MARIETTA, Ohio — Marietta College and Wilmington College battled to a 1-1 draw Saturday (Oct. 10) in Ohio Athletic Conference men's soccer action. The Pioneers move to 2-5-3 on the season and 0-1-1 in the OAC. Wilmington is now 5-3-5 overall and 0-1-2 in the OAC.
"We were wildly out shot and didn't have enough possession. The Marietta grit had us in a position to win but we couldn't get it over the line," Marietta head coach
Joe Bergin said. "Points in league play are valuable, especially against a quality Wilmington side. There is still lots still to play for in league play."
Marietta took one shot in the first 89 minutes of the match, but made it count.
Sam Heramb (Painesville, Ohio/Riverside) took a pass from
Zach Kern (Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River) and put the ball in the back of the net in the fifth minute of the math for a 1-0 Pioneer lead. Marietta's next shot wouldn't come until there was less than 30 seconds left in the match.
Wilmington dominated possession but struggled to beat the Marietta defense and keeper
Travis Lutz (Finleyville, Pa./Ringgold). The Quakers out shot Marietta 23-2, including an 11-2 advantage in shots on goal. Wilmington took 10 corners to just one for the Pioneers.
Lutz was spectacular in goal making several highlight reel saves. He finished the match with 10 saves. Judah hanks posted one save in goal for the Quakers.
Wilmington finally found the equalizer in the 75th minute. Aidan Barnishin scored with assists from Ben Bartschy and Noah Lee.
Marietta travels to Mount Union on Wednesday (Oct. 14) for a 7:00 p.m. match.
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