Amherst, Mass. - Junior Wesley Vesprini (Lexington, Mass.) made 34 saves to earn a shutout in goal, leading the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 2-0 win over the Amherst College Lord Jeffs in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's ice hockey action this afternoon at Orr Rink.  Trinity improves to 2-0 overall and in the NESCAC, while the Lord Jeffs, ranked No. 10 in the nation, fall to 1-1 overall and in the league.  Trinity wins its first game against the Lord Jeffs in the last three meetings including a 3-0 defeat to close the 2008-09 campaign in the NESCAC Championship Semifinals.

The first two periods featured exciting play in net by both goaltenders, as Vesprini made 15 saves in the first period including many acrobatic stops late in the period, and Amherst junior Cole Anderson (Eckville, Alberta) stopped 12 shots in the second stanza including back-to-back glove saves on hard shots from close to preserve the scoreless tie.  Amherst nearly scored twice in the first two periods, as one shot in each stanze hit iron but bounced away.  Trinity freshman forward Steve Rogers (Watertown, Mass.) broke the stalemate at 10:40 in the third, stealing the puck from an Amherst defenseman in the Lord Jeff end and beating Anderson from rigth to left with a nice individual move.  Vesprini and the Trinity defense held Amherst the rest of the way, before junior forward Ben Shellington (Hanover, Mass.) put the game away with an empty netter in the final minute.  Anderson totaled 24 assists for Amherst.  Vesprini and junior defenseman Regnars Alksnis (Talsi, Latvia) recorded assists for the Bantams.

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