Bentley Athletics News

Watch the NCAA Division II Football Selection Show at 3 pm

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The announcement of the teams, pairings and sites for the 2009 NCAA Division II Football Playoffs will be made at approximately 3 pm Sunday on ESPNEWS. As soon as it is available, information will also be posted on the Bentley athletics website at www.bentleyfalcons.com.Bentley will be hoping to hear its name called for the first time since 2004.

Watch Bentley Women's Basketball Take on UNH in an Exhibition Game

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A free live webcast of Sunday's women's basketball exhibition game with the University of New Hampshire will be available at http://www.unhwildcats.tv/. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 pm.All home games will be webcast over the B2 Network (http://www.b2livetv.com/partner_members.asp?id=285). Price will be $7.00 per game, or a season pass can be purchased for $60.00

Volkening, Two Power Play Goals Lead Air Force Past Bentley 3-0

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

USAF Academy, Colo. - Junior All-American Jacques Lamoureux and junior Derrick Burnett scored power play goals, and senior goalie Andrew Volkening made 27 saves as Air Force downed Bentley University 3-0 on Saturday night at Cadet Ice Arena in the series finale of a weekend Atlantic Hockey series.Sophomore goalie Kyle Rank (Islip, N.Y./Markham Waxers) kept Bentley in the game by holding down Air Force's high-powered offense by making 26 saves, but Bentley could not generate any offense against Volkening on the third night of its trip to Colorado.Lamoureux, who had three assists in Friday's game, got Air Force on the scoreboard with a power play goal 9:46 into the first. Freshman Kyle DeLaurell, who had three points in the series, and Burnett, had the assists.In the second period Burnett added on to the lead with his first goal of the season at 7:18.Late in the third period, senior Jeff Hajner scored an empty netter off a Bentley turnover just seconds after Rank left for the bench, giving Air Force a 3-0 lead and putting the game away.Bentley took 28 shots on net, but Volkening did not let anything in for his first shutout of the season. Volkening and the Air Force penalty kill also forced Bentley into an 0-7 night on the power play.Bentley gets one point out of the weekend and its record goes to 2-4-1 overall and 2-2-1 in Atlantic Hockey play. Air Force goes to 4-5-1 overall and 4-1-1 in the conference. Bentley will next host Sacred Heart on Friday night at 7:05 p.m. for the first four straight home games.

Ouellette Shines, but Bentley Falls to Le Moyne, 154.5-136.5

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Bentley University junior Egen Ouellette (West Hartford, Conn./Conard HS) won two individual events and participated in a winning relay, but it wasn't enough as the Falcons dropped a 154.5-136.5 decision to host Le Moyne College in men's college swimming Saturday afternoon.Ouellette was involved in three of Bentley's four event wins in the meet, capturing the 200 yard freestyle in 1:50.14 and the 100 butterfly in 56.68 seconds. He also anchored the Falcons' winning 200 freestyle relay team, which also included sophomores Chris Argiros (Marblehead, Mass./Marblehead HS) and Joe Frantel (Canandaiqua, N.Y./Marcus Whitman HS), and senior Sam Laden (Cheshire, Conn./ Cheshire HS). Their time was 1:31.91.Bentley's other winner was senior Willie Connolly (Washington, Conn./Shepaug Valley HS), with a time of 2:07.31 in the 200 individual medley.For Le Moyne, sophomore Drew Acquaviva (Delmar, N.Y.), freshman Scott Thieke (Jamesville, N.Y.) and juniors Jerry Dumary (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) and Sean Hosford (Garden City, N.Y.) each won two individual events.Bentley, 1-1, is off until a home meet against Brandeis Nov. 17.

Hodsdon Helps Set Two Bentley Records in Loss to Le Moyne

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Freshman Jessica Hodsdon (Brewer, Maine/Brewer HS), in only her second meet as a collegian, broke the Bentley University record in the 100 yard breaststroke and helped the Falcons set a school record in the 200 medley relay.Despite her efforts, Bentley fell to Le Moyne College on the road, coming up on the short end of a 153-144 score to fall to 1-1 on the season.Hodsdon captured the 100 breast in 1:07.82, shaving 0.36 seconds off the mark that Kaitlin Chepeleff had set at the 2008 New Englands. She was also victorious in the 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley, with times of 2:30.16 and 2:17.61, respectively.In the meet's opening event, Hodsdon swam the second leg on Bentley's winning 200 medley relay team, which lowered the school record by 0.88 seconds with a time of 1:52.58. That quartet also included freshman Monika Drogosz (Unionville, Conn./Farmington HS), junior Anne Kaduboski (Dedham, Mass./Dedham HS) and sophomore Susie Boretti (Westford, Mass./Westford Academy).Like Hodson, Kaduboski also won three individual events, with her performance in the 200 butterfly (2:15.86) an NCAA "B" cut time. Her other winning efforts came in the 1000 freestyle (11:25.51) and the 100 fly (59.09).Drogosz was the other Falcon to win events, taking both the 50 free (25.89) and the 100 free (56.46).Bentley's next meet is a home dual with Brandeis University on Nov. 17.

