Marshall University Athletics
Friday, September 11
Huntington, W.Va.
7:15 p.m.
Marshall University
2-1-2, 0-0-0
1
vs
2
Utah Valley
4-0-1, 0-0-0
| Team | 1 | 2 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Valley | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Marshall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
No. 20 Marshall Men’s Soccer Suffers Loss to (RV) Utah Valley
9/11/2026 11:02:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Nugent tallied goal for the Herd
Box Score (PDF) | Championship Fund
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The No. 20 Marshall Men's Soccer team (2-1-2) dropped its first contest of 2026, 2-1, on Friday night in Huntington to (RV) Utah Valley, 2-1, at Hoops Family Field.
Francisco Guimares and Joao Alves each had shots on target in the first eight minutes of the contest, but Wolverine keeper Kolby Sessions made saves in the sixth and eighth minutes to keep the Herd off the board.
Marshall keeper Yurij Obert made a save just inside the 11th minute, but the shot by Jose Luis went directly to Naime Odeh who found Adem Arous as he made it 1-0 for the visitors.
MU didn't wait long to answer. At the 23:51 mark, Carl Romberg found Joshua Nugent. Nugent slotted home a shot past Sessions to even the score 2-2.
The Utah Valley defense cleared a shot off the line in the 30th minute as the score was even heading into halftime.
20 seconds into the second half, the Wolverines fired a shot that took a deflection off a Marshall defender for an own goal to see the Herd trailing 2-1.
The Herd had three shots on goal in the final 45 minutes, but Sessions made a pair of saves as the Utah Valley defense made another defensive save as MU fell.
Marshall outshot the Wolverines 20-9, including 8-3 in shots on goal.
UP NEXT
Marshall starts Sun Belt Conference play on Friday at Kentucky.
To donate to the Championship Fund for Marshall men's soccer, please click HERE. All proceeds go directly to the Marshall men's soccer team.
For all the latest information about Marshall men's soccer, follow @herdmsoccer on Twitter and Instagram.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS and Android.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The No. 20 Marshall Men's Soccer team (2-1-2) dropped its first contest of 2026, 2-1, on Friday night in Huntington to (RV) Utah Valley, 2-1, at Hoops Family Field.
Francisco Guimares and Joao Alves each had shots on target in the first eight minutes of the contest, but Wolverine keeper Kolby Sessions made saves in the sixth and eighth minutes to keep the Herd off the board.
Marshall keeper Yurij Obert made a save just inside the 11th minute, but the shot by Jose Luis went directly to Naime Odeh who found Adem Arous as he made it 1-0 for the visitors.
MU didn't wait long to answer. At the 23:51 mark, Carl Romberg found Joshua Nugent. Nugent slotted home a shot past Sessions to even the score 2-2.
The Utah Valley defense cleared a shot off the line in the 30th minute as the score was even heading into halftime.
20 seconds into the second half, the Wolverines fired a shot that took a deflection off a Marshall defender for an own goal to see the Herd trailing 2-1.
The Herd had three shots on goal in the final 45 minutes, but Sessions made a pair of saves as the Utah Valley defense made another defensive save as MU fell.
Marshall outshot the Wolverines 20-9, including 8-3 in shots on goal.
UP NEXT
Marshall starts Sun Belt Conference play on Friday at Kentucky.
To donate to the Championship Fund for Marshall men's soccer, please click HERE. All proceeds go directly to the Marshall men's soccer team.
For all the latest information about Marshall men's soccer, follow @herdmsoccer on Twitter and Instagram.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS and Android.
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Players Mentioned
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/ Men's Soccer
F
/ Men's Soccer
GK
/ Men's Soccer
F
/ Men's SoccerTeam Stats
UTV
MAR
Goals
2
1
Shots
8
20
Shots on Goal
3
7
Saves
4
2
Corners
2
11
Fouls
9
8
Scoring Plays
Adem Arous (1)
Assisted By: Naime Odeh , Jose Luis Martin Montealegre
GOAL by UTV Arous, Adem Assist by Odeh, Naime and Martin Montealegre, Jose Luis.
10:15
Joshua Nugent (2)
Assisted By: Carl Romberg
GOAL by MAR Nugent, Joshua Assist by Romberg, Carl.
23:51
0
GOAL by UTV TEAM.
45:20
Game Leaders
Shots
3
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
fwd
Shots
7
SOG
2
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
3
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
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