ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's men's soccer team will wrap up its 2019 home schedule this weekend when the Miners face Truman State and Quincy in Great Lakes Conference contests at Allgood-Bailey Stadium.

S&T, who is in the middle of a wild scramble for a spot in the top half of the conference standings that would also bring about a berth in the GLVC Tournament, will take on Truman at 7:30 p.m. on Friday before closing the home slate Sunday against Quincy at 2:30 p.m.   The Miner seniors will be honored prior to the start of Sunday's contest.

The Miners improved to 4-5-2 overall and 3-4-2 in the GLVC Sunday – putting them just one game out of sixth place in the standings -- after pulling out a 4-3 overtime win over Missouri-St. Louis on Paal Benum's (Trondheim, Norway/Byaasen Videregaadende) goal 68 seconds into the second overtime period.   Benum is one of six Miners who have scored at least two goals this season, a group led by Bertram Gjelfort (Frederiksberg, Denmark/Falkonergaarden) with his five goals on the year.

Gjelfort is currently tied for seventh in the GLVC in goals and has a team-high 10 points, while Jason Jorgensen (Florence, Italy/Liceo Scientifico Santa Maria) and Shane Cairns (North Olmstead, OH/North Olmstead) have five points apiece as they have two goals and an assist apiece.  Goalkeeper Nick Posey (Edwardsville, IL/Edwardsville) has a 2.00 goals against average and 28 saves in 1,033 minutes of play.

ABOUT TRUMAN STATE: The Bulldogs are also in the playoff mix as they come into the weekend with a 4-4-1 conference record and 5-5-1 overall mark.  Truman knocked off Southwest Baptist 5-1 Sunday in Kirksville to snap a five-game winless streak; the Bulldogs had dropped four straight prior to playing to a scoreless tie with Drury on Friday.

Matt Yankowitz leads the Bulldogs with three goals on the season, while Collin McDonough has a team-high seven assists with two goals and three assists.  Jeff Masters and Andrew Brennan are the only other Bulldogs with multiple goals this season as each player has two goals apiece.

Truman has split its goalkeeping duties among three players; Julian Echeverri has a 0.73 goals against average to top that group.

ABOUT QUINCY: The Hawks are also in the middle of the scramble in the middle of the GLVC pack with a 4-4 conference record and an overall mark of 6-5.  After shutting out Southwest Baptist on Friday, Quincy dropped a 2-0 decision on Sunday to Drury for its third loss in its last four contests.

Quincy has been paced in the scoring column by Aubrey Reis with seven goals – which has him tied for third in the GLVC – and 15 points, while Cooper Reis, Anthony Christante and Alsadiq Hasan have all scored three times apiece.  The Hawks have scored 24 goals in 11 games and have scored three or more goals five times this season.

Adam Whybrow has done the bulk of the work in goal for the Hawks this season and has a 1.59 goals against average and 44 saves to his credit.