Kraft & Kearney Achieve Milestones, Hoffman Approaches One, and Bentley Clinches #3 Seed

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Senior libero Cassie Kraft (New Braunfels, Texas/St. Mary's Hall) surpassed 2,000 career digs, senior outside Alex Kearney (La Jolla, Calif./La Jolla HS) recorded her 1,400th career kill and coach Sandy Hoffman posted her 699th career victory as Bentley University closed out the regular season with a 3-1 win over Le Moyne College in Northeast-10 Conference women's volleyball Saturday afternoon at the Ted Grant Court.Bentley (16-11, 11-4 NE-10) earned the number three seed in next weekend's Northeast-10 playoffs with the 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-21 victory. Le Moyne fell to 16-9 overall and 8-6 conference, with a match against Stonehill remaining before the tournament pairings can be determined.Junior Kelly Mee (Ivyland, Pa./Council Rock HS) had an outstanding match for the Falcons, filling the stat sheet with 43 assists, six blocks, five kills, four digs and a couple ace serves.Kearney and junior Alaura Berry (San Diego, Calif./Rancho Bernardo HS) paced the Falcons with 11 kills apiece, with Berry hitting a team-best .304 and Kearney (1,410 career kills) also making 10 digs. Kraft led the team with 21 digs, pushing her career total to 2,013, and also had two aces. After dropping the opening set, Bentley was behind in the second, 20-19. Three straight attack errors by the Dolphins, one of which was blocked by Falcon senior Kristine Mickelson (San Diego, Calif./ Scripps Ranch HS), put the Falcons back in front, and a Mickelson kill made it 23-20. Mickelson and Mee teamed up on a block for point number 24, and after Le Moyne closed to within one with three straight points, Bentley evened the match on a kill by junior Andrea Farah (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity HS).The Falcons led the third set by as many as seven before prevailing by five, 25-20, and took control of the fourth with a run of eight straight points putting the visitors up 13-9.Le Moyne received a match-high 16 kills from senior Elizabeth Cheek (Huntington Beach, Calif.).The Northeast-10 playoffs will begin Friday at UMass-Lowell. Pairings and times will be announced either Sunday or Monday.

