NEW CONCORD, Ohio — The Marietta College men's soccer team blanked rival Muskingum University by the score of 2-0 Tuesday (Oct. 14) evening. The Pioneers improve to 3-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference and 5-7 overall. Muskingum drops to 4-10 on the season and 0-4 in league play.
The Pioneers dominated play in the first half taking 11 shots to the Muskies' two. Junior
Luke Saunders (Groveport/Groveport Madison) beat Muskingum's keeper in the 42nd minute to put Marietta in front, 1-0. Freshman
Robert Felton (Wheeling, W.Va./The Linsly School) sent a long free kick into the box where Saunders collected the pass and fired inside the near post for his first goal of the season.
Marietta added an insurance goal in the 75th minute. Senior
Wesley Riley (Marietta/Marietta) tossed a perfect throw in to junior
Taylor Reasoner (Hudson/Hudson) in the box. Reasoner put the ball in the back of the net for his fifth goal of the season.
With the offense scoring a goal in each half, the Pioneer defense posted its third clean sheet of the fall. Sophomore keeper
Sebastian Parra (Bexley/Bexley) recorded three saves en route to his second shutout of the year. Marietta's starting back line included
Boyd Kirk (Akron/Green),
Dragan Mijatovic (Akron/Coventry),
Tyler Bro (Parkersburg, W.Va.) and Felton.
For the match, Marietta outshot Muskingum 20-8. The Pioneers took three corner kicks, while the Muskies took two. Muskingum keeper Eric Riley finished with four saves.
Marietta returns home to host John Carroll University on Saturday (Oct. 18) at 4:00 p.m. Fans can follow the Pioneers all season long at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on Twitter and Instagram.
