RINDGE, N.H. (October 1, 2001) - The Franklin Pierce University women's field hockey team dropped a 4-1 decision to No. 1 nationally ranked Bentley this afternoon.

The Falcons opened up the scoring at the 7:39 mark of the first half with an unassisted goal by sophomore Lauren Galenski.

Bentley struck again early in the second half when Alicia Cabreraconverted a pass from teammate Allyson Bunce to put the Falcons up 2-0 at the 8:10 mark.

The Ravens answered minutes later when freshman Chelsey Munson (Weybridge, Vt./Middlebury Union) found an opening on the right side of Bentley netminder Liz Novis at the 9:43 mark of the second half to bring the Ravens within one.

Bentley's Jennifer Walker helped the Falcons take back the two goal lead when she scored on a pass from Galenski to make the score 3-1 at the 11:00 mark of the second half.

Galenski notched her second goal of the afternoon at the 16:50 mark of the second half to make the final -- Bentley 4, Franklin Pierce 1.

FP goalkeeper Irene Smith (Olivebridge, N.Y./Onteora) made 12 stops in 46 minutes of work, and Kasey McClements (Ashland, Mass./Ashland) made nine stops for the Ravens in 24 minutes of play. Novis grabbed eight saves in 70 minutes for the Falcons.

The Ravens (4-7, 3-2 NE-10) return to action on Thursday when they face Assumption College in a Northeast-10 matchup on their home turf at 4 p.m.