It may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Hand ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Fairfield Prep Jesuits a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Tigers were the better team in the second half.
Hand pushed their record up to 13-2-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Fairfield Prep, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-7-2.
Hand will face off against Xavier at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Xavier will roll in looking for their sixth straight victory, something Hand surely won't give up without a fight. Fairfield Prep does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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