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Then a sophomore, Kent State's Gisli Sveinbergsson tees off on the 16th hole at the Mid-American Conference championship in Nashport, OH. The Flashes won the conference, while Sveinbergsson won golfer of the year. [FILE]

Men’s and women’s golf teams prepare for regional play

Zachary McKnight May 4, 2019

Both the Kent State men’s and women’s golf teams entered the season with optimism and high expectations.Two Mid-American Conference championships later, both teams found themselves in regional play.Women's...

Kent State former president Beverly Warren hugs Merissa Barber-Smith after Kent State's 86-62 over the Falcons on March 11 in the first round of the MAC Tournament. 

Four years after almost leaving Kent, Merissa Barber-Smith prepares to graduate

Gina Butkovich May 1, 2019

Many didn’t think Merissa Barber-Smith would make it through her freshman year of college basketball.Now, as a senior, Barber-Smith has had a busy few months.At the end of March, she helped lead the...

Pavin Parks

Parks’ timely home run leads Flashes to win over Dayton

John Conley May 1, 2019

The Kent State baseball team split the season home and home series with the Dayton Flyers by winning the second game, 9-6 on Tuesday. The Flashes lost the first game of the year against the Flyers on Mar....

Luke Albright pitches against Central Michigan on April 13. 

Baseball takes two out of three from Ohio despite bats cooling off in finale

John Conley April 28, 2019

The Kent State baseball team drove in 30 runs in its wins on Friday and Saturday  before being held scoreless in its series finale against Ohio.  The Flashes won comfortably on Friday, 12-3 behind an...

Andrea Scali winds up for a pitch during a Kent State softball game. 

Freshman Scali leads softball into MAC Tournament

Gina Butkovich April 28, 2019

If you look at the statistics leaders for the Mid-American Conference, you’ll see the same person leading in strikeouts, wins and shutouts.Andrea Scali. Scali has been awarded the National Pitcher of...

Nicole Yeargin 

Yeargin puts herself into the Kent State record books

Brandon Lewis April 28, 2019

Nicole Yeargin ran a personal-best 54:00 in the 400m dash on April 20 at the Virgina ChallengeSaturday at the Tom Jones Memorial at The University of Florida, she broke that record by a second to become...

The Kent State's men's golf team celebrates their MAC co-championship. They tied with Eastern Michigan on Apr. 28 2019.

Men’s golf earn MAC Co-Champion title in rain shortened Championships

Zachary McKnight April 28, 2019

The Kent State men’s golf team were looking to start the postseason as Mid-American Conference champions.After the first round, the Flashes were six strokes behind Eastern Michigan.However, through perseverance...

Senior Pavin Parks rounds the bases after hitting at home run. 

Flashes clobber Canisius to move to .500 on season

John Conley April 25, 2019

The rematch of the home and home series between Kent State and Canisius turned the Flashes way this time, as the Flashes avenged their earlier loss to the Griffins with a 10-1 on Wednesday. The Flashes...

LLuna Katz shoots against Liberty on April 24. The Flashes lost, 23-6

Flashes fall to Liberty in final game of inaugural season

Amanda Levine April 25, 2019

With a minute and a half into Kent State's Wednesday afternoon game against Liberty, Abby Jones ran down the field, slightly bobbling the ball. From the left side of the goal she flipped the ball to Lluna...

UCLA’s Darren Collison, left, and Russell Westbrook celebrate their 77-67 overtime win over Stanford in Los Angeles Thursday, March 6, 2008. Kevork Djansezian / AP Photo

MVP, 8-time all star, almost Golden Flash

Henry Palattella April 24, 2019

The inside story of how Russell Westbrook nearly signed with Kent StateBefore Russell Westbrook became the triple-double MVP, he was taken by the Seattle Supersonics with the fourth pick in the 2011 draft.Before...

Then a sophomore, Kent State's Gisli Sveinbergsson tees off on the 16th hole at the Mid-American Conference championship in Nashport, OH. The Flashes won the conference, while Sveinbergsson won golfer of the year. [FILE]

Men’s golf stumbles to bottom-third finish in Columbus

Zachary McKnight April 22, 2019

The Kent State men’s golf team was looking for that missing piece of the puzzle at the Kepler Intercollegiate.Instead, they found stiff competition and a bottom-third finish.The Flashes finished 11th...

Women's golf team wins the 2018 - 2019 MAC Championship.  They have won every MAC Championship since 1999.

Stormo leads women’s golf to 21st straight MAC Championship

Zachary McKnight April 22, 2019

The Kent State women’s golf team has won every MAC Championship since 1999.After Purgatory Golf Club this past weekend, the Flashes were looking to extend their streak to 21 MAC titles in a row.After...

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