Bentley Settles for Share of NE-10 Title after Stonehill Upsets Falcons, 23-21

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

EASTON, Mass. -- With a win Saturday, the Bentley University football team would have captured the Northeast-10 Conference outright and likely locked up a first round home game in the NCAA Division II Championships.However, after being upset by the Stonehill College Skyhawks, 23-21, Saturday afternoon at W.B. Mason Stadium, the 24th-ranked Falcons (8-2, 6-2 NE-10) had to settle for a three-way tie for the conference championship, with Merrimack College and Southern Connecticut, and will have to wait until Sunday afternoon to find out their NCAA playoff fate.Junior running back Eddie Vachon (Newton), special team successes by Stonehill and special team mistakes by Bentley all proved significant in the contest, which saw the Skyhawks jump out to a 14-0 lead exactly 60 seconds into the game. Stonehill (5-5, 4-4 NE-10 after closing the season with three consecutive wins) jumped on top immediately when sophomore Stephen Neville (Foxboro) returning the opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown. Bentley mishandled the ensuing kickoff, and the Skyhawks recovered on the 25. Two plays later, Vachon (176 yards on 26 carries) broke a 22-yard run for a score.With junior QB Bryant Johnson (Hopedale/Milford HS) having an outstanding day, Bentley battled back and evened the contest by the midpoint of the first half. Freshman Jack Pizzotti (Reading/ Reading HS) caught a 23-yard TD pass in the first quarter and junior Kyle Tuthill (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas HS) an 11-yarder in the second.Johnson finished 28 of 36, a .778 completion percentage, for 295 yards and three touchdowns. He delivered the ball to nine different receivers.It remained a 14-all game until 11:10 was left in the fourth quarter. Senior Brendan Gorey (West Islip, N.Y.) was successful on a 19-yard field goal, capping a 14-yard drive that stalled at the one. Bentley had a field goal opportunity of its own on its next possession, but the 39-yard attempt by senior Tyler McNamara (Medway/Medway HS), the most prolific field goal kicker in Bentley and Northeast-10 history, was blocked by Kevin Anderson (Topsfield). Earlier in the second half, McNamara had uncharacteristically missed wide right on a 28-yard attempt, a ball that might have also been deflected.Following the block, Stonehill embarked on a 15-play drive that eclipsed over six-and-a-half minutes. Chris Rooney (Quincy) ran for 14 yards on a fake punt to keep the drive alive and the Skyhawks extended the lead to 23-14, with 1:45 left, when Tim Morrison (Billerica) hit John Gomes (Hyannis) on a 19-yard scoring pass on a fourth-and-five.It took only 40 seconds for Bentley to answer that touchdown, Johnson connecting with junior tight end Mike Slattery (Natick/Natick HS) on a five-yard scoring pass with 1:05 left. Bentley's only chance at that point was to recover the ensuing onside kick, but it wound up in the hands of a Stonehill player, locking up the upset for the Skyhawks.Bentley outgained Stonehill, 368-275 yards, with graduate student Kelley Rowe (Toledo, Ohio/ Sylvania Southview HS) leading the receivers with 10 catches for 85 yards. Tuthill followed with six for 78.Vachon, who became Stonehill's all-time leader in all-purpose yards, finished with 208 against the Falcons. Singlehandedly, he was responsible for 190 of the team's 275 yards of total offense.Bentley senior linebacker Matt Zahoruiko (North Andover/North Andover HS) had a game-high 12 tackles, pushing his season total to 123 and breaking the Falcon single season varsity record of 115.The field and pairings for the NCAA Division II Championships will be announced Sunday at about 3 pm on ESPNEWS.

UMass-Lowell Advances to National Semifinals with 5-2 Win over Bentley

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

WALTHAM, Mass. - UMass-Lowell advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championships for the seventh consecutive year with a 5-2 win over Bentley University on Saturday afternoon. Junior Katie Enaire (Amesbury) led the way for the River Hawks offense with two goals and one assist. UMass-Lowell, who improves to 17-5 on the season, will play Stonehill next Friday at 5:00 p.m. at Stonehill's W.B. Mason Stadium.Saturday's game marked the fourth straight year the local rivals met in the NCAA playoffs, and it's the third straight time the River Hawks came out on top. The loss means the end of another highly successful season for Bentley, who won the Northeast-10 Conference Playoffs for the second straight time and finished with a record of 16-5.UMass-Lowell struck first with 21:10 left in the first half on an unassisted goal by junior Liz Day (North Andover). The Falcons came back to tie it up with 13:49 remaining in the half on freshman Nicole Dion's (Lunenburg/Lunenburg) 10th goal of the season. Senior Mary Abraham (Weston/Weston) got the assist on the play after Dion tipped in her shot.Just 7:31 before halftime, the visitors went up 2-1 on a goal by junior Lizzy Ales (Arlington), and the score remained that way heading into halftime.Bentley struck back early in the second half on a goal by freshman Cori Geiger (Agawam/ Agawam). It was another tip-in goal for the Falcons, but this time senior Allison St. Jean (Lebanon, Maine/Noble) got the assist after taking a shot from outside the circle that Geiger got her stick on.Following Geiger's goal, Lowell erupted for three unanswered goals in less than eight minutes. Enaire gave the River Hawks a 3-2 lead with 27:30 left in the game after a long run by her culminated with her driving it into the cage from 15 yards out.Enaire scored again 3:27 later to make it 4-2. Senior Jaci Moulton (Baldwinville) made it a three--goal advantage 19:43 remaining, with Enaire providing the assist. "If today is evidence of how we will play next weekend against Stonehill, I like our chances," said Lowell head coach Shannon Hlebichuk. "We've already lost to them twice this season, but we're looking to avenge those losses and we're looking forward to a great Final Four."Lowell's goalie Amy Carbon made two saves to earn her 14th win of the season. It was the final career game for nine Bentley seniors, including three-time Northeast-10 Goalie of the Year Alyssa Sliney (Brewster/Nauset Reg. HS) and leading scorer Courtney Bartlett (Brunswick, Maine/St. Mark's School).

