St Mirren's European dream came to a painful end at Pittodrie after a damaging 3-0 defeat at the hands of Aberdeen.
The Buddies travelled to Pittodrie last night knowing a win could have potentially seen them leapfrog Hibs into fourth spot.
But a poor first half saw the Buddies trailing by two at half-time, Leighton Clarkson's free-kick breaking the deadlock before Graeme Shinnie nodded the hosts further in front.