A loss is a loss, but after a rough eight-point defeat at Spring Lake on Monday, the Fruitport soccer team took some solace in a much closer result on Wednesday.

The Trojans fell to a very good Grand Rapids West Catholic squad 2-1.

West Catholic scored first, about seven minutes into the game, then Fruitport’s Mikayla Belasco evened things up with a goal with 26 minutes left in the first half. Jorja Blackmer assisted on the goal.

Fruitport’s Mikayla Belasco, who scored the Trojans lone goal against West Catholic.

West Catholic scored the go-ahead goal about 10 minutes into the second half and the Trojans were not able to find the equalizer.

“I was very proud of the girls in a bounce-back game,” said Fruitport Coach Chris Belasco. “As a team we really stepped up and played at a high level. The girls knew coming into this matchup that West Catholic was a very good team and we needed to step up to the challenge.

“It wasn’t the result we wanted on the scoreboard, but we are putting pieces together and growing as a team, and showed how competitive we really can be.”

The Trojans, now 4-4 overall and 2-3 in O-K Blue conference play, will host Ludington on Saturday morning at home.