MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Trinty College Men's Soccer team fell to host Middlebury College, 9-0, in a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) at South Street Field Saturday afternoon. The Bantams move to 1-3 on the season, and 0-3 in conference, while the Panthers rise to 2-0 in the NESCAC and 4-0 overall.
 
The Panthers netted their first goal of the game in the 6^th minutes at Gavin Rudolph scored the first of two goals on the day. Just over two minutes later, the Panthers made it a 2-0 game on an unassisted strike from Eujin Chae. With 34:00 to play in the first half, Tyler Payne found the back of the net to push the Panthers ahead 3-0.
 
Rudolph added his second tally of the day with a goal in the 26^th minute to expand the advantage to 4-0. Less than four minutes later, Hugo Horwitz delivered an unassisted goal to make it a 5-0 game. Eduardo Casanova potted a goal in the 40^th minute to send Middlebury into halftime with a 6-0 lead.
 
Less than five minutes into the second half, Shane Farrell scored to set the score at 7-0. Casanova registered his second goal of the day in the 54^th minute, and Samuel Dolan converted in the final minute to give the Panthers the 9-0 victory.
 
Middlebury controlled the shot column, 26-1, during the contest. Trinity junior Felix Schmidt made a game-high three saves, while Nate Dyott stopped one shot in the second half. Panthers Owen Greene and Joey Waterman combined for a clean sheet.
 
Trinity will look to return to the win column when host Williams Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Middlebury travels to Endicott for a non-conference match Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
 
TRINITY ATHLETICS