POUGHKEEPSIE, New York -- Marist men's soccer sophomore forward
David Nkansah-Siriboe was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer Offensive Player of the Week the conference announced on Monday.
The award is the second accolade for Nkansah-Siriboe this season who was also named MAAC Offensive Player of the Week on Aug. 28th.
Nkansah-Siriboe finished with one goal and one assist in the Red Foxes 3-2 OT win vs Monmouth last Wednesday. He tied the game at 1-1 in the 27th minute with his fourth goal of the season and then found
Kevin Kappock outside the box for the game winning goal with 40 seconds left in overtime.
Monmouth got on the board first just over eight minutes into the game when a Hawk's shot from the right side outside the box deflected off a Red Fox defender and looped into the far left corner for the 1-0 lead. A little over 18 minutes later, Marist tied it up when sophomore Ernie Mitchell hit a long pass over the Monmouth defense. Sophomore
David Nkansah-Siriboe collected the ball in the box, beat the defender twice and the buried it into the far right corner to even the score at 1-1. Roughly six minutes later, the Red Foxes took the lead when junior
Juan Parada fed a pass to freshman
Allen Gavilanes at the top of the box who ripped a shot toward the bottom left corner that glanced off the Hawk goalie's fingertips and into the side netting for the 2-1 advantage.
Marist carried the momentum of the first half into the second and had several chances to extend their lead but couldn't find the back of the net. With a little over 10 minutes left in the game, a Red Fox foul gave Monmouth a free kick about 20 yards outside the box. A service in founded a Hawk head around the six yard box and redirected the ball up and into the top netting to tie the game 2-2. Both teams looked for the game winner as time wound down but the game stayed tied and went to overtime.
Roughly five minutes into the first overtime period, senior co-captain
Kevin Kappock fed a cross from the right that found
Samad Bounthong all alone on the left edge of the box but his half volley was just wide. With less than a minute left in the opening overtime, Parada sent a free kick into the box that bounced off several heads before Nkansah-Siriboe found Kappock outside the box who laced a volley that curved into the right corner for the 3-2 victory.