ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T was unable to hang onto a one-goal lead in the second half Friday evening as Maryville rallied to knock off the Miners 2-1 in a Great Lakes Valley Conference match at the S&T Soccer Field.

The Miners, who lost for just the second time in their last seven contests, took the initial lead in the game in the 14^th minute.  Felipe Andrade (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/) got a lead pass from Ian Hansen (Springfield, MO/Kickapoo), took the ball down the left side of the field and sent a cross to David Murphy (Naperville, IL/Naperville Central), who buried a shot by Saint goalkeeper Christian Kjaersgaard.

S&T was able to hang onto that advantage into the intermission in a tightly contested first half, but Maryville knotted the game up in the 57^th minute when Joergen Pettersen sent a cross that went to JD Sohn on the opposite side of the net and he beat S&T goalie Aaron Hohenstein (St. Louis, MO/Lutheran South).

Both sides had opportunities over the next several minutes to break the tie before the Saints were able to do so in the 72^nd minute.  Nathan Schilly sent a cross from the deep right corner to the middle of the box, where Vittorio Sasso scored to give Maryville the 2-1 lead.

The Miners had one shot on goal after Maryville's go-ahead tally, but Kjaersgaard turned away that attempt by Trey Haman (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis University HS) in the 81^st minute.  S&T had three other attempts that were off the mark as well as three corner kick opportunites.

Maryville (9-2-2, 7-2-2 GLVC), who received votes in this week's United Soccer Coaches Division II poll, outshot S&T 18-16 in the game.  Hohenstein was credited with eight saves for the Miners (6-5-1, 5-5 GLVC), who host Missouri-St. Louis Sunday at 2:30 p.m.  Sunday's game will also be Senior Day at Missouri S&T.