Bentley, Air Force Skate to 3-3 Tie in Colorado

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

USAF Academy, Colo. - Bentley University had a 3-1 lead on Air Force in the second period, but Air Force scored the final two goals of the game as Bentley and Air Force skated to a 3-3 tie Friday night in the first game of a weekend Atlantic Hockey series at Cadet Ice Arena.A second period goal by senior Justin Kemmerer (Hershey, Pa./Promfet School) gave Bentley (2-3-1, 2-1-1 AHA) a 3-1 lead 7:28 into the second period, but a goal later in the period by Air Force's (3-5-1, 3-1-1 AHA) Scott Mathis and a third period tally by freshman Kyle DeLaurell brought Air Force even.Air Force had a couple of scoring chances in overtime, but Bentley goalie Joe Calvi (New Lenox, Ill./New England Jr. Huskies) stood tall and helped the Falcons earn a point.After giving up a goal just 1:12 into the game to Air Force's Paul Weisgarber, Bentley came back strong with two goals and out shot Air Force 12-7 in the first period. The tying goal came at 9:50 off the stick of freshman Brett Hartung (Tallahassee, Fla./Wichita Falls Wildcats) for his first career goal. Bentley's second goal started in its own zone. Sophomore Trent Bonnett (Butler, Pa./Mahoning Valley Phantoms) gained control of the puck near Bentley's net, and fed a beautiful long pass to junior Erik Peterson (Shorewood, Minn./Sioux Falls Stampede), who was streaking up ice for a breakaway. Peterson skated in untouched and beat Air Force goalie Andrew Volkening to give Bentley a 2-1 lead with 5:10 left in the period.The visitors added on to their lead 7:28 into the second period. Freshman Brandon Bahnemann (Rochester, Minn./Springfield Jr. Blues) went for a wraparound to Volkening's glove side, but instead of shooting, fed a centering pass to Kemmerer who was wide open in front of the net to Volkening's stick side. After Bahnemann's pass, Volkening couldn't recover in time and Kemmerer potted his first goal of the season.Air Force though got back to within one goal just over five minutes after Kemmerer's tally. After an Air Force power play had just expired, the Falcons still had the puck in Bentley's zone. DeLaurell had the puck near Bentley's net, but passed the puck to Mathis outside of the left faceoff circle. Mathis fired a slap shot on net that bounced off of Calvi's shoulder and into the net, cutting Bentley's lead to 3-2.Air Force tied the game early on in the third period and just six seconds into a power play. Jacques Lamoureux won a faceoff in Bentley's zone and passed the puck to Tim Kirby, who fired slap shot that Calvi saved, but the rebound bounced free. De Laurell was right in front of the net to corral the rebound and shoot the puck past Calvi to tie the score.These two teams will complete their weekend series Saturday night at 9:05 eastern time.

Mickelson, Mee Help Bentley to 3-0 Win at Saint Rose & 700th Victory in Program's History

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Senior middle blocker Kristine Mickelson (San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch HS) hit .500 with a team-best eight kills, and junior setter Kelly Mee (Ivyland, Pa./Council Rock HS) accumulated 30 assists, as Bentley University took care of The College of Saint Rose in three sets in Northeast-10 Conference women's volleyball Friday night at the Nolan Gymnasium. The win was the 700th in the program's 29-year history.The 25-22, 25-23, 25-15 victory boosted the Falcons to 15-11 overall and 10-4 in the Northeast-10. A victory in Saturday's regular season finale at Le Moyne College will give Bentley the third seed in next weekend's conference playoffs.Bentley, after taking the first set, was in danger of dropping the second after Saint Rose (15-13, 5-9 NE-10) grabbed a 23-22 lead. Mickelson tied the score with a kill, and after an attack error put the Falcons in front, put her team up 2-0 with another kill.The third set was the only one of the three that wasn't close, Bentley jumping out to leads of 10-4 and 14-6 before cruising to the victory.Mickelson, who didn't have an attack error, also was involved in four of the team's 12 blocks. Junior Andrea Farah (Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity HS) followed Mickelson with seven kills, and junior Alaura Berry (San Diego, Calif./Rancho Bernardo HS) made five blocks.Senior libero Cassie Kraft (New Braunfels, Texas/St. Mary's Hall) made 18 digs for the Falcons, moving to within eight of 2,000 for her career.Saint Rose, which had won three straight matches, received nine kills from sophomore Sarah Kahrs (Kings Point, N.Y.).Saturday's match at Le Moyne will get underway at noon.