by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
There may be bigger victories this season for the Kansas City Kansas Community College’s men’s soccer team but the Blue Devils’ 3-2 overtime win at Cowley College will certainly go down as one of the season’s most pivotal.
Trailing 2-0 at halftime, the Blue Devils roared from behind on a three-goal hat trick by sophomore Guilherme Grave, the last one unassisted coming seven minutes into the first overtime.
The win was the second Jayhawk Conference win in a row on the road for the Blue Devils, who are 4-1 overall and 2-1 in conference play heading into a big conference test at Coffeyville next Wednesday night. KCKCC then returns home against Johnson County on Tuesday, Sept. 26.
Cowley jumped in front 2-0 on two goals by Ivo Pellegrino Neto, the first at the 29-minute mark and the second just two minutes before halftime.
A midfielder from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Grave got the Blue Devils even 2-2 on unassisted goals just three minutes into the second half and at the 69-minute mark.
KCKCC sophomore goalkeeper Youssef Gadelkerim turned back six of Cowley’s eight shots on goal while the Blue Devils had 10 shots on goal.