ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's men's soccer team overcame two deficits in Sunday's Great Lakes Valley Conference contest against Rockhurst, but a late goal by Federico Verlicchi allowed Rockhurst to escape Allgood-Bailey Stadium with a 3-2 win over the Miners.

Verlicchi put the Hawks (4-4-1, 4-3 GLVC) on top when he headed in Trevor Cissell's cross from just inside the top of the box, as he got the header just over the outstretched hands of S&T goalkeeper Nick Posey (Edwardsville, IL/Edwardsville) in the fifth minute of play.

About eight minutes later, the Miners (3-4-2, 2-3-2 GLVC) got a head-ball goal of their own when Bertram Gjelfort (Frederiksberg, Denmark/Falkonergaarden) got on the end of a cross from Tim Schreffl (Rosenheim, Germany/Findsterwalder Gymnasium) and headed it past Peter Baker to tie the contest.  However, the Hawks took the lead back in the 32^nd minute when Pablo Salvador Lopez got a through ball and scored.

S&T missed a good scoring opportunity late in the first half when it was unable to connect on a cross in front of the net as it went to the half trailing 2-1.  The Miners then appeared to have scored a game-tying goal following a free kick in the 63^rd minute, but S&T was called for offsides.

Gjelfort had another good scoring chance in the 76^th minute when his redirected shot was stopped by a diving Baker, but the Miners were able to knot the score in the 79^th minute when Baker stopped a shot by Jason Jorgensen (Florence, Italy/Liceo Scientifico Santa Maria), but Julien Denis (Olathe, KS/Olathe East) got to the rebound and hit it into a vacant net.

With just over seven minutes to go, Verlicchi got to a loose ball at the top of the box and fired a shot past Posey for hit second goal of the contest that decided the contest.

Missouri S&T outshot Rockhurst 17-11 in the game and had eight shots on net to the Hawks' seven.  Posey finished with four saves in goal for S&T, who saw its three-game unbeaten streak come to an end.

The Miners, in the midst of a stretch of playing seven home games in a span of eight contests, will play the one road game Friday when they take on Lindenwood in a 7:30 p.m. contest in St. Charles, Mo.