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WALTHAM, Mass. - Bentley College broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the ninth when Ross Curley singled through the left side to post a 4-3 Northeast-10 baseball victory over Southern New Hampshire University at DeFelice Field Saturday.  The Falcons clinched an NE-10 playoff berth with the victory and improved to 22-24 and 17-13 in the league, while the Penmen see their season come to a close at 7-32 and 5-25 in the Northeast-10.

With one out in the ninth, Bentley's Charlie Pagliarulo drew a one-out walk.  He was picked off by SNHU reliever Chris McCabe (Fall River, MA), but the throw to second by first baseman Jeff Giannino (Beverly, MA) was wild and Pagliarulo was safe.  Following a fly out and another walk, Curley delivered the game-winner, a sharply hit grounder between short and third.  The ball slowed in the wet outfield grass, and Pagliarulo easily scored the game-winner.

SNHU jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the fourth when a single by Joe Santos (Holliston, MA) up the middle scored Skyler Byrd (Milford, NH).  Bentley would score three times in the bottom of the frame to go up 3-1, but the Penmen tied the game with two runs in the sixth.  Bill Murray (Canton, MA) led off the inning by reaching on an error and scored when Giannino grounded out to short.  Koby Thibault (Salisbury, MA) drove in the game-tying run with a single that plated Byrd.

Santos finished with two hits for SNHU, while Curley had two hits for the Falcons as both teams registered seven hits.  Greg Lyons (Canton, MA) fanned seven in seven innings of work for the Penmen, scattering six hits.  McCabe took the loss in relief, not allowing a hit in 1.2 innings of work but walking three.