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High expectations: Kent State baseball prepares for 2020 season

Nick Pedone Sports reporter February 13, 2020

Kent State’s baseball team has packed its bags and successfully arrived in Florida, beyond eager to start the 2020 season.Last season, the team finished 30-24 overall and had an impressive 17-8 record...

Sophomore guard Hannah Young (32) drives the ball during the women’s basketball game on Feb. 12, 2020 against the the University of Akron. Kent State won the game 60-55.

Kent State victorious over Akron on the road

Kathryn Rajnicek Sports reporter February 12, 2020

With 1:39 to go in the game, sophomore guard Hannah Young grabbed her sixth offensive rebound and dished it out to sophomore forward Lindsey Thall who drained the clutch triple to put Kent State up 54-53...

Kent State Women’s Lacrosse team drops season opener at Ohio State, 22-11

Mason Lawlor Sports reporter February 12, 2020

The Kent State women’s lacrosse squad finally began their season Wednesday night following the cancellation of their Feb. 7 game against Cincinnati, falling short to the Ohio State Buckeyes, 22-11, in...

Women’s golf struggles in Nothrop Grumman Invitational, weakest performance all season

Amanda Levine Sports editor February 11, 2020

For the first time in the 2019-2020 season, Kent State women’s golf was not able to finish in first or second place. The Flashes had consistently placed No. 1 or No. 2 all season until the Northrop Grumman...

McNally shines, Kent State wrestling flounders versus Central Michigan

Nick Pedone Sports reporter February 10, 2020

It was another brutal weekend for Kent State’s wrestling team, who suffered yet another conference loss on the road.Junior Kade Byland earned a pin for the Flashes against Central Michigan, but Kent...

Brownfield’s dominant performance helps Flashes go 3-1 in the Red and Black Showcase

Amanda Levine Sports editor February 9, 2020

Kent State softball kicked off its 2020 season, going 3-1 in the Red and Black Showcase against the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Howard and no. 16 University of Georgia. Kent State 5 vs. UNCW...

Kent State track and field teams take multiple first-place finishes at the Akron Invitational

Kristyn Hibbett Sports reporter February 8, 2020

This weekend the women’s and men’s track and field teams competed at the University of Akron Invitational. Both teams did well at the competition with multiple first place and top 10 finishes.The Flashes...

Hockey drops second game against Oswego State

Sofia Dlugo Sports reporter February 8, 2020

Kent State lost Saturday evening against Oswego State. The Flashes started the first period strong by tying the game 1-1 but lost their speed after the break.  Oswego scored two more goals in the second...

Freshman Katie Shumate (14) looks for teammates during first half of game on Sat. Jan. 25, 2020. Kent State University lost 57-44 against the University at Buffalo.

Kent State’s rough second half leads to road loss against Ohio University

Kathryn Rajnicek Sports reporter February 8, 2020

The shots simply did not fall for Kent State’s women’s basketball team in its 63-57 loss to the Mid-American Conference East Division leader, Ohio University.“We should have won this game,” coach...

Kent State struggles to score, gives NIU sweep

Owen MacMillan Assigning editor February 8, 2020

With four seconds left on the clock and the designed play collapsing around him, Kent State men’s basketball forward Danny Pippen heaved a deep contested three.The shot was too strong, and clanged off...

Kent State’s offensive struggles continue: Five takeaways from Flashes’ second straight loss

Ian Kreider February 7, 2020

Junior forward Danny Pippen pulled up from the top of the arc.He’d hit two 3-pointers over a 34-second stretch near the four-minute mark to tie the game, 50-50. After a screen by senior guard Troy Simons,...

Division 1 hockey falls to Oswego 6-5

Sofia Dlugo Sports reporter February 7, 2020

Kent State division one men’s hockey played Oswego State Friday night and managed to keep the score close ending each period, forcing the game to go into overtime, then a shootout. Kent State didn’t...

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