ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's women's soccer team closes out its home schedule this weekend still clinging to a chance to make the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament, as it will play host to Lewis and Indianapolis to wrap up the regular season slate.

Entering Friday's 5 p.m. match against Lewis at Allgood-Bailey Stadium -- which will be Pink Night at S&T for Breast Cancer Awareness -- the Miners sit four points behind the team currently in eighth place, Missouri-St. Louis.  The Miners have eight points based on their 2-6-2 record in GLVC play – S&T is 2-7-4 overall – but have a win over the Tritons and would win a tiebreaker over UMSL if the teams tie for the eighth spot.

However, Quincy is between S&T and UMSL in the standings and if the Hawks win of their two games this weekend, the Miners would have to win both games to overtake Quincy.  S&T's second game of the weekend will be on Sunday when it faces Indianapolis at noon at the S&T Soccer Field.

The Miners dropped a pair of 1-0 decisions last week, losing to McKendree after the Bearcats scored in the eighth minute of play and to Maryville, when the Saints got the winning tally in the 77^th minute.

Ally Hasken (Freeport, IL/Freeport) leads the Miners in scoring with three goals and six points, while Sydney Gratz (Geneva, IL/Geneva) has two goals and an assist on the year.  Seven players have scored for the Miners this season, including Andersyn Foster (Belleville, IL/Althoff Catholic) who leads S&T with two assists.

Viktoria Johnson (Granite City, IL/Granite City) has a goals against average of 1.56 in 1,157 minutes of playing time and has recorded 53 saves.

Missouri S&T will honor the 13 senior members of its program prior to the start of Sunday's contest.
 
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: Lewis has already clinched a berth into the GLVC Tournament and is looking to secure a home game in the first round, as it is in fourth place in the standings with a one-point lead over Illinois Springfield.  The Flyers, 8-5-1 overall and 6-3-1 in the GLVC, are coming off a 1-0 loss to Rockhurst on Sunday that snapped a five-game winning streak.

Cameron Sengstock leads the Flyers with eight goals and two assists for 18 points; she is tied for second in the GLVC in goals and is second in points per game.  Cosa Bella Milazzo has four goals and an assist on the year, while goalkeeper Bekah Nielsen has 54 saves and a 0.76 goals against average in 1,183 minutes of play.

Sunday's opponent, UIndy, is 5-5-4 overall and 4-3-3 in the GLVC for 15 points.  The Greyhounds have not won back-to-back games this season and will play at Missouri-St. Louis on Friday before coming to Rolla for the GLVC finale as they are looking to lock up a spot in the GLVC Tournament.  UIndy is sixth in the GLVC with its 15 points.

Maria Herrero has six goals and two assists for 14 points to lead the Greyhounds in the scoring column, while Kiki Sauceda has three goals and four assists for 10 points.  Makenna Nickens has seen most of the playing time in goal and has a 1.11 goals against average with 37 saves.