Hartford, Conn. - Sophomore tailback Bill Lazzaro (Manlius, N.Y.) came off the bench to rush 33 times for a career-high 138 yards and a touchdown and lead the visiting Middlebury College Panthers to a 20-3 win over the Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference football action this afternoon.

Trinity, which ends a three-game winning streak and a five-game winning streak at home, falls to 4-2. Middlebury improves to 5-1 with its fourth win in a row.

Middlebury began the scoring on its first drive on a 32-yard field goal by sophomore Mike Frissora (Sudbury, Mass.) with 10:45 left in the first quarter. Trinity returned the favor on its next drive, as sophomore kicker Skip Sullivan (Milton, Mass.) connected on a 23-yard attempt. The Trinity points were the first Middlebury had given up in 14 quarters and tied the game at 3-3 with 5:46 to go in the first quarter.

In the second frame, Panther junior quarterback Scott Roberts (Madison, Conn.) found sophomore wide receiver Denny Smith (Weybridge, Vt.) in the right corner of the end zone from 19 yards out to give Middlebury a 10-3 lead. After a Middlebury interception by senior defensive lineman Paul Shull (Waynesboro, Pa.), Frissora made a 28-yard field goal to give the Panthers a 13-3 halftime lead.

Neither team could get much going offensively in the second half. Roberts and Trinity sophomore quarterback Greg Ward (Avon, Conn.) traded interceptions on the first two drives of the half. After six consecutive drives resulted in punts, the Panthers capitalized on one of four Trinity turnovers to put the game out of reach.

With 11:06 left in the game, Trinity backup quarterback Joe Wahl (Riverside, R.I.) came in for Ward. On his first play, he scrambled for a yard but was hit by Middlebury senior co-captain Andy Steele (Boise, Idaho) and fumbled the ball. Middlebury recovered and had the ball at the Trinity 14-yard line. Lazzaro ran three yards into the end zone two plays later and Middlebury lead, 20-3. Middlebury stopped two Trinity drives in the fourth quarter to preserve the victory.

Trinity finished with 161 yards in total offense against the Middlebury defense that has not allowed a touchdown in1 8 quarters. Ward completed 9 of 27 pass attempts for 72 yards and three interceptions. Sophomore tailback Tom Pierandri (Ridgefield, Conn.) gained 57 yards on 17 carries, while classmate Matt Glasz (North Haven, Conn.) added nine carries for 38 yards on the ground.

Lazzaro became the feature running back for the first time on his career late in the first quarter, after senior tailback Bryan Sanchez (Fairfield, Conn.) went down with an injury. Roberts completed seven of 13 passes for 99 yards and two interceptions, including two to Smith for 50 yards.

The Bantam defense played well, despite being on the field for 36:11 of the game. Senior linebacker Matt Dorn (Braintree, Mass.) made a career-high 14 tackles, and sophomore linebacker Ben Ramsey (Wayland, Mass.) had 10 tackles with 1.5 resulting in Panther losses. Senior cornerback Charles Botts (Boston, Mass.) added six hits and an interception for Trinity.

Senior co-captain linebacker Andy Steele (Boise, Idaho) paced Middlebury with 13 tackles and recovered a Trinity fumble. Junior end Daryl Tracy (Easton, Mass.) totaled nine tackles, three pass breakups, and a sack.

Middlebury (5-1)         3          10          0          7          --          20

Trinity, Conn. (4-2)     3           0           0            0          --          3

SCORING

1. 10:45 M- Mike Frissora 32-yard FG M3-0

1. 5:45 TC- Skip Sullivan 23-yard FG 3-3

2. 6:27 M- Denny Smith two-yard pass from Scott Roberst (Andy Statires kick) M10-3

2. 2:01 M- Frissora 29-yard FG M13-3

4. 10:33 M- Bill Lazzaro three-yard run M20-3

TEAM STATS

                                                                                Middlebury                                  Trinity

First Downs                                                              12                                                      10

Rushes-yards                                                              55-189                                        30-89

Passing (att-comp-int-yds)                                      13-7-2-99                                    28-9-3-72

Return yards                                                                  41                                                  96

Punts-avg                                                                      5-38.4                                          5-32.8

Fumbles-lost                                                                  1-1                                                  2-1

Penalties-yards                                                              11-105                                         6-33

Time of Possesion                                                          36:19                                          23:41

RUSHING

M- Bill Lazzaro 33-138, Bryan Sanchez 8-26, Matthew Wolf 10-26, Denny Smith 1-5, Scott Roberts 3-(-1).

TC- Tom Pierandri 17-57, Matt Glasz 9-38, Joe Wahl 1-1, Greg Ward 3-(-7).

PASSING

M- Scott Roberts 7-13-2-99.

TC- Greg Ward 9-27-3-99, Joe Wahl 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING

M- Denny Smith 2-50, Devon O’Neil 3-27, Joh Goldsmith 1-14, Zac Campbell 1-8.

TC- Kevin Waters 2-29, Peter Nesbit 1-12, Tom Pierandri 1-12, David Mogan 1-9, Porter Fraker 1-4, Mike

Indelicato 1-3, Andrew Eastman 2-3.