Box Score Fresh off three wins in three games over the last week, the Keuka College men's and women's soccer teams are playing some of their best soccer of the year, and this week, a player from each team earned recognition from both the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC).
Junior Terin Brown (Wayland, NY/Wayland-Cohocton) recorded a pair of two-goal games to help Keuka College's women's soccer team earn a pair of pivotal NEAC wins while junior Derek Condon (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) made a career-high 16 saves in Keuka's 2-1 win over Wells College on Thursday night.
For helping their teams solidify their postseason chances, Brown was honored as both the ECAC Upstate Region's Women's Soccer Player of the Week and the NEAC's Women's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week while Condon netted his third NEAC Men's Soccer Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week award and his second straight ECAC South Region Defensive Player of the Week.
As the regular season winds down, securing conference wins becomes increasingly important as teams jockey for position in the NEAC. Against Wells College at home on Thursday night, Brown's timely goals helped ensure Keuka would remain in the hunt for a playoff spot. Despite falling behind to Wells 3-0, the Storm never panicked and chipped away at the Wells lead. Brown's first goal of the game pulled Keuka within 3-1 in the 56th minute, and she completed the comeback by scoring on a breakaway goal just 3:40 into the first overtime period as Keuka stormed back to win, 5-4 in overtime.
Brown received a well-played feed from junior Sarah Capek (Elmira, NY/Horseheads) and, while on a breakaway, finished for her first career game-winning goal. She also added two goals in a span of nine minutes in the first half as the Storm took a 4-0 halftime lead en route to a 5-1 win at Wilson College on Saturday. Brown leads Keuka with five goals on the year.
Keuka (6-5-1, 6-2-1 NEAC) has won five straight NEAC games and moved into sole possession of fourth place in the conference with the win. The top six teams qualify for the NEAC postseason tournament, which runs Nov. 1-6.
The men were in a similar situation as the Keuka women, but the men only had one
chance to improve their postseason positioning this week. Condon, the reigning Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and NEAC Defensive Player of the Week, made sure the Storm walked away from its Thursday night home game against Wells a winner.
Condon made a career-high 16 saves to earn his seventh win of the 2011 season as Keuka (7-3-1, 4-3 NEAC) rallied for a 2-1 win over the Express. Condon made several big-time saves in each half, including leaping and punching a would-be goal over the crossbar early in the second half to preserve the lead. With the win, Keuka moved into sole possession of fourth place in the NEAC with four NEAC contests remaining. The top five squads advance into the NEAC postseason tournament, which runs Nov. 1-6.
For the year, Condon is 7-3-1 with 100 saves, 11 goals-against and a 1.03 goals-against average. He has stopped 90.1 percent of the shots he's faced. Condon was previously honored by the NEAC as its Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week for the weeks ending Sept. 5 and Oct. 10.