Missouri S&T dominated the stat sheet Sunday afternoon except for one category: goals.

Illinois-Springfield made the most of its limited scoring chances and came away with a 3-1 win over the Miners in men's soccer action at the S&T Soccer Field.

The Prairie Stars were outshot by the Miners 26-9 in the game and had only five shots on goal to the Miners' 11. However, UIS turned two counterattack plays into goals in the first half and rode the play of All-America goalkeeper Chance Walker to keep S&T at bay as it tried to rally in the second half.

UIS took the lead just under five minutes into play when Jakub Piotrowski headed in a cross from Brian Doellman, then added to its lead on another counter as Eddie Sayon scored at the 25:35 mark.

The Miners cut the lead in half 12 minutes into the second half when Nick Landon (Ballwin, Mo./Marquette) escaped from a pack of UIS defenders, then made a pass across the box to J.J. Bilyeu (St. Louis, Mo./Christian Brothers) who in turn tapped the ball out to Brandon Moore (Rolla, Mo./Rolla) for a point blank shot that cut the lead to 2-1.

S&T continued to put pressure on the Prairie Stars after getting its first goal, but the visitors got an insurance goal when Piotrowski hit a long shot that just got over the extended arms of Miner goalkeeper Donny Gesell (St. Charles, Mo./St. Charles West) and just under the crossbar to make it 3-1 with nearly nine minutes to play.

Gesell was credited with two saves in his Miner debut in the nets, while Walker finished with 10 saves in the contest.