ERIE, Pa. – The Mercyhurst University men's hockey team's rally attempt Friday came up one goal short against Bentley. Not so for Bentley on Saturday night.

The Falcons rallied from a three-goal first period deficit, scoring the game-winner with just 16 seconds left in regulation, to stun Mercyhurst, 4-3, and to sweep the weekend series at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. Bentley improved to 13-11-3 overall and to 11-7-3 in the Atlantic Hockey Conference (AHC). The Lakers left the ice 12-10-4 and 10-7-3 respectively.

Senior forward Chris Bodo staked the Lakers to a 2-0 lead with his seventh and eighth goals of the season at 1:41 and 8:48 of the first period. His first goal came from the left wing circle that beat Bentley freshman goaltender Jayson Argue just inside the near post. Senior forward Zac Frischmon and freshman forward Bryan Sienerth had the assists. The goal was Bodo's first goal since scoring at Bentley on November 15.

It was the first collegiate point for Sienerth, an Erie native who joined the club last weekend at Sacred Heart.

Bodo's second goal of the game came after he picked up an errant puck in the neutral zone, double-pumped, and fired a snapshot that fooled the Bentley netminder.

When senior captain Matthew Zay lit the lamp after a giveaway inside the Bentley zone, shorthanded, at 11:22, the Lakers and senior netminder Jimmy Sarjeant were sitting pretty with a 3-0 advantage. It was Zay's seventh goal of the year.

But Bentley changed goaltenders at that point, replacing Friday's 3-2 winner, Argue, with junior Gabe Antoni and the Falcons' fortunes changed dramatically.

With, perhaps, an omen of things to come, Bentley got to Sarjeant with just six seconds left in the first when junior forward Andrew Gladiuk scored his first of two and the Lakers' lead was reduced to 3-1. The Falcons had a 16-15 shot advantage in a wide-open first period.

Bentley struck again early in the second when Gladiuk cashed a 5-on-3 power play goal, Bentley's second man-advantage tally of the weekend, at 1:25. Junior winger Derek Bacon then squared the contest at 3-3 at three-and-a-half minutes later with his third of the season and, suddenly, it was "game on". The Lakers owned a 12-11 shot advantage in the period as the two teams divided 54 shots evenly through forty minutes.

Mercyhurst outshot Bentley 10-6 in the third but watched, dejectedly, as freshman winger Kyle Schmidt got one past Sarjeant with overtime looming and the clock winding down. Schmidt, harmlessly sent one towards the Mercyhurst goal that Sarjeant stopped. But, the rebound squirted free and Schmidt was there to flip it past the senior netminder for his third of the season.

Mercyhurst outshot Bentley 37-33 for the contest - just the fifth time this season that the Lakers have outshot their opponent. Mercyhurst, however, is 1-4-0 in those contests.

Sarjeant, making his first start after a nine-game absence, dropped to 6-5-0 on the season after turning aside 29 Bentley shots. Antoni recorded the victory, stopping all 27 shots he faced. Argue gave up three goals on just ten shots before being relieved.

The Lakers will take to the highway next weekend for a pair of conference games at American International. Friday's game starts at 7:05 while Saturday's is scheduled at 3:05.