WALTHAM, Mass. - Grand Valley State had to stave off a fierce rally in the second half, but the 11^th-ranked Lakers held on to win 13-11 in a crucial in-region road game against #19 Bentley. The Lakers improve to 2-2 on the year with their fourth win over a ranked opponent in two years.

Nine different Lakers scored at least one goal in today's win, with Erika Neumen and Ryan Skomial leading the way as the juniors scored three goals each. Neumen pulled down five of the team's 14 draw control wins, while Skomial added three assists to give her six points against the Falcons (0-2). Kira Dosenberry and Chelsey Bishop both dished out one assist to give them two points on the afternoon, while Dosenberry also picked up a game-high five ground balls.

Sarah Zwilsky earned win number two on the year by making four saves in over 38 minutes of action, including two gigantic saves at 2:47 and 1:46 of the second half. Brianna DeMilia also made an appearance in the win, manning the pipes for 21:55 and stopping three shots. The Laker defense, which caused nine of Bentley's 23 turnovers, was led by Dosenberry with two.

Neumen tickled the twine for the first goal of the afternoon on a free-position attempt before Bentley tied it up just moments later. The Lakers put three straight in the back of the net from Skomial, Dosenberry and Neumen to give the team a 4-1 lead early in the half.

Grand Valley State would score three straight for the second time midway through the first half after Bentley put one back, with Carolyn Kraus, Skomial and Danielle Tunnell all cashing in to make it a 7-2 game with just under 10 minutes to play. Skomial completed her hat-trick at 7:34, while Carlyn Shisler buried a shot past the Bentley keeper off a feed from Skomial to make it a 9-5 score at haltime.

Meghan Datema scored the first goal of the second half on a free-position to give the visiting Lakers a five-goal cushion, but Bentley refused to go away as they cashed in on two straight free-position attempts to make it a three-goal game. Ashley Bailey found the net after receiving a pass from Dosenberry to put the score at 11-7, but Bentley scored on back-to-back free-position attempts to make the score 11-9.

Skomial connected with Neumen for the Preseason All-American's third score of the day with 18:02 on the clock, and Bishop would score the fifth free-position goal of the afternoon for the Lakers nine minutes later to push their advantage back to five. The Falcons made a valiant effort late, scoring goals at 7:30 and 4:18 to make it a two-goal contest, but Zwilsky and the Laker defense kept Bentley from scoring any more goals and the offense melted down the clock with ball possession to seal the important road win for the Lakers.

Grand Valley State held a 27-26 advantage in shots, a 14-12 advantage in draw control wins, committed 18 turnovers to Bentley's 23, and went 5-6 from the free-position arc.

Grand Valley State now travels to Syracuse, New York to take on second-ranked Le Moyne (2-0) in their final out-of-conference game of the 2016 season on Saturday (Mar. 12) at noon.