RICHMOND, Va. – Saint Louis senior forward Robert Kristo buried his team-leading 11th goal of the season to propel the Billikens past VCU 1-0 Friday night in Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer action at Sports Backers Stadium.

With the win, the Billikens improve to 12-3-2 and 5-1-2 in A-10 play. They will be the No. 2 seed in next week's A-10 Championship, which will be hosted by VCU. The complete bracket will be announced Sunday night. The Rams suffered their first defeat of conference play and dip to 7-8-4 and 4-1-3 in the league.

It is the second consecutive game the Billikens dealt the opponent their first conference loss. Last week, SLU knocked off previously undefeated Rhode Island 1-0.

“Just like last week against Rhode Island, this was a tough, tight game and our guys found a way to get the win,” SLU head coach Mike McGinty said. “This was a great result, now we look forward to getting ready for the postseason.”

Kristo's goal came at the 74:32 mark of the second half on a free kick. He drove a rocket to the far post and into the back of the net for his 11th of the year. It was also Kristo's 38th goal and 90th point of his career.

SLU goalkeeper Sascha Otte had to be sharp in recording his league-leading 11 shutout of the season. He was forced to make just one save but was effective on crosses and corner kicks. Shots were even at 12 apiece, while SLU did manage five corner kicks to VCU's four