WALTHAM, MA (Mar. 25, 2008) – Junior 3B Tim Keene (Berlin, NH) batted 4 for 5 with two RBI and a run as UMass Lowell defeated Bentley College, 7-4, Tuesday afternoon in a Northeast-10 Conference baseball game at DeFelice Field.

The win halted a five-game losing skein for UML, which improved to 4-12 overall and 1-1 in the NE-10 entering Wednesday’s home opener against Assumption (3:30). UML and the Falcons meet again Thursday at LeLacheur Park at 3:30.

Bentley slipped to 7-14 overall and 2-4 in the Conference.

Sophomore LF Peter Onorato (Clarence Center, NY) went 2 for 4 with one RBI while sophomore RF Luke Wallace (Yorktown Heights, NY) went 1 for 3 with one RBI and one run.

Sophomore P Matt Monico (Tewksbury, MA) earned the victory to improve to 1-0. Monico relieved sophomore Dan White (Southboro, MA) after five innings and scattered three hits and retired 8 of 11 batters. White allowed seven hits, four earned runs and a walk while striking out one.

Sophomore Derek Anderson (Dracut, MA) earned his first save of the year as he allowed one hit in the ninth inning.

Sophomore P Matt Boudrow took the loss, slipping to 0-3, as he scattered four hits, three runs (one earned), and no walks while striking out two over the final two innings.

Junior LF Kevin Vona led Bentley, hitting 3 for 4 with two RBI and a run while sophomore CF Brett Damato hit 2 for 4 with one run; and sophomore 2B Jason Cusamano 2 for 5 with a run.

The River Hawks broke a 4-4 tie with three runs in the top of the ninth inning. Freshman Will Comerford (Ayer, MA), pinch running for sophomore C Jared Notargiacomo (Newburyport, MA), broke the deadlock when he scored on an error. Notargiacomo led off the inning with a double, and freshman Felix Martinez (Miami, FL) followed with a single.

Martinez gave UML a 6-4 lead when he reached home on a groundout by senior CF Tim Manton (Swansea, MA), and Keene followed with a double to score freshman 2B Sean Burns (Colchester, VT).

UML chipped away at a 3-0 deficit with two runs in the fourth. Manton scored on a single by Wallace and Keene followed on an error. The Falcons went ahead 4-2 in the fifth, the result of a fielder’s choice by Vona which scored freshman 3B Ross Curley.

UML, however, cut the lead to one (4-3) in the sixth behind an RBI single by Onorato and knotted the score in the seventh on an RBI single by Keene.