The Parthenon

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...

Patriots face DeflateGate scandal

By Tyler Ferris, Reporter • January 23, 2015

Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots are involved in another scandal two weeks before the team is scheduled to play in the NFL’s 49th Super Bowl against the Seattle Seahawks. ESPN’s Chris...

Ryan Taylor’s journey to Herd basketball

By Malcolm Walton, Reporter • January 22, 2015

Ryan Taylor moved to Kentucky before his last year of high school after being born and raised in Indianapolis—the capital of arguably the most passionate basketball state in the country. After...

Former Herd tennis player calls Huntington home

By Kasey Madden, Writer • January 21, 2015

From the small town of Pineville in southern West Virginia, Roberta Ferguson started playing tennis at Marshall University in 1974, unaware she would still call Huntington home 41 years later. Ferguson...

Herd tennis triumphs in season opener

By Malcolm Walton, Reporter • January 21, 2015

Marshall University’s tennis team won five of its six singles matches and two of its three doubles matches Saturday and defeated the College of Charleston 6-1 in its spring season opener. “I thought...

Player of the Week: Leah Scott

Bradley Heltzel, Contributor • January 19, 2015

Leah Scott is an integral component of the Marshall University women’s basketball team’s 11-5 start to the season as she leads it in scoring at 14.2 points per game, while also ranking second on the...

Herd outlasts Owls, wins 66-59

Adam Polsky, Reporter • January 17, 2015

Marshall University's women’s basketball team is in the midst of its most successful season since 2011-2012 as the team pulled out a 66-59 win Saturday against Florida Atlantic University in the Cam...

Herd victory for women’s basketball

Bradley Heltzel, Contributor • January 15, 2015

Senior forward Leah Scott and center Chukwuka Ezeigbo led Herd women's basketball as it rallied from a second-half deficit to defeat Florida International University 67-61 Thursday night in the Cam...

Herd battles, falls short

Shannon Stowers, Assistant Sports Editor • January 11, 2015

The Marshall University men’s basketball team dropped its sixth straight game Saturday with its last-second, 77-72 loss to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (7-8 (1-2)). The game was the...