ALLIANCE, Ohio — The University of Mount Union scored three first half goals en route to a 5-1 win over Marietta College Wednesday (Oct. 14) evening in men's soccer action. The Pioneers fall to 2-6-3 overall and 0-2-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. Mount Union improves to 7-3-4 overall and 3-0-1 in the OAC.
The Purple Raiders grabbed an early lead when Dom Kustura scored the first of his two goals in the 17th minute. Kustura scored with assists from Tyler Harsch and Amir Spratt. Kustura picked up the assist on Mount's second goal. Cameron Smith tallied the game winner in the 38th minute. Spratt added a goal just before halftime. He scored an unassisted goal in the 44th minute.
Kustura notched an unassisted goal in the 58th minute to start the second half. Alex Depperschmidt made it 5-0 in the 66th minute when he scored on a penalty kick.
Marietta got on the board in the 67th minute.
Jack Williams (Lower Withington, United Kingdom/Kent School) scored his first goal of the season with an assist from
CJ Bah (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Christian).
For the match, Mount Union took 15 shots, 11 on goal, to Marietta's four shots, three on goal. Both teams were awarded two corner kicks.
Noah Walker (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) went the distance in goal for Marietta notching six saves. Jackson Callender had two saves for Mount Union.
Marietta plays at Heidelberg on Saturday (Oct. 17) at 2:00 p.m.
Fans can follow all the Pioneer teams all year long at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on X and Instagram.
