{"id":3418,"date":"2026-02-25T20:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/?p=3418"},"modified":"2026-09-27T23:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T03:15:20","slug":"mens-lacrosse-sets-program-record-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcolian.com\/?p=3418","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Lacrosse Record Setting Win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by: Sidney Wiles (snw003@marietta.edu)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On February 15th,\u00a0the Marietta College\u00a0men’s\u00a0lacrosse team opened\u00a0their\u00a0season with a\u00a0dominating\u00a023-0\u00a0win against Thiel College. This win marked the program’s largest shutout win in history, with the last shutout being a 21-0 win over Heidelberg.\u00a0Last season the Pioneers defeated the Tomcats 28-4 to set the program’s record for largest margin of victory.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Marietta College faceoff vs Thiel. Photo by Sidney Wiles. February 15th, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Freshman, Donavan Masters,\u00a0gained the\u00a0crowds’\u00a0attention with his outstanding performance as\u00a0the lead scorer with four goals, and three assists, which earned him OAC\u2019s Player of the Week.\u00a0Alongside Donavan,\u00a0there were\u00a0eleven other players that scored during the game,\u00a0proving that this was in fact a team win.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freshman, defensive\u00a0Midfield,\u00a0Xzandre\u00a0Flohr shared, \u201cWe\u00a0prepared to play Thiel by watching film as a team and developing strategies that would allow us to come out as the successor and practice our game plan.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flohr, went on to share, \u201cThe win showed us that we can be the dominant team and\u00a0that we have a lot to look forward to this season. We plan to prove a lot of people wrong.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pioneers lost their first road game of the season 9-3 versus Westminster College (PA). This past\u00a0weekend, February 21st, the Pioneers proved themselves as contenders with another\u00a011-10 win against Wittenburg.\u00a0With a great 2-1 start to the season, there is a\u00a0promising future for Marietta\u2019s\u00a0men’s\u00a0lacrosse team this season, and seasons to come.\u00a0As the team finds themselves under new leadership this season with head coach Nathan Grover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grover comes to Marietta after spending the past two seasons as the assistant coach of Malone University. Grover was a four-year letterman for the Pioneers as a face-off specialist. He was named to the All-OAC team three times, including a first-team selection his junior year. He led the OAC with 203 face-offs won, breaking his single season record set the year prior. Grover graduated from Marietta with a bachelor’s degree in Sport Management in May of 2023 and completed his MBA from Malone in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make\u00a0sure to go out and support your fellow Pioneers on February 25th at 6:00 p.m.\u00a0when taking on Chatham here at Don Drumm Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on game statistics and the game schedule, head to the website below! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

pioneers.marietta.edu\/sports\/mens-lacrosse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited by: Zachary Worstell (zdw001@marietta.edu)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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