Middlebury, Vt. – Junior goalkeeper Brian Hamm (Terryville, Conn.) made four saves and recorded his sixth shutout of the year to lead the Middlebury College Panthers to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College AThletic Conference men's soccer action this afternoon.

Trinity falls to 4-5-3 and 2-5-1 in the NESCAC, while the Panthers, ranked No. 3 in New England and No. 18 in NCAA Division III, improve to 10-1-2 and 6-1-1 in the league with their ninth straight win.

Middlebury opened the scoring at 39:55 off a corner kick. The initial shot from outside the box was pushed aside by Trinity freshman goalkeeper Michael Doherty (Marshfield, Mass.), but Panther junior Brian Lavin (Potomac, Md.) followed with a rebound shot that found the lower left corner for a 1-0 Panther lead.

Middlebury added an insurance goal on a goal by senior Sergey Cherednichenko (Scottsville, N.Y.). Doherty finished with four saves for the Bantams.

Trinity, Conn. (4-5-3)          0     0      - -     0

Middlebury (10-1-2)          1         1     - -      2    

SCORING

M- Brian Lavin (unassisted) 39:55, M- Sergey Cherednichenko (Danny Roda) 74:57

GOALKEEPER SAVES

TC- Michael Doherty- 4

M- Brian Hamm- 4

SHOTS

M - 16

TC - 11