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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University's Student Newspaper

The Parthenon

Marshall University sophomore Elicia D’Orazio tags a player out last season during a game at Dot Hicks Field.

Softball team splits doubleheader against Saint Francis

March 29, 2016

Marshall University softball split its doubleheader with Saint Francis University Tuesday taking the first game 9-2 before dropping the second 4-0. In the 9-2 victory, Jordan Dixon earned the win as...

Marshall second baseman DJ Gee swings at a pitch in a game earlier this season. Gee recorded the go-ahead RBI in both Herd victories over the weekend.

Gee comes up clutch twice with go-ahead RBIs as Marshall baseball takes series against FIU

March 28, 2016

Marshall University baseball won its three-game series with conference foe Florida International University 3-2 over the weekend. Although the Herd dropped its opening game Thursday 10-5, the team rallied...

Marshall softball takes on high-powered St. Francis offense Wednesday

March 28, 2016

The Marshall University softball team (18-12) faces Saint Francis University (17-12) Tuesday in its final home, non-conference doubleheader of the season. Marshall enters the doubleheader after splitting...

Marshall football head coach Doc Holliday speaks to the media during the 2015 season.

Holliday talks team strengths and position battles as team heads into spring practices

Jacob Griffith, Reporter, Assistant Sports Editor March 28, 2016

Marshall University head coach Doc Holliday held his annual press conference prior to the start of spring football this Monday at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Despite seven starters gone from last year’s...

Men’s golf posts season-best scores over weekend

March 28, 2016

The Marshall University men’s golf team finished in a tie for 11th place in a 19-school field Sunday in the Furman Intercollegiate in Greenville, South Carolina The Herd’s total carded score of 287...

Herd track and field set to begin outdoor season with Wake Forest Open

Brittanie Fowler, reporter March 17, 2016

The Marshall University track and field team travels to Winston-Salem, North Carolina as it begins its first outdoor portion of the season Friday in the Wake Forest Open. The Herd will compete against...

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Marshall’s Norrisha Victrum aims for a two-point shot as the Herd takes on the Bobcats in the postseason WNIT game Thursday in Athens, Ohio.

Herd women fall to Bobcats in first round of WNIT

Bradley Heltzel, Assistant Sports Editor March 17, 2016

Marshall University women’s basketball’s survival instinct kicked in Thursday, but the Herd ultimately could not triumph to extend its season falling 76-68 to Ohio University in the first round of...

Baseball team opens conference action against Southern Miss

Brittanie Fowler, reporter March 17, 2016

The Herd enters conference action with a 9-6 record and a five-game win streak, which is its longest since 2014. Marshall has completed a three-game sweep of Lehigh University and a four-game sweep of...

Swimming and diving members consider season a success

Danielle Wright, reporter March 17, 2016

Despite Marshall University’s swimming and diving team failing to qualify for the 2016 Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, members of the Herd consider the season a success. Junior...

Senior forward Leah Scott drives past Middle Tennessee State’s Alex Johnson Friday in Marshall’s conference USA Tournament semifinals loss to the Blue Raiders.

Herd women’s hoops takes on rival Ohio in NIT

March 16, 2016

Marshall University women’s basketball will look to keep its season alive 7 p.m. Thursday when in heads to Athens, Ohio to face off against rival Ohio University in the NIT Tournament. Marshall earned...

Marshall softball players give out high-fives after a run scores in a game against UTEP last weekend.

Marshall softball edged by nationally-ranked Kentucky in defensive showdown

Danielle Wright, Reporter March 16, 2016

The Marshall University softball team lost to the University of Kentucky Wildcats 1-0 Thursday in the final inning of action. With two outs and two strikes in the top of the seventh inning, Kentucky...

MU softball head coach achieves milestone wins mark with 500th victory

Christian Hisman, Reporter March 16, 2016

The Marshall University softball team has had a lot of success over the past few years and head coach Shonda Stanton is one of the primary reasons. Now in her 17th season as Marshall softball’s coach,...

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