Worcester, Mass. – Senior attacker Alex Astarita (Bedford, N.H./Bishop Guertin) and junior goalie Michael Haggan (Braintree, Mass./B.C. High) led Bentley to a big road win over No. 17 ranked Assumption on Wednesday night by an 11-8 score.

Both teams came into the night tied in the NE10 standings with 4-2 records but the Falcons came away with the win.

Astarita had four goals and two assists to lead the offense, while Haggan made 13 saves.

Bentley got off to a slow start and trailed 3-0 after a goal by Assumption's Owen Peterson III at 8:15 of the 1^st quarter. But Bentley did not allow another goal until the final seconds of the 2^nd quarter, more than 22 minutes.

In that time Bentley scored six goals, three over the final seven minutes of the 1^st quarter and three in the 2^nd frame. Astarita had Bentley's first two goals, and senior Sam Hurley (Medfield, Mass./Medfield) scored with seven seconds left in the quarter.

In the 2^nd quarter, Michael Fricke (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Valor), Matt Brooks (Brunswick, Maine/Phillips Exeter) and Kris Campbell (Longmeadow, Mass./Longmeadow) had the Bentley goals as they led 6-4 at halftime.

Neither team scored during the first seven minutes of the 3^rd quarter, but Bentley kicked into gear with goals 1:26 apart, starting with a man-up strike by Astarita at 7:32, and followed by a goal by Walker Gautier (South Miami, Fla./Gulliver) for an 8-4 lead.

Assumption got back in it with two goals before the 3^rd quarter ended, then answered an Astarita goal early in the 4^th quarter with two straight, to cut the lead to 9-8 with 8:30 remaining.

But Bentley closed strong, and put the game away with two goals in a 48 second span. Senior Scott Carvalho (Wayland, Mass./Wayland) scored at 6:53, and Brooks found the back of the net at 6:05 for an 11-8 lead.

Bentley outshot Assumption 46-37 on the night and held them to just five shots in the 4^th quarter. Nick Irby (Groton, Mass./Groton) won 13-22 face-offs and Connor Baughan (Foxborough, Mass./Portsmouth-Abbey) had a team high five ground balls.

The Falcons, who improved to 7-2 overall and 5-2 NE10 and have won four straight, host Saint Anselm on Saturday.