St. Louis – The sixth seeded University of Missouri-St. Louis men's soccer team will match up against seventh seeded Truman State on Friday evening in the semifinal round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament this Friday (Nov. 6) at 7 p.m. at Lake Country Soccer Complex in Springfield, Mo.

The Tritons advance to the semifinal round of the conference tournament for the first time since playing in the championship game in 2012 at Rockhurst and snapped its seven-match postseason losing streak with its 1-0 win at third seeded Drury last Saturday.

This is UMSL's 16th trip to the GLVC Tournament in program history and they're seeking their first GLVC title but won six Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) titles in a seven-year span during the 1980s.

Friday night's contest marks the 50th meeting all-time between the Tritons and Bulldogs with UMSL holding a 22-19-8 advantage in the series including a 2-1 win over Truman earlier this season in St. Louis. Brady Freeman scored a pair of goals in that contest on Oct. 3. The Tritons are 2-1-1 against the Bulldogs in the past four meetings.

Freeman leads UMSL in scoring this season with eight goals for a total of 16 points while Mario Garcia has tallied four goals and two assists for a total of 10 points. Garcia scored the game-winner against the Panthers last Saturday on a penalty kick in the 98th minute.

Will Winkler has played nearly 1100 minutes between the posts this season with 47 saves, has a goals-against average of 0.91, a save percentage of 0.810 and has recorded six shutouts.

Truman State is making its third appearance all-time in the GLVC Tournament and third in the past five seasons. The Bulldogs advanced to the second weekend of the conference tournament for the first time after upsetting second seeded Maryville in penalty kicks 4-3 on Sunday afternoon at Maryville.

Jacob Panagos leads TSU in scoring this season with 14 goals and one assist for a total of 29 points and has landed 52 percent of his shot attempts on goal. Brady Lombardo and Roman Scognamillo are tied for second on the team with three goals apiece.

Owen Robben has played nearly 1550 minutes in goal this season with a goals-against average of 1.63 while making 74 saves with a save percentage of 0.725 and has posted four clean sheets.

Friday's other semifinal will be between fourth seeded UIndy and top seeded Lincoln at 4 p.m. The Greyhounds and Blue Tigers played to a 1-1 draw in Indianapolis on Oct. 11.

The championship game will be held on Sunday (Nov. 8) at 12 p.m. at Lake Country Soccer Complex.