Springfield, Mo. – The sixth seeded University of Missouri-St. Louis men's soccer team upset 22nd ranked and third seeded Drury 1-0 in overtime in a Great Lakes Valley Conference quarterfinal contest on Saturday afternoon at the Lake Country Soccer Complex in Springfield, Mo. The Tritons improve to 8-6-3 while the Panthers fall to 11-4-3.
It's UMSL's first postseason since the 2012 season when it advanced to the GLVC Tournament championship contest ultimately losing to Rockhurst 2-1 in the final that season.
The Tritons controlled play in the first half outshooting Drury 6-4 including 4-1 in shots on goal but were unable to get anything past Ben Barnett.
UMSL carried that over into the second half outshooting the Panthers 9-5 but Drury put two of their chances on goal to just one for the Tritons.
The Panthers had the first chance to win the game in the extra frame as Tyrell Phinn put a shot on goal that
Will Winkler saved in the 95th minute.
The Tritons capitalized on a golden opportunity three minutes later.
Gibson Hunt took a shot that was saved and in the scramble
Mario Garcia took a shot that was headed for goal but Phinn intentionally played the ball with his hand to deny the goal scoring opportunity. He was shown a red card and Garcia converted on the penalty kick for the game-winner.
UMSL outshot Drury 17-10 including 7-4 in shots on goal in the contest. The Panthers held an 8-5 advantage in corner kicks and committed 14 fouls to the Tritons 11.
UMSL will take on the winner of the quarterfinal between seventh seeded Truman State and second seeded Maryville in the semifinal round of the GLVC Tournament next Friday (Nov. 6) at 7 p.m. at Lake Country Soccer Complex in Springfield, Mo.
