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PURPLE KNIGHT MEN LOSE FIRST GAME OF SEASON TO NO. 8 BENTLEY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      FOR MORE INFORMATION March 23, 2005                                                                         Contact: Seth Cole                                                                                                 Phone: (802) 654-2537 WALTHAM, Mass. – Junior midfielder Adam Zurick (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) scored three goals and added an assist as Bentley College glided past Saint Michael's 12-7 in Northeast-10 men's lacrosse action Wednesday night. The game was the conference opener for both teams and evens Bentley's record at 1-1, while Saint Michael's drops to 2-1.         Bentley, ranked 8th nationally in Division II, trailed the Purple Knights 2-1 in the first period before Zurick scored back-to-back goals, one each on either side of the first two periods. After St. Mike's evened the game at three on a goal by Gregory Lazarus (Evanston, Ill.) with 9:04 remaining in the second period, the Falcons would go on a four to one run to close out the half. The streak was highlighted by a brilliant solo effort from sophomore Ryan Rosa (Billerica, Mass./Malden Catholic). Rosa won the face-off after a Falcon goal and proceeded to spin through the Purple Knight defense and shoot past Jeff Hannon (Wilbraham, Mass.) for the goal.         Bentley would score the first two goals of the second half through Reid Morin (Portland, Maine/Deering) and Bob Catala (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Yorktown) to take a commanding 9-4 lead halfway through the third period. The two teams traded goals for the remainder of the game; St. Michael's never getting closer than four goals at 11-7 with 1:23 remaining in the game. Bentley would finish the scoring as junior goaltender Chris White (Billerica, Mass./Billerica) found a wide open Anthony Colletti (Nantucket, Mass./Nantucket) in the offensive half who shot past Hannon for his first goal of the season with 27 seconds remaining.         White earned the win in his first start of the season making eight saves, while Hannon made eleven saves for the Purple Knights.         Bentley returns to action on Saturday as the Falcons travel to Syracuse to take on defending National Champions Le Moyne at 1 PM. Saint Michael's also heads to Le Moyne for their next game, Monday at 3 PM. BOX SCORE at Waltham, Mass. BENTLEY 12, SAINT MICHAEL'S 7 Saint Michael's (2-1, 0-1 NE-10)        2        2        1        2     -        7 Bentley (1-1, 1-0 NE-10)                2        5        2        3     -        12 GOALS: STM, Brandon Kobelt 3, Eric Libby 1, Mark Agostinelli 1, Mike Boerma 1, Gregory Lazarus 1; BEN, Adam Zurick 3, Joshua Kurland 2, Bob Catala 2, Ryan Bouchey 1, Anthony Colletti 1, Reid Morin 1, Kevin Osborne 1, Ryan Rosa 1 ASSISTS: STM, Libby 1, Ryan Lynn 1; BEN Nick Slottje 2, Bouchey 1, Colletti 1, Smrecek 1, Chris White 1, Zurick 1 SAVES: STM Jeff Hannon 11, BEN Chris White 8 DRAW CONTROLS: STM 6, BEN 16 GROUND BALLS: STM 25, BEN 30 CLEARS: STM 24-28, BEN 24-27 EXTRA MAN: STM 2-8, BEN 0-2 ###PURPLEKNIGHTS###

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