West Liberty kept getting behind the Mount Vernon defense in a boys’ soccer match at Armstrong Family Field on Friday, April 11.

And that didn’t work out great for the Mustangs, who lost 6-0 to fell to 0-3-2.

“We made a decision to play high and they were really good with their through balls,” junior Jaxon Anderson said. “They made quick passes.”

West Liberty freshman Iker Garcia Rosas scored a hat trick of three goals and NO. 9 added two more. The first for No. 9 came 10 minutes into the game off a deflection after No. 7 had outran the defense to the goal.

Six minutes later, No. 7 had another breakaway, and when goalie Zion Safo came out to defend, No. 7 popped it into the net.

The Comets added a goal by No. 7 off a corner kick and then another breakaway by No. 9 to make it 4-0 at halftime.

“That is a quality team,” Mount Vernon coach Nate Grosse said. “There’s not a lot of high school teams that can control the ball like that.”

It was a tough matchup, and the Mustangs may have been out of game. They tied Clear Creek Amana 1-1 on Tuesday, April 8, and lost to Grinnell, 3-2, on Thursday, April 10.

“We played really good against CCA,” Grosse said. “But it was a tough week with three matches in four days. And we were dealing with a couple injuries. We didn’t have a whole lot left. Our legs were tired.”

And West Liberty (4-0) ran. A lot. The Comets added two more goals early in the second half. The Mustangs had a few chances, but couldn’t finish.

“We were hoping to come out and win the second half, but they are a good team,” Grosse said. “The good thing is now we have four days to train and work on some stuff.”