Box Score ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's late comeback effort fell short Sunday afternoon against Rockhurst at the S&T Soccer Field, as the Miners dropped a 2-1 decision to the 16^th-ranked Hawks in their final home game of the 2012 season.

The loss dropped the Miners into a tie for 10^th place in the Great Lakes Valley Conference with one game remaining  – the top eight teams qualify for the conference tournament – but did not drop them out of contention for a playoff spot.  S&T will need to win that final contest Wednesday at Drury and have Lewis lose its game at Wisconsin-Parkside to qualify for the tournament.

Wednesday's game against fifth-ranked Drury will get underway at 8:30 p.m. in Springfield, Mo.

On Sunday, the Miners and Hawks were scoreless at halftime, but Rockhurst broke on top just 2:48 into the second half when Mark Magee put in a shot from the wing.

S&T had one scoring chance about 15 minutes into the second half when E.J. Zembas (Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest) put a ball into the box that had to be cleared out from in front of the net by the Rockhurst defense, but in the 72^nd minute, the Hawks were able to extend their lead when Paolo Scoppola redirected a throw-in by George Skevington.

The Miners were able to break through Rockhurst goalkeeper Ryan Bass with just over five minutes remaining in regulation time, as Spencer Brinkmeyer (Kansas City, Mo./Oak Park) headed in Gilberto Robayo (Snohomish, Wash./Snohomish)'s corner kick to cut the lead in half.  S&T had a couple of late threats, but had two shots miss the mark and one by Carlos Gomez (Madrid, Spain/Nuestra Sra Del Recurerdo) in the waning seconds that Bass turned away.

Rockhurst (13-2-2, 11-2-2 GLVC) outshot the Miners 14-8 in the contest, as S&T goalkeeper Matt Jackson (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City West) finished with two saves.