The Parthenon

GALLERY: Herd women lose thriller in final seconds

Richard Crank, Photographer • February 2, 2015

Track and field team finishes fifth

Jill Shemanski, Reporter • February 2, 2015

The Marshall University track and field team hosted the Inaugural Thundering Herd Invite on the Jeff Small Track this weekend. Marshall finished the meet in fifth with 61 total points, which outnumbered...

GALLERY: Swimming and diving falls to WKU

Kasey Madden, Reporter • February 1, 2015

The Marshall University swimming and diving team lost to Western Kentucky University 180-108 Saturday in its last meet of the regular season. The team won three of the 16 events at the meet, including...

WEEKEND WATCH

Bradley Heltzel, Contributor • January 30, 2015

Women's basketball: Louisiana Tech @ Marshall Whitney Frazier, Forward, #2 Frazier is an experienced senior forward who leads the team in scoring this season at 15.2 points per game with a 50 percent...

Herd women come back to win second straight

Adam Polsky, Reporter • January 30, 2015

Marshall University women’s basketball fought back Thursday from a 12-point deficit to defeat the University of Southern Mississippi 67-65 in the Cam Henderson Center. It was a game of runs with Southern...

New expectations for Marshall baseball

Malcolm Walton, Reporter • January 28, 2015

Marshall University’s baseball team had a disappointing season last year that ended with the team finishing 20-31, including 10-19 in conference play. Senior Andrew Dundon said he has different expectations...

Herd swimming and diving breaks records

Jill Shemanski, Reporter • January 28, 2015

The Marshall University swimming and diving team posted a 167-94 win over the Dukes. Marshall swimmers won 11 of the 14 events in the contest and three records were set in the meet. Freshman Madi Pulfer...

Player of the week

By Brad Heltzel, Reporter • January 27, 2015

Norrisha Victrum is in her third season as the Marshall University women’s basketball team’s starting point guard. Her continued development as a floor general and team leader have coincided with...

One-on-one with Austin Loop

By LaChel House, Reporter • January 27, 2015

Austin Loop is a 21-year-old, 6-foot-4 redshirt sophomore guard. He is double majoring in exercise physiology and biomechanics and made the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll every season since...

Herd beats UTEP, snaps losing streak

By Adam Polsky, Reporter • January 26, 2015

Marshall University’s men’s basketball team snapped a nine game losing streak Saturday and won its first Conference USA contest of the season, 78-71, over University of Texas at El Paso in the Cam...

Three Herd stars named to preseason C-USA team

By Kasey Madden, Reporter • January 23, 2015

Players on the Marshall University softball team were named to Conference USA’s preseason team. The players honored are junior outfielder Shaelynn Braxton, junior infielder Kaelynn Greene and sophomore...

Strong second half not enough for Herd in 82-68 loss

By Adam Polsky, Reporter • January 23, 2015

Marshall University men’s basketball team dropped its ninth straight contest and the 15th of its last 16 games in an 82-68 loss Thursday to University of Texas-San Antonio in the Cam Henderson Center. UTSA’s...