WALTHAM, Mass. – Bentley men's soccer advanced to the NE10 Championship finals with a penalty kick win over Adelphi in the semifinals on Wednesday afternoon.

The Falcons will host the championship game on Saturday against either Southern New Hampshire or Franklin Pierce.

After 110 minutes of regulation and overtime, the #1 seed Falcons and #4 seed Panthers were tied 1-1. Bentley then won the penalty kick shootout, 4-2, to advance to the NE10 finals for the first time since 2017.

In the fifth round of the shootout, Wynn Hammond scored the clinching goal to send Bentley through to the finals.

With Bentley shooting first, both teams scored in the first round. The second round saw both teams fail to convert.

Tied 1-1 in the third round, Michael Haikal scored to give Bentley a 2-1 lead. Falcons goalkeeper Cam Hall then denied Adelphi's Ryan Holt to maintain the lead.

At the start of the fourth round Parker Higgins scored to give Bentley a 3-1 lead. Adelphi needed to score to stay alive and Richard DeBrosse converted to send it to the fifth round.

At the start of the fifth round, Hammond was called upon and he delivered the winning goal with a shot to the left that eluded the dive of keeper Andrea Farinella.

Regulation saw neither team score in the first half for a 0-0 score at halftime.

But in the 52^nd minute Lukas Drahos put Bentley in front with his seventh goal of the season, assisted by Antonio Santos and Logan Veloria.

Michael Gouvin got the play started with a pass from the right wing that Veloria got a touch on to Santos in front who scuffed a shot, but Drahos pounced on the rebound for the goal.

Adelphi tied the game in the 63^rd minute on a goal by Agustin Soldo, who redirected a centering pass from Sam Nolan.

The Falcons, ranked 11^th nationally, improved to 11-1-4 on the season.