Middlebury, Vt. - The Middlebury College Panthers used a four-goal burst to break an early 2-2 tie en route to a 13-9 finish over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Men's lacrosse action on Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium this afternoon. 

Middlebury's Jon Broome broke a 1-1 tie scoring on a rare three extra-man possession at 8:02 of the first quarter off a Joel Blockowicz assist. Trinity senior tri-captain James O'Connell (Middleton, Mass.) followed with the 2-2 equalizer before the Panthers went on their four-goal run.  The teams each exchanged two goals in the third quarter, giving the Panthers an 8-4 lead to start the fourth. O'Connell scored his second goal off a Ben Preston (Darien, Conn.) assist at 11:49 to make it 8-5.

Middlebury followed with a three-goal spurt, capped by Broome's second tally at 7:36, giving the hosts an 11-5 cushion. Trinity countered with a pair of goals over the next two minutes including a man-up score by senior tri-captain attacker Matthew Hauck (Ridgewood, N.J.) at 5:30, resetting the four-goal Panther cushion at 11-7.  The teams finished the game exchanging two goals apiece for the 13-9 final as Jack Rautiola completed a hat trick for Middlebury, and Trinity's Hauck scored his second.

Hauck, O'Connell and junior Michael McQuiston (Greenwich, Conn.) each scored two goals for the Bantams, and junior Ryan DeSimone (St. James, N.Y.) added a goal and an assist. Rookie JP Masaryk (Startford, Conn.) won 17-25 (68%) of his face-offs and collected a team-best nine groundballs, while senior goalie Mickey Zaverucha (Duxbury, Mass.) collected a baker's dozen of saves in goal for Trinity.