Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Keuka College

OFFICIAL SITE OF KEUKA COLLEGE ATHLETICS

Men's Soccer

Briggs' Header Lifts Men's Soccer to OT Win

Box Score

Sophomore Zach Briggs (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) netted the game-winning goal on a header in overtime to lead the Keuka College men's soccer team to a come-from-behind, 3-2 win over Alfred State Wednesday night.

Off a corner kick from sophomore Leandro Curran (New York, N.Y./Westlake), Briggs, a 6-foot-2 defender, leapt for the ball in the box and headed in the first game-winning goal of his Keuka College career with six minutes remaining in overtime to lift the Green and Gold to victory in Alfred, N.Y.

Senior Austin Gerber (Churchville, N.Y./Churchville-Chili) scored twice for his second multi-goal performance of the year, and junior Preston Vick (Kendall, N.Y./Kendall) stopped five shots as Keuka (5-1) won their third straight.

The Green and Gold trailed 2-1 after Alfred State (2-4) took the lead on a goal in the 73rd minute on a 23-yard direct kick goal from Mitchell Porter.

Alfred State peppered Vick with shots the remainder of regulation, but Vick made two big saves to keep it a one-goal game.

Gerber finally broke through for the tying goal with 4:33 remaining in regulation. Off a cross from junior Ben Schreiber (Hilton, N.Y./Hilton), Gerber ripped a shot into the far corner of the net to tie the score at 2-all.

A stifling Keuka defense did not allow Alfred State to threaten in the overtime period, setting up Briggs' game-winning goal.

Gerber, who leads Keuka with eight goals in six games, staked Keuka College to a 1-0 lead in the 35th minute. Curran lobbed a pass over the defense for Gerber, who scored on a breakaway.

Alfred State pulled even on a goal from Nick Peraino 1:41 into the second half, and neither team scored again until Porter's tally early in the second.

Keuka College enjoyed a 16-12 edge in shots, and a 7-2 advantage in corner kicks.

The Green and Gold travel to North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) foe Penn College for a 3 p.m. clash Saturday afternoon.

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Zach Briggs

#19 Zach Briggs

Def.
6' 2"
Sophomore
Leandro Curran

#10 Leandro Curran

F
5' 8"
Sophomore
Austin Gerber

#5 Austin Gerber

M/F
6' 1"
Senior
Ben Schreiber

#12 Ben Schreiber

M/F
5' 6"
Junior
Preston Vick

#37 Preston Vick

GK
6' 1"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Zach Briggs

#19 Zach Briggs

6' 2"
Sophomore
Def.
Leandro Curran

#10 Leandro Curran

5' 8"
Sophomore
F
Austin Gerber

#5 Austin Gerber

6' 1"
Senior
M/F
Ben Schreiber

#12 Ben Schreiber

5' 6"
Junior
M/F
Preston Vick

#37 Preston Vick

6' 1"
Junior
GK