THE FINAL WHISTLE
Final: Missouri S&T 0 – UIndy 2
Records: Missouri S&T 9-7 (8-5 GLVC) | UIndy 9-4-2 (8-3-2 GLVC)
Location: Key Stadium – Indianapolis, Ind.
 
INDIANAPOLIS – Backed by a pair of goals early in each half, the University of Indianapolis men's soccer team moved closer to clinching a first round home game in the GLVC Tournament with a 2-0 win over Missouri S&T under the lights at Key Stadium on Friday night.

GAME CHANGER
A trio of UIndy seniors got together to get the all-important first goal of the match in the 10^th minute. Julian Shamsaie took a throw in and one-touched the ball to JT Hiquet, who sent a crossing feed into the S&T box. Zak Mitiche took care of the rest, reaching back to hammer home a bicycle kick into the top shelf for his third goal of the year.
 
Click here to watch Mitiche's highlight-reel goal.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
UIndy added an insurance marker early in the 56^th minute when David Kurz launched a corner kick to the back post, giving Brendon Widau a chance to head the ball to Jacob Meyer, who hammered home his seventh goal of the year.
 
UIndy goalkeeper Christopher Jones needed to make four stops to earn his ninth clean sheet of the year, including a trio of quality saves late in the second half to preserve the shutout.
 
Shots were 15-9 in favor of the Greyhounds with Mitiche's four shots leading all attackers on the night. Meyer, Kurz, Shamsaie and Casey Zimmerman had two shot attempts each for UIndy.
 
Maxi Fuchs topped the Miners with three shots on the night and Nick Posey turned aside six Greyhound shots in defeat for Missouri S&T.
 
HEAR IT FROM THE HOUNDS
Senior Brendon Widau: "It's always reassuring knowing that we've held shots and quality chances to a minimum this year. So to get an early goal, that puts us in a spot we want to be in and it's our job to keep them off the scoreboard. We did just that and right now, we feel like we're where we want to be not only as a defensive unit, but the team as a whole."
 
Senior Zak Mitiche: "We've been all the places we've wanted to go. Right now, we have to stay focused and stay strong these last few games because we want to take another run at not only a GLVC Tournament championship, but another NCAA Tournament berth as well."
 
Head coach John Higgins: "We really needed the early goal tonight. They're always important because it forces the opposition to open up and it gives us a real chance to counter on the offensive end. Our mentality was great tonight in what felt like a conference tournament game against a good team."
 
"Our defense has done a great job limiting quality chances for the opposition all year, but tonight Chris (Jones) earned his clean sheet. He had a couple of really quality saves and this time of the year, you need clean sheets and need your goalkeeper to make big saves. Tonight, everyone on the defensive end got into the act."
 
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UP NEXT
Weekend play for the Greyhounds wraps up on Sunday afternoon when UIndy welcomes Drury to Key Stadium on Senior Day. Before the contest, the Greyhounds will honor seniors Leo Cunningham, JT Hiquet, Patrick McGuiness, Zak Mitiche, Julian Shamsaie and Brendon Widau.