POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's soccer team got back into the win column with a thrilling 3-2 OT win vs the Monmouth Hawks on Wednesday night at Tenney Stadium.

SUMMARY:

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 being deflected out to Kappock who laced a volley that curved into the right corner for the 3-2 victory.

KEY STATS:

• Marist outshot Monmouth 26-10 (9-2 shots on goal) in the game, 15-3 (5-1 SOG) in the 1^st half, 8-7 (3-1 SOG) in the 2^nd half 3-0 (1-0 SOG) in OT.
• The Red Foxes had 7 corner kicks to the Hawk's 2
• Marist was called for 16 fouls while Monmouth was whistled for 10
• The Hawks finished with 6 saves on the night to the Red Foxes 0

GAME NOTES:

• Marist's 15 shots in the 1^st half is the most in one half this season
• The Red Foxes' 26 shots total tied a season high in one game (vs St. Bonaventure 9/24)
• Marist's 2 goals in the 1^st half marks just the second game this season they have scored multiple goals in the opening half (at American 9/7)
• Kappock's goal marks the second consecutive season he was involved in a game winning/ending goal, having assisted the game winner as time expired vs Army on 9/4/16
• Mitchell's assist on the opening goal was his second career assist and second career point

QUOTE:

"It was a much needed win. We've faced a lot of adversity this year and tonight ran the whole gamut of that. We played well in the first half despite giving up an own goal eight minutes in which kind of put us behind the 8 ball but we had a much deserved lead at the half. Unfortunately we had some miscommunication on the tying goal but I asked the guys to dig deep and find a way in overtime and they did. I'm proud of them for that and hopefully we can use that as a spring board for the rest of the season." – head coach Matt Viggiano.

UP NEXT:

The Red Foxes now have a week off from competition with their MAAC bye on Saturday. Marist will then head north to Lewiston, NY for a match at the Niagara Purples Eagles on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 4 p.m.