27 24
Goals 21 18
Assists 6 6
Man-up goals 3 3
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 16 14
Turnovers 11 7
Caused turnovers 1 1
Faceoffs 0-0 0-0
Faceoff percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots 63 58
Shooting percentage 33.3 31.0
Shots on goal 43 39
Shots on goal percentage 68.3 67.2
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Mar 1 at New York Tech L, 18-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 11 at Dist. Columbia W, 17-3 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0-0 5 60.0 4 80.0
Mar 13 at Franklin Pierce L, 9-7 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 2 50.0 2 100.0
Mar 21 Saint Rose W, 8-7 3 2 5 2 0 3 2 1 0-0 8 37.5 6 75.0
Mar 24 Saint Anselm W, 11-8 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 5 20.0 4 80.0
Mar 28 Adelphi L, 15-9 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 9 22.2 6 66.7
Apr 1 at Assumption L, 12-6 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0-0 6 50.0 5 83.3
Apr 4 American International W, 16-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 5 20.0 3 60.0
Apr 7 Southern N.H. W, 11-7 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 7 57.1 5 71.4
Apr 11 St. Michael's W, 8-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 5 20.0 3 60.0
Apr 15 at Merrimack L, 13-5 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 4 25.0 3 75.0
Apr 18 at Le Moyne L, 18-8 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 2 50.0 1 50.0
Apr 25 at Pace L, 8-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 5 0.0 1 20.0
  gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
2011-12 10 1 3 2 5 0 0 10 6 2 0-0 11 27.3 9 81.8
2012-13 12 12 6 5 11 0 0 16 22 0 0-0 28 21.4 17 60.7
2013-14 15 1 5 1 6 1 0 8 16 0 0-0 23 21.7 14 60.9
2014-15 13 11 21 6 27 3 0 16 11 1 0-0 63 33.3 43 68.3
Total 50 25 35 14 49 4 0 50 55 3 0-0 125 28.0 83 66.4
    gp gs g a pts up dn gb to ct fo sh sh% sog sog%
Event Total 13 11 21 6 27 3 0 16 11 1 0-0 63 33.3 43 68.3
Conference 11 10 18 6 24 3 0 14 7 1 0-0 58 31.0 39 67.2
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Location Home 6 6 12 4 16 2 0 8 4 1 0-0 39 30.8 27 69.2
Away 7 5 9 2 11 1 0 8 7 0 0-0 24 37.5 16 66.7
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - - 0-0 - - - -
Result Wins 6 5 13 3 16 2 0 8 6 1 0-0 35 37.1 25 71.4
Losses 7 6 8 3 11 1 0 8 5 0 0-0 28 28.6 18 64.3
Month March 6 4 10 3 13 2 0 9 7 1 0-0 29 34.5 22 75.9
April 7 7 11 3 14 1 0 7 4 0 0-0 34 32.4 21 61.8

News Mentions

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Dente Named Northeast-10 Sport Excellence Award Winner for Men’s Lacrosse; Adler Named to All-Academic Team

Former Bentley University attacker Matt Dente (Reading, Mass./Reading) has been selected as the 2015 Northeast-10 Conference Scholar-Athlete Sport...

June 30, 2015