AMHERST, Mass. - The Trinity College defense held the Amherst College Mammoths to 24 rushing yards and intercepted three passes to lead the visiting Bantams to a 20-3 victory in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) football action this afternoon at Pratt Field.  Trinity stays at the top of the NESCAC standings with a 3-0, tied with the Middlebury College Panthers, while the Mammoths are 0-3.  The Bantams host the Hamilton College Continentals on Saturday, October 8 at 1:30 p.m. in their next game.

Trinity took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter thanks to a 48-yard interception return to paydirt by senior S Hunter Tully (Taunton, Mass.) and a 27-yard scoring strike from senior QB Spencer Fetter (Winter Park, Fla.) to DeVante Reid (London, England). The Bantams had two drives into Amherst territory stopped by Mammoth interceptions, but sophomore K Matt Jumes (Franklin, Mass.) increased the visitors' lead with a 39-yard field goal in the third frame.  Conor Kenelly kicked a 35-yarder to get Amherst on the scoreboard early in the fourth quarter.  Trinity senior CB Justin O'Neil-Riley (Dorchester, Mass.) set up Jumes for another field goal with his second interception of the afternoon later in the fourth, and Jumes converted from 34 yards out to complete the scoring.

Fetter finished 21-for-36 for 237 yards through the air, including seven passes for a game-high 84 yards to sophomore WR Sean Clapp (Wyckoff, N.J.).  Trinity's Tyler DiNapoli (West Haven, Conn.), Will Kirby (Darien, Conn.) and Colin McCabe (Madison, Conn.) each rushed for over 50 yards. Two Amherst signal callers combined to complete just 13 of 31 pass attempts.  Bantam senior DE Noah Glantz (Scarsdale, N.Y.) had four tackles and a sack.  Andy Skirzenski paced the Mammoth defense with 12 tackles.