FAIRFIELD, CONN – With an injury to Steve Casey forcing defenseman Kevin Garcia into goal, the Niagara Purple Eagles fell 2-0 to the Fairfield Stags on Saturday.
 
"Kevin was solid in goal today and our back line played well overall," head coach Eric Barnes said. "Unfortunately we didn't combine well in the final third and were done in by a fluky goal at the beginning of the second half and a questionable penalty kick call."
 
The Niagara (5-9-2; 2-4-1 MAAC) defense kept Fairfield (7-3-5; 4-1-3 MAAC) at bay throughout the opening half, keeping the Stags to four shots that all missed the target. The game went into the break a 0-0 tie, but the Stags got on the board in the 46^th minute with a strike off of a cross from the left side of the box. They extended the lead to 2-0 with a goal off of the penalty kick that was awarded in the 81^st minute.  
 
The Purple Eagles had chances to tie the game with three shots between Stag goals, including looks by Jack Welsh and Matthew Ferguson that forced the Fairfield keeper to make saves.
 
Niagara plays its final road game of the regular season on Wednesday when it travels to Poughkeepsie, New York to face the Marist Red Foxes at 1:00 p.m.