WALTHAM, Mass. – Bentley finished the regular season with a resounding 4-0 win over Southern Connecticut on its home pitch on Saturday afternoon.
Antonio Di Gaudio scored two goals and assisted on another to lead the attack.
Zach Spitznagle and
Wil McManus each had a goal as well.
The Falcons finished the regular season with a 5-3-1 record in conference play and 7-5-3 overall. Bentley's seed and opponent for the first round of the NE10 tournament will be determined when the regular season concludes on Wednesday.
De Gaudio opened the scoring in the 19
th minute with a looping header off a long throw-in by
Michael Gouvin.
Just over two minutes later, a foul by the Owls in the box led to a Falcons PK, which Spitznagle converted for a 2-0 lead.
Less than five minutes after that, McManus finished off a lovely team move which started with a long ball by
Wynn Hammond and featured connecting passes by
Gamaliel Ortiz Rivas and Di Gaudio to find McManus in the box to finish it off for the goal.
Bentley maintained the 3-0 lead well into the second half, and they added a fourth goal when Di Gaudio scored on a long range strike in the 81
st minute for his second of the afternoon.
Falcons keeper
Alessandro Bizzini made three saves for the shutout.
