WALTHAM, Mass. – 17^th ranked Bentley was upset by visiting Pace 11-8 on Tuesday night as the Falcons ultimately could not overcome a slow start in the first half. Meredith Hart (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) led the Bentley offense with a hat trick.

Pace jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the first 11-plus minutes of the 1^st half, but despite a fight back by the Falcons that saw them get to within two goals three times in the 2^nd half, they could never overcome that early deficit.

After the 5-0 start by Pace, Bentley scored five of the next six goals. That included a 3-0 run that took less than a minute and a half and saw midfielder Erin O'Connor (Longmeadow, Mass./Longmeadow) score the last two goals, the second of which cut the deficit to 6-5 at the 8:58 mark.

The Setters though closed the half strong with the last two goals, coming at the 3:51 and 19 second marks to lead 8-5 at halftime.

The teams alternated the six goals scored in the 2^nd half, starting with Hart scoring just 58 seconds into the half, but also meant that Bentley never got closer than two goals.

Kathleen Gillespie (Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet) and Hart had the other two 2^nd half goals for Bentley. Gillespie's coming with 22:27 remaining and Hart's 3^rd of the night with 6:53 to play.

The defeat drops Bentley's Northeast-10 record to 0-2, while the Setters' conference record goes to 1-1. The Falcons will look to get back in the win column on Saturday when they host Adelphi at 11:00 am.