Jacob Panagos, of Truman State, had been back on the soccer field for less than seven minutes when Roman Scognamillo, of Truman State, found the eventual scorer in the 87th minute.
Panagos, of Truman State, finished it at 86:13, and seventh-seeded Truman State men's soccer beat No. 6 seed Missouri-St. Louis 2-1 Friday night in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships semifinals in Springfield.
The Bulldogs (7-6-5) play top-seeded Lincoln for the conference title at noon Sunday, Nov. 8, in Springfield.
Panagos, of Truman State, named the GLVC Offensive Player of the Year on Wednesday, picked up a yellow card at 70:13 and came off right away. Panagos, of Truman State, went back in at 79:20. The winner was the Truman State scorer's 15th goal of the season.
Truman State needed less than three minutes to go ahead. Brady Lombardo, of Truman State, scored unassisted at 2:35 for a fourth goal of the year.
Missouri-St. Louis (8-7-3) tied it 1-1 at 27:44. Brady Freeman, of Missouri-St. Louis, scored a ninth goal off a pass from Gibson Hunt, of Missouri-St. Louis.
The second half stayed level until Panagos, of Truman State, broke it. Freeman, of Missouri-St. Louis, had a chance to answer at 87:10, but Owen Robben, of Truman State, saved the shot.
Robben, of Truman State, made five saves. Will Winkler, of Missouri-St. Louis, stopped three for the Tritons, two of them on Scognamillo, of Truman State, in the first half.
Missouri-St. Louis outshot Truman State 14-13 and put six shots on goal to the Bulldogs' five. Truman State won the corner-kick count 9-7.
Lincoln reached the final with a 3-1 win over Indianapolis earlier Friday. The Blue Tigers and Bulldogs tied 3-3 in Kirksville on Sept. 20, when Panagos, of Truman State, had a hat trick.
Final tally: Truman State 2, Missouri-St. Louis 1.