Marietta defeats Westminster 2-0 to win consolation game at Soccer Classic
Muth scores two goals in victory

Sept. 7, 2008
MARIETTA, Ohio — The Marietta College men’s soccer team bounced back from last night’s overtime tie with Walsh University to defeat Westminster (Pa.) College 2-0 in Sunday (Sept. 7) morning’s Marietta College Classic consolation match. The win improved Marietta’s record 2-0-2, while Westminster fell to 3-2. 

Junior forward Kyle Muth (Twinsburg) scored both Pioneer goals on the day, one in each half. The first of Muth’s goals came when fellow junior Dan Cawley (Marietta) played a ball from the back that landed at Muth’s feet. Muth then calmly chipped the keeper from 15 yards out to give the Pioneers a 1-0 lead in the 24th minute. Muth struck again in the 76th minute, this time benefiting off a cross from freshman midfielder Mike Lomas (Grand Rapids, Mich./East Kentwood). Lomas beat three Titan defenders down the left sideline then found Muth just above the six-yard box.

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Marietta and Walsh end in 1-1 tie at Soccer Classic
Pioneers fall in shootout 5-4 and will play in consolation at 11 a.m.

Sept. 6, 2008
MARIETTA, Ohio — For the second straight outing, the Marietta College men's soccer team had to settle with 1-1 tie. The latest came on Saturday (Sept. 6) evening against Walsh University in the first round of the Marietta Soccer Classic at Marietta Field.

The game was called after just one overtime because of darkness. The Cavaliers will advance to play Christopher Newport (Va.) University in the Marietta College Classic championship after defeating the Pioneers 5-4 on penalty kicks. Marietta's record now stands at 1-0-2; Walsh is 1-2-1.

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Marietta and host Wooster battle to 1-1 tie in men's soccer
Senior Jack Dunn scores second goal of the season

Sept. 3, 2008
WOOSTER, Ohio — The Marietta College men's soccer team had its first road test of the young season on Wednesday (Sept. 3) evening when the Pioneers took on regional, non-conference foe the College of Wooster at Carl Dale Memorial Field in Wooster. Marietta (1-0-1) and Wooster (0-2-1) battled for 110 minutes but neither team could break away, which resulted in a 1-1 tie. [Box Score]

The score remained locked at 0-0 when the teams took a break at halftime. Marietta notched the first lead of the night in the 74th minute. Freshman forward Dustin Zimmerman (Hebron/Granville Christian Academy) set up the goal with a thru ball, which was then crossed from the left side by senior defender Kyle Blankenship (Galloway/Hilliard Darby) to the feet of senior midfielder Seita Kawamoto (Ebina, Kanagaua, Japan). With one-touch, Kawamoto passed it to senior midfielder Jack Dunn (Aurora/University). Dunn then took a one-touch shot that found an opening inside the far post to give Marietta a 1-0 advantage. The goal was Dunn's second of the season; it was the first assist for both Kawamoto and Blankenship.

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Marietta’s McDonald named OAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week
Junior collects five points in season-opening win over Malone

Sept. 2, 2008
AUSTINTOWN, Ohio — The Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) office released its first edition of Players of the Week for the 2008-09 school year on Tuesday (Sept. 2) afternoon, and Marietta College junior forward Deric McDonald (Vienna, W.Va./Parkersburg) was named the Men’s Soccer Player of the Week.

McDonald, who transferred from West Virginia Wesleyan this fall, made the most of his debut with Marietta by scoring a pair of goals and assisting another in the Pioneers’ 5-0 victory over visiting Malone on Saturday (Aug. 30) at Marietta Field. The last time that Marietta won its season opener came six years ago when Head Coach Pat Holguin’s Pioneers defeated Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) College 3-2 to open the 2003 Marietta Classic.

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Marietta men's soccer defeats Malone 5-0 in season opener
McDonald scores a pair of goals and assists another in victory

Aug. 30, 2008
MARIETTA, Ohio — The Marietta College men’s soccer team opened the season with a 5-0 victory over visiting Malone College Saturday (Aug. 30) afternoon at Marietta Field. [Box Score]

Head Coach Pat Holguin’s squad took a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute when junior Kyle Muth (Twinsburg), last year’s top goal scorer, took a thru ball from junior transfer Deric McDonald (Vienna, W.Va./Parkersburg), beat the keeper and fired it into the back of the net from just outside the goal box.

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2008 Marietta College men's soccer preview
Pioneers look to build off last year's OAC playoff appearance

Aug. 11, 2008
MARIETTA, Ohio — Marietta College men's soccer, under the direction of 11th-year Head Coach Patrick Holguin, looks to build off the momentum from last season’s run to the playoffs. The Pioneers finished 2007 with three straight OAC wins to clinch their first OAC playoff berth in ten years.

Marietta will be a veteran-led squad with seven seniors. Brad Baweja, Kyle Blankenship, Tad Cochran, Drew Craig, Jack Dunn, Steve Hagenau and Robert Vazquez return for their final season in blue and white.

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