ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T struggled to find the net Friday night as it was shut out for the first time in the 2018 season, falling to Bellarmine 2-0 at the S&T Soccer Field in the Great Lakes Valley Conference opener for both teams.

The Knights got a pair of goals in the first half from Micah Linscott, one in the 13^th minute off an assist from Tomas Bernedo and then an unassisted tally in the 21^st minute to extend the Knights' lead.

On the first goal, Lincscott took a redirected ball from Bernedo and hit a shot by S&T goalkeeper Nick Posey (Edwardsville, IL/Edwardsville), then got a ball in the open field on the second goal after it went off the head of a Miner and scored on a short breakaway.

The Miners had a couple of good chances, the first coming in the opening minutes of the contest when Austin Parks (Rolla, MO/Rolla) got a pass in front from Unnar Ulfarsson (Gardabaer, Iceland/Fjolnir Reykjavik) but hit the shot wide of the net.

In the 57^th minute, the Miners got a free kick opportunity on the Bellarmine side of the field and Jason Jorgensen (Florence, Italy/Liceo Scientifico Santa Maria) hit a shot that Knight goalkeeper Connor Range bobbled for a moment, but was able to keep the ball out of the net and keep S&T off the scoreboard.

Bellarmine (2-2, 1-0 GLVC) outshot the Miners (0-4, 0-1 GLVC) 21-4, with Posey ending the contest with six saves.

Missouri S&T returns to action Sunday when it faces Quincy in a 2:30 p.m. game in Quincy, Ill.  The Hawks played to a 2-2 tie at Rockhurst.