ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis senior John Klein broke a scoreless tie in the 74th minute as Saint Louis won its fifth in a row Saturday night, 1-0 over Saint Joseph's at Robert R. Hermann Stadium.
 
Saint Louis (10-4-1, 6-1-1 A-10) clinched the A-10 regular-season title for a second consecutive season. The Billikens will be the No. 1 seed for the A-10 Men's Soccer Championship and will open play in the tourney on Friday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. at Hermann Stadium against eighth-seeded Massachusetts.
 
Klein's goal, which came on the night he and five others were honored before the game for Senior Night, was historic as he moved past Tom Hayes for 16th on SLU's all-time scoring list. Klein now has 84 career points (29G, 26A) in his Billiken career.
 
Saturday's win was also a milestone for SLU head coach Kevin Kalish, who earned the 100th win of his 11-year head coaching career.
 
Klein scored the game-winner at the 73:29 mark of the second half. Floriani won a ball and slid it to Mads Stistrup-Peterson on the right side. Peterson send it into the box, and Klein ran onto it and poked it past the Saint Joseph's keeper to make it a 1-0 Billiken lead.
 
The game was scoreless up to that point thanks in large part to SJU goalkeeper Luis Ludosan, who made three dazzling saves.
 
After Klein's goal, it was SLU's turn to flash the defense. Grady Easton had the save of the night when he tracked down a ball and cleared it off of the Billikens' own line, sliding into the net in the process. Just moments later, SLU keeper Carlos Tofern punched a ball over the net to keep it a 1-0 Billiken advantage.
 
Tofern finished with three saves. The Bills outshot the Hawks 17-12.