ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's men's soccer team will look for a fresh start to the 2018 season as it opens up Great Lakes Valley Conference play this weekend, beginning with a home contest Friday against Bellarmine at 7:30 p.m. at the S&T Soccer Field.

Following Friday's contest, the Miners will hit the road for a game Sunday against Quincy with a start time of 2:30 p.m.

The Miners are looking for their first victory of the season after suffering a 2-1 loss Sunday in their home opener to Upper Iowa.  After tying the game on a goal in the 32^nd minute by Unnar Ulfarsson (Gardabaer, Iceland/Fjolnir Reykjavik) that ended UIU's string of scoreless minutes at 239, the visiting Peacocks got what turned out to be the winning goal just over two minutes later.

Austin Parks (Rolla, MO/Rolla) has scored three times to lead the Miners (0-3) in that category, while Ulfarsson has two goals and two assists on the year.  Ulfarsson heads into play this weekend four assists away from tying the S&T career record – he currently has 17 – and is eight points shy of the top 10 on the career level in that department.

Goalkeeper Nick Posey (Edwardsville, IL/Edwardsville) has recorded 18 saves in the first three games of the season.

Bellarmine is currently 1-2 on the season, with back-to-back losses to Trevecca Nazarene and Lee after a season-opening win over Cedarville.  The Knights have scored just twice in their first three contests, getting goals from Laslo Wagner and Nate Girao, the latter of which was a game-winner in the 80^th minutes in Bellarmine's lone win of the year.

Connor Range has played all 270 minutes in goal and owns a 1.67 goals against average with five saves for the Knights.

Quincy is 1-3 on the season heading into a game Friday at Rockhurst; the Hawks picked up their lone win over former conference rival Wisconsin-Parkside on Sept. 2.  The Hawks have scored in every game this season, but have also allowed nine goals in those first four outings.

Aubrey Reis is among a group of players tied for second in the conference with three goals – a group that includes S&T's Austin Parks (Rolla, MO/Rolla) – while Tucker Hayden has a goal and two assists for four points.  Goalkeeper Adam Whybrow has made 19 saves and holds a 2.25 goals against average on the year.