ROLLA, Mo. – Eduardo Abichabki (Sao Jose do Rio Pardo, Brazil/Colegio Unigrau) struck again on Sunday and as a result, the Missouri S&T men's soccer team moved one step closer to landing a spot in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament.

For the third time in the last four games, Abichabki scored the decisive goal in a Miner victory, the latest coming early in the second half as the Miners downed Southern Indiana 1-0 at Allgood-Bailey Stadium.

The victory over the Screaming Eagles, who came into the game tied for eighth place with S&T in the GLVC, not only broke the tie with USI but vaulted it into seventh in the league standings past Wisconsin-Parkside – who lost 4-1 Sunday to GLVC leader Quincy – with three games remaining on the schedule.  The top eight finishers will qualify for the conference tournament.

Following a first half in which it was outshot 8-3, the Miners struck quickly after the intermission.  Maxi Fuchs (Munich, Germany) sent a ball to the wing to Abichabki, who ripped a shot past USI goalkeeper Auston Bruder just 3:37 into the second half to provide the Miners with their only goal of the afternoon.

S&T had only one of those three shots on goal in the first half, but had a 12-5 advantage in that department over the final 45 minutes.  The Miners had seven shots on net in the second half to two for USI, but James Holloway (Cape Girardeau, Mo./Notre Dame Regional) turned away both of those efforts to record his fifth shutout of the season.

Holloway made the save of the contest in the 77^th minute when he leaped to his right to stop a shot from the middle of the field by Logan Ball.  That also turned out to be the last shot the Screaming Eagles (5-7-2, 4-6-2 GLVC) would have in the contest as the Miners (6-6-2, 5-5-2 GLVC) finished with a 15-13 edge.

Missouri S&T will head to the road Friday for a 2:30 p.m. contest against William Jewell in Liberty, Mo.  The Miners' final home game will take place next Sunday against Rockhurst.