NEW CONCORD, Ohio – Muskingum University scored five minutes into the second overtime period to defeat Marietta College 2-1 Wednesday (Oct. 10) in men' soccer. The Fighting Muskies improve to 5-6-3 overall and 2-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. The Pioneers fall to 4-8 on the season and 1-3 in the OAC.
The Muskies grabbed the lead in the 19th minute of the first half. Brett Hanna sent a corner kick into the box where Pat Normansell headed the ball in for his first goal of the season. Muskingum took the 1-0 advantage into halftime.
Marietta came out in the second period and dominated play. The Pioneers took 15 shots in the second half to just eight for the Muskies. Sophomore #
Wesley Riley (Marietta/Marietta)# tallied the equalizer in the 56th minute. Riley's header off a cross from junior #
Miles Alexander (Bellbrook/Bellbrook)# knotted the match at 1-1.
The Pioneers stayed on the attack but Muskingum goalkeeper Hunter Huffman kept Marietta from scoring the game-winner. Huffman had five saves in the second half and ended the day with seven total stops.
Neither team scored in the first 10-minute overtime period. Muskingum turned up the heat in the second extra period firing off four shots in the first few minutes. Daniel Meehan launched a shot from the top of the 18-yard box that got past Marietta keeper #
Chris Stollar (Marietta/Marietta)# for the game-winner in the 105th minute.
Marietta outshot Muskingum 24-17 in the match. The Pioneers took five corner kicks to the Muskies' four.
Stollar made four saves in goal for Marietta.
The Pioneers travel to Ohio Northern on Saturday (Oct. 13) for a 1:00 p.m. match. Fans can catch the action live at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on Twitter.
