St. Louis, Mo. – Missouri S&T's women's soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision at Maryville on Friday afternoon. The Saints (5-3-1, 4-2-1 GLVC) scored midway through the first half off a corner kick.

Maryville came out the aggressors to begin the match getting a shot on goal within the first three minutes that Carrie Levy (Columbia, Mo./Rock Bridge ) was able to turn it away. S&T (1-7-1, 0-6-1 GLVC) had a chance to get on the board in the sixth minute but Lauren Tolan (Columbia, Ill./Columbia)'s header attempt was wide. The Saints put three more shots on frame but Levy was able to turn them away.

Maryville broke the scoreless deadlock in the 24^th minute as Amanda Wiechens headed home a corner kick from Nadia Abu-Douleh for her fifth goal of the season.

The Lady Miners tried to answer immediately following the goal but a shot by Catherine Hawn (Waterloo, Ill./Waterloo) was wide and an attempt from Kendall Fitzpatrick (Houston, Texas/Memorial ) sailed high.

The Saints outshot S&T 7-3 in the first 45 minutes and put five of those on goal.

Tolan tried to level the match in the 68^th minute but her attempt was saved by Bailey Doerflinger. The Lady Miners would get another chance seven minutes later but Mikaela Mockenhaupt (Oswego, Ill./Oswego)'s shot sailed over the goal.

Maryville finished the contest with a 12-5 edge in shots and 6-5 in corner kicks.

Tolan led S&T with two shots while Hawn, Fitzpatrick and Mockenhaupt had one apiece. Levy made seven saves for the Lady Miners.

S&T returns to action on Sunday when it takes on Missouri-St. Louis beginning at 12 p.m. at Don Dallas Field on the Missouri-St. Louis campus.