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MARIETTA
College
When you’re a Pioneer, you’re part of a
diverse and vibrant campus experience.
Celebrating its 175th anniversary during the 2009-10 academic
year, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college located in
Marietta, Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers.
Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy begun in 1797,
the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today, Marietta College serves
a body of 1,400 full-time students. The College offers 42 majors and has
been listed among Baron’s Best Buys in College Education and Peterson’s
Competitive Colleges, and has been recognized as one of the top regional
comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton
Review as well as one of the nation’s best by Forbes.com.
In 1835, Marietta College received its charter from the State of Ohio
to offer college-level degrees. Marietta College now includes more than 40
buildings over 129 acres located two blocks from downtown Marietta. Marietta
College is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational, contemporary liberal
arts college. As an institution of higher education, Marietta College seeks to
prepare highly qualified graduates through its educational programs. Consistently
ranked by U. S. News and World Report among the best liberal
arts colleges in the Midwest, Marietta has attained national recognition for
many of its programs, including studies in leadership education.
The fall enrollment of the College was 1,400, including students from
40 states and 10 countries. The male-to-female ratio is nearly 50:50, and
the student-to-faculty ratio is 12:1.
The community of Marietta, Ohio, was settled in 1788 by Revolutionary
War veterans and became the first settlement of the Northwest Territory.
Now a city of 14,000, Marietta saw its greatest growth during the oil boom of
the late 19th century. Still, Marietta has retained a particular pioneer spirit of
independence and outward New England charm. Its historical significance
also makes Marietta a popular location for tourists around the country.
Marietta is a riverboat town situated at the confluence of the Ohio and
Muskingum rivers, and many of the community’s most important celebrations
and activities are associated with the rivers. Marietta is part of the
Marietta-Parkersburg metropolitan area, which has a population of more
than 130,000.
Continued
Growth
Marietta’s hopes are high for the 2009 season, as it will
feature a talented core of young players that earned the
necessary experience for success in the OAC a year ago.
10th-year coach Patrick Holguin returns 15 letterwinners,
including eight starters from the 2008 squad but must replace four-time
All-OAC standout Jessica Martinez, the program’s second all-time leading
scorer with 28 goals.
Seven of the eight players to score a goal last year were freshmen and
six of them are back for 2009. Cara Nuss is the leading point scorer with
four goals and three assists, while Corryn Muench added four goals and
one assist and Chelsea Hennen contributed three goals and one assist. In
addition, Christina Tirpak, Hannah Conn and Tessa Harlow all return after
scoring one goal in 2008.
Muench, sophomore Jennifer Wilder and junior Marsha Hupp will
anchor the defense in front of either junior Helen Hetzel or senior Jenna
Freeman, who returns after not playing in 2008. Both goalkeepers have the
in-game experience to lead the Pioneers in 2009.
Marietta begins the season at Geneva (Pa.) on Sept. 2 before opening
at home with its annual four-team tournament on Sept. 5-6. Game one of
the tournament will feature Marietta against Bluffton. Wooster will then battle
St. Vincent (Pa.) in game two. The team will continue its non-conference
schedule throughout the rest of September, highlighted by a trip to Newport
News, Va., to take on host Christopher Newport on Sept. 20. The Pioneers’
OAC opener is slated for Oct. 2 against visiting Heidelberg. Four of Marietta’s
final six games will take place at home on Marietta Field.
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