Torquay forced their way back into the play-off zone with a hard fought victory over promotion rivals Mansfield.
Midfielder Matt Hockley's 35th minute goal, his second of the season, settled a scrappy contest.
Hockley crowned a hard-working display when he drove home substitute Kevin Hill's left-wing cross from 12 yards.
Torquay seldom approached the standards of their performance against leaders Hull on Saturday, although they only drew 1-1 with the Yorkshire side.
Mansfield, trying to avoid a third successive defeat, were lively in a attack, with strikers Junior Mendes and Iyseden Christie a constant threat, but around the penalty box they were lightweight.
From less possession, Torquay created four clear chances in the second half, three of them falling to leading scorer David Graham.
But the Scot, looking to add to his nine-goal tally this season, left his shooting boots in the dressing room. Twice the former Rangers starlet was clear with only keeper Kevin Pilkington to beat, but he missed badly on each occasion.
Mansfeld should have equalised four minutes from time.
Torquay gave the ball away cheaply through Graham, Lee Williamson fed substitute Colin Larkin on the left, but he missed the target with only Kevin Dearden to beat.
Torquay boss Leroy Rosenior said: "We didn't play any where near as well as we did against Hull on Saturday, but we drew then and we've won this time.
"Mansfield played well from box to box, but I told our players at half time not to panic because Mansfield were playing in front of us most of the time.
"I'm delighted for Matt Hockley, scoring the winner, he's worked extremely hard at his game and his confidence is much higher now." Mansfield assistant John Gannon said: "We can't believe we are coming away with a defeat.
"You can count the number of times Torquay got in our box on one hand.
"It was a massive improvement on our defeat at Doncaster on Saturday, we passed the ball very well, but we just didn't have that cutting edge in the final third." Manager Keith Curle paid tribute to goalkeeper Kevin Pilkington, whose father died on Saturday morning.
"His family kept the news from him until after Saturday's match, because that's what his father would have wanted.
"We left it up to Kevin whether he played this time, but he said his dad would want him to play and it was a tribute to his courage and professionalism that he turned out."