Fairfield eeks past Mt. Pleasant

Two evenly matched teams graced the field at the Dexter Soccer Complex in Fairfield Tuesday evening, and the final score indicated as much.

Fairfield bounced back from a loss to the Panthers last month with a great defensive effort to hold Mount Pleasant off the scoreboard and escape with a 1-0 win. With the defense playing the way they were, Pasha Bousquet provided all the offense the Trojans needed with the lone goal of the game off a Deep Shrestha assist.

?Instead of the 4-1-4-1 lineup we?ve used most of the season, we came out in a 4-4-2 line up and the defense, led by Pranav Sharma did a great job,? said Fairfield head coach Roeland Hekker.

The win marks Fairfield?s second conference win of the season and both have come on their home turf. The Trojans hope for a similar result in their next game when conference heavyweight Keokuk comes calling.

Mount Pleasant flipped the score and won the JV game by a final tally of 1-0.