Rutland, VT – The Castleton State College men's ice hockey team fell to Amherst College, 4-1, in ECAC East/NESCAC crossover conference action on Saturday afternoon at Spartan Arena.

The Lord Jeffs improve to 12-2-2 overall (7-2-2 NESCAC) pushing their unbeaten streak to 11 games. The Spartans drop to 6-7-4 overall (4-5-2 ECAC East).

Amherst opened up the scoring at 8:26 of the first on Dylan Trumble's (Calgary, Alb.) first-collegiate goal.

Trumble banged home a rebound from teammate Jack Baer (Edina, MN) for a 1-0 lead at 8:26.

Steven Miles (Nepean, Ont.) responded for Castleton at 15:35 with a breakaway goal, second of the season, to tie the contest up at 1-1.

Just before the end of the period, the Continentals took back the lead on a beautiful one-timer goal set up by freshman forward Nick Brunette (Chaska, MN).

Brunette found an open Matthew Rhone (Dedham, MA) for his tenth goal of the season as Rhone finished with a slapshot past Castleton goaltender Arthur Hollinger (Homer Glen, IL) for a 2-1 lead at 18:45.

Amherst extended its lead midway through the second period on the power-play.

Jamie Hawkrigg (Waterdown, Ont.) blasted a slapshot behind Hollinger at 12:09 for a 3-1 advantage, his third goal of the season. Keith Nelson (Manalapan, NJ) tallied his second assist of the game on the score.

The Continentals put the game to bed at 18:26 of the third period as Brunette scored an empty net goal to make it 4-1 and secure the win.

Cole Anderson (Sylvan Lake, Alb) made 28 saves to improve to 11-2-2 overall. Hollinger stopped 17 shots.

Castleton returns to action on January 29 on the road against Tufts University. Amherst hosts the University of New England on January 29 with the puck scheduled to drop at 7:00 p.m.