The Parthenon

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Stormy Randazzo, Reporter • April 23, 2020

As the school year comes to an end so does college sports. Despite the pandemic canceling all sports events around the world, we are going to take a trip down memory lane and recap the best sports moments...

News Analysis: Marshall Women’s Basketball Looks Ahead After Season Cut Short Due to COVID-19

Spencer DuPuis, Reporter • April 19, 2020

Looking Back: On Wednesday, March 11, the No. 8 Marshall Thundering Herd defeated the No. 9 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 71-67 in overtime in the first round of the 2020 Conference USA Women’s Basketball...

Sports News Analysis: One Month Without Sports: A Look Back and A Look Forward

Spencer DuPuis, Reporter • April 15, 2020

Looking Back: March 11, 2020: a day that will live in sports infamy. As the NBA and NHL regular seasons were coming down the final stretch, NCAA men’s and women’s college basketball teams were...

Swan Named Herd Women’s Soccer Head Coach

Spencer DuPuis, Reporter • April 5, 2020

On Nov. 1, 2019, the Thundering Herd women’s soccer team completed its fourth straight season under the .500 mark and three days later, 12-year head coach Kevin Long resigned from his position at the...

Athletes of the Week: Marshall University Spring Athletes

Staff Report • March 17, 2020

Basketball. Baseball. Softball. Track and Field. Golf. Tennis. All of these sports are canceled for the semester at Marshall University due to concerns over COVID-19, and none of the athletes a part...

COLUMN: March Madness, a victim of the coronavirus

Grant Goodrich, Assistant Sports Editor • March 17, 2020

March is known as the month of madness in the sports world. Although many sports are in full swing, this madness is specific, deriving from the annual 68-team NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Each...

COLUMN: The pandemic of the sports world-We Are all in this together

Taylor Huddleston, Sports Editor • March 17, 2020

As I sat on an early-return airplane flight back from Frisco, Texas to Huntington, West Virginia, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, also known as the coronavirus. Life...

Marshall Pro Day gives Herd football players an opportunity to prove themselves to NFL

Grant Goodrich, Assistant Sports Editor • March 12, 2020

Inching one step closer to their dreams, fourteen Thundering Herd football players performed various physical tests and workouts at Marshall’s 2020 Pro Day Wednesday morning inside the Chris Cline Athletic...

No. 6 Marshall survives against No. 11 UTEP in first round of C-USA Tournament

Taylor Huddleston, Sports Editor • March 12, 2020

The Marshall University men’s basketball team defeated the University of Texas at El Paso Miners in the first round of the 2020 Conference USA Tournament in Frisco, Texas with a final score of 86-78. The...

Herd women’s basketball defeats Golden Eagles in OT in first round of C-USA Tournament

Taylor Huddleston, Sports Editor • March 11, 2020

The Marshall University women’s basketball team won its first Conference USA Tournament game since 2016 Wednesday afternoon at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas after defeating the University...

Athlete of the Week: Peter Hutzal, Baseball

March 10, 2020

ABOUT PETER HUTZAL: Position: Infielder (First Base) Class: Redshirt Junior Height: 6’1 Weight: 185 Hometown: Alberta, Canada PERFORMANCE OVER THE LAST WEEK: (All in the four-game...

Men’s golf continues improvement, completes Pinehurst Intercollegiate

Stormy Randazzo, Reporter • March 10, 2020

Capping off the second tournament of the spring season, Marshall University’s men’s golf received eighth place at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate this past weekend at Pinehurst, North Carolina. Marshall...