ROLLA, Mo. – Following a split of its contests on the opening weekend of the 2014 season, Missouri S&T's men's soccer team will begin its Great Lakes Valley Conference schedule Friday when it begins its northern swing through the league with a meeting with Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, Wis.

It will be the first of two weekend contests for the Miners, who will take on Lewis Sunday at noon in Romeoville, Ill., following the 1:15 match Friday at UW-Parkside.

Missouri S&T opened the campaign with a 1-0 win Saturday over Southwest Baptist, getting a second half goal from Mitch Morris (O'Fallon, Mo./Fort Zumwalt West) and a shutout in goal from James Holloway (Cape Girardeau, Mo./Notre Dame Regional) for the victory.  The following night against seventh-ranked Lindenwood, Morris scored again in the final minute of regulation time to extend the game, only to see the Lions win the contest just before the first overtime period ended.

Morris scored his goals on assists from Martin Klevjer (Trondheim, Norway/) on Saturday and Ryan Lawhead (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township) in Sunday's match.  Holloway, who handled the goalkeeping duties for both games, finished the weekend with a 0.95 goals against average.

Wisconsin-Parkside opened its season last week with a pair of one-sided wins, a 6-0 victory over Saint Francis (Ill.) and a 9-1 triumph over Robert Morris-Lake County.  Antonio Gonzalez scored four times on seven shots in the two wins to earn the GLVC's "Player of the Week" award while also recording three assists along the way.  Nemanja Medic and Abraham Kanneh also scored four times each for the Rangers.

Lewis was ranked 15^th in the NSCAA pre-season rankings but dropped out after splitting its first two games of the year.  The loss came at the hands of now fourth-ranked Saginaw Valley State by a count of 2-0, then the Flyers topped Alderson-Broaddus 3-1 to even its mark at 1-1.

George Thomson scored all three goals for Lewis in the win over Alderson-Broaddus, tallying all three in a span of under 19 minutes in the opening half of play.

Miners vs. UW-Parkside (Friday, 1:15 p.m.)
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Miners vs. Lewis (Sunday, 12 p.m.)
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