AMHERST, Mass. – Bentley was denied in overtime on a goal by UMass' Francesco Dell'Elce as the #11 ranked Minutemen escaped with a 5-4 win.

Bentley took a 4-3 lead 8:40 into the second period on a goal by Jimmy Doyle and held that lead into the third period. UMass though got the tying goal from defenseman Larry Keenan at the 9:46 mark and regulation ended with the teams tied 4-4.

In the 3-on-3 overtime, defenseman Dell'Elce scored with a shot from just inside the left faceoff circle 1:08 into the extra period.

The Falcons and Minutemen went back and forth in the opening period that ended with the teams tied 3-3.

Falcons captain Stephen Castagna scored 1:56 into the game on the power play after he redirected a shot in front of the net that came from Oskar Bakkevig on the point.

UMass scored two in a row at the 4:29 and 6:39 marks, but just 32 seconds after the second goal Bentley tied it as Dylan Cook lit the lamp with his first goal as a Falcon after he tipped-in a shot from Tobias Larsen.

Bentley then went in front 3-2 on Castagna's second goal of the period at the 16:48 mark after he finished off a two-on-one with Cook with a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle.

Tied 3-3 in the second period Jimmy Doyle gave the Falcons the lead at 8:40. Doyle made the play happen with a steal in the defensive zone leading to a breakaway, which he finished with a backhander for the goal.

Falcons goalie Easton Hesse made 29 saves.

Bentley now turns its attention towards its home opener and its first Atlantic Hockey game of the season on Friday night against Canisius.