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Poor Second Half Dooms Pioneers In Crucial Matchup With Purple Raiders
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The Marietta College Pioneers dropped their pivotal matchup with the Mount Union Purple Raiders on Wednesday night by a score of 81-77. After a ridiculous first half of shooting, the second half took a turn for the worst. The two teams played each other very tightly all the way through the first half, and both… Read More
Marietta Faces Critical Conference Showdown With Mount Union
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The two best teams in the Ohio Athletic Conference will meet on Wednesday night in Marietta. The Pioneers have Ohio Northern to thank after its win over Mount Union gave them a chance to tie it all up at the top of the OAC. The Pioneers have a 13-3 conference record and will get one… Read More
Dorsey, Dalton Sweep MAC East Weekly Honors
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The Ohio softball team brought the broom out Monday when it took home both Mid-American Conferece Player of the Week awards for the East Division. Sophomore pitcher Savannah Jo Dorsey, and sophomore infielder Amanda Dalton were crowned MAC East Pitcher of the Week and MAC East Player of the Week, respectively. Dorsey is coming off… Read More
Ohio Men’s Golf Falls Short Against DePaul
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The Ohio men’s golf team dropped a close match to DePaul on Saturday, 8.5-6.5. The match was not a typical NCAA match because golfers could score in three different ways: by winning the front nine, back nine, or all eighteen. Senior Bobcat Bradley Lucas picked up three points on his DePaul opponent by winning all… Read More
Marietta Offense Goes Cold In Loss To Capital
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The Marietta Pioneers, a team that has built a lot of momentum recently, traveled to Columbus Wednesday night to take on the Capital Crusaders. Even with momentum on their side, the Pioneers suffered a 75-55 drubbing at the hands of the Crusaders. The Pioneers had just one lead throughout the entire night at the 16-minute… Read More
Marietta Takes Seven-Game Win Streak To Capital
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The Marietta Pioneers will travel to Columbus Wednesday night to attempt to extend their seven-game win streak against the Capital Crusaders. The Crusaders are 9-12 this year, 6-8 in the OAC. Marietta is 17-4, and currently sits at second place in the OAC. Marietta and Capital met nearly a month ago in Marietta. The Pioneers… Read More
Ohio Men’s Golf Competing In Florida
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The Ohio University men’s golf team has been playing in Dade City, Florida in Mid-American Conference match play, hosted by Ball State. Match play started on Monday, and carried through today. There were a total of three rounds with six MAC teams along with Xavier University and Eastern Kentucky. The Bobcats took on top-seeded Eastern… Read More
Marietta Rides 5-Game Winning Streak To Muskingum
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The Marietta Pioneers are a hot basketball team right now. They have won five straight games, and are coming off a revenge win against Ohio Northern. The Pioneers are currently 15-4, and looking to continue the roll Wednesday at Muskingum. The Muskingum Fighting Muskies are having a disappointing year. They are 7-12, and are currently… Read More
Hot Shooting And Stout Defense Lead Pioneers Over Cardinals
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The Marietta Pioneers defeated the Otterbein Cardinals for the second time this year on Wednesday night and for the second time, they won in blow out fashion. Marietta has beaten the Cardinals twice this season, both by at least 30 points. Wednesday, the Pioneers beat the Cardinals by a final score of 104-68. Marietta dominated… Read More
Marietta Looks To Complete Season Sweep Of Otterbein
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The Marietta Pioneers men’s basketball team is looking to sweep the Otterbein Cardinals on the season Wednesday night when the Cardinals travel to Marietta. Since their first meeting the Cardinals have slipped to 4-13 and the Pioneers are a conference title contender at 13-4. When the Pioneers traveled to Westerville early in the year, they… Read More
Pioneers Record Second Straight Win
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The Marietta men’s basketball team defeated the Capital Crusaders Wednesday night by a score of 82-72. The Pioneers have now won two straight contests and are picking up some mid-season momentum. Both teams exchanged leads in the first half, however Marietta led most of the time. The half ended with Marietta up by just one,… Read More
Ohio Northern Drops Marietta Men Without Hammond
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The Marietta men's basketball team was handed its first Ohio Athletic Conference blow on Wednesday night. Ohio Northern fought off a second-half comeback by the Pioneers to hold on to win on its home floor, 78-73. Four Polar Bears scored in double figures in the win, tops among them being Lucas Pennington. The junior forward… Read More
Pioneers With Chance To Bounce Back
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The Marietta Pioneers will look to bounce back from their first loss of the season suffered at the hands of No. 3 Wooster last Wednesday. The Pioneers will undoubtedly be playing with a little fire Wednesday when they travel to take on the Otterbein Cardinals. The Cardinals have had a tough time this year to… Read More
Marietta Men’s Basketball Remains Undefeated
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The Marietta men’s hoops team remained undefeated today after a 91-75 win at Denison University. The team is now 4-0 and playing solid basketball. The Pioneers had five different players in double digit scoring, and shot over 51 percent from the floor. Denison kept the game relatively close for most of the first half. Eddy… Read More
Undefeated Marietta Prepares For Denison
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The undefeated Pioneers will head to Denison University Saturday for a matchup with the 0-1 Big Red. It’s the second of a two game road stretch for the Pioneers. If they can outlast Denison, they will be coming home 4-0. Denison has only played one game thus far. They lost, 84-72, to Washington & Jefferson…. Read More
Marietta Defeats Waynesburg, Stays Undefeated
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The Pioneers traveled to Waynesburg Wednesday in a pivotal game to see who would remain undefeated. When the final buzzer sounded, it was the Pioneers on top, 78- 65. Marietta is now 3-0 this season with some momentum rolling. The game was tight for the entire first half with Marietta leading, 31- 26, heading into… Read More
Marietta Faces Tough Test In Waynesburg
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The Marietta men’s basketball team has started the year hot after winning the Marietta Shrine tournament. It heads to Waynesburg University on Wednesday to take on an equally hot Waynesburg team. Both teams have started the year undefeated and have impressive wins to show for it. Waynesburg defeated Penn State Altoona in a close game… Read More
Positional Breakdown: Hammond, Stephenson Lead Young Marietta Team
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The Pioneers are entering a season where they are considered a contender for the Ohio Athletic Conference championship. The Pioneers are coming off a successful campaign in the 2012-13 season. They finished 20-8, won the conference tournament, and made a trip to the Division III NCAA Tournament. Head coach John VanderWal is returning key players,… Read More