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Grace Tennant competing in the discus.

Record-breaking season continues for track teams at Virginia Challenge

Brandon Lewis April 21, 2019

Nicole Yeargin ran a personal-best 54.76 in the 400m dash April 13 at the Tennessee Relays.Saturday, she broke that record by less than a second.The junior from Maryland clocked a time of 54.00 in the...

Former pitcher Connor Wollersheim about to pitch, seen through the on-deck batter. Kent State Golden Flashes won 9-5 against East Central Michigan on the April 5, 2019 game.

Flashes’ bats propel them to series win over NIU

John Conley April 21, 2019

The Kent State baseball team scored 38 runs throughout its three-game series against Northern Illinois, with the Flashes capturing a series win.The Flashes took the final two games of the series, scoring...

Senior Bailey Brownfield runs the bases in a game against the Akron Zips on Saturday, April 20, 2019.

Softball sweeps Akron behind stellar pitching

Gina Butkovich April 21, 2019

With three shutouts this week alone and opponents hitting .196 off of her in the Mid-American Conference, freshman pitcher Andrea Scali is a force to be reckoned with.Scali pitched 10 and a half innings...

Midfielder Raegan Russel cradles the ball in a game against Central Michigan Saturday, April 20, 2019.

CMU dominates Flashes lacrosse in 21-5 win

Amanda Levine April 21, 2019

Central Michigan’s offense jumped out of the gates on Saturday, as the Chippewas scored four goals in the first five minutes of their game against Kent State. The Chippewas’ defense held the Flashes...

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OPINION: Can the Rockets dethrone the Warriors?

Sean Blevins April 18, 2019

It is not a stretch to say the Rockets might have an even better chance to beat the Warriors now than they did last season.James Harden is playing at an absurd, unstoppable, Jordan-esque level. This could...

Kent second baseman Pavin Parks watches the ball sail over the right-center field wall for a solo home run. 

Parks’ walk-off secures comeback win for Flashes

John Conley April 18, 2019

Kent State baseball captured a 9-8 win over Pitt on Wednesday on a walk-off hit from senior Pavin Parks.Parks capped off a 4-for-5 night with a bases loaded single with two outs to drive in the winning...

Kent State senior shortstop Holly Speers smiles as she rounds the bases on her eighth home run of the season during Kent State's 8-7 win over Western Michigan on March 24, 2018. Speers went 1-for-2 with nine walks on the weekend. 

Scali’s no-hitter leads Flashes to double-header win over RMU

Gina Butkovich April 18, 2019

On Saturday, the Kent State softball got on base 18 times over two games and only scored seven times. On Wednesday, the Flashes got on base 26 times and scored 18 runs over the span of two games against...

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OPINION: Tiger Woods (Revisited)

Dante Centofanti April 17, 2019

On Oct. 3, 2018, I wrote a column about Tiger Woods after last season’s PGA Tour season officially ended. I talked about how Woods was not officially back with his win at the Tour Championship and how...

Pimnipa Panthong tees off at the Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship on April 4, 2019. She would finish 17th in the tournament.

Flashes look to extend MAC Championship streak

Zachary McKnight April 17, 2019

Since 1999, there has only been one team to win the MAC championship every year.That would be the Kent State women’s golf team..On April 19-21, the women will look to win their 21st MAC title in a row...

Flashes victorious in Lady Buckeye Invitational

Zachary McKnight April 17, 2019

The Kent State women’s golf team were third after the first round.They continued to go up in the leaderboard, putting up the best scores of rounds two and three.In the end, the Flashes took first by...

Junior Jen Cader swings during the first game of Kent State's doubleheader against Ohio on April 11, 2018. The Flashes lost, 4-2.

Flashes drop 14 inning affair in series loss to RedHawks

Gina Butkovich April 15, 2019

Kent State found itself down 2-1 at the bottom of the seventh inning during the first game of its double-header against Miami (OH) on Saturday. The Flashes were down to their final strike when junior outfielder...

Rough first round dooms Flashes in Boilermaker Invitational

Zachary McKnight April 14, 2019

The Kent State men’s golf team went into the Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette, Indiana looking for momentum.Instead, the Flashes were dead last at the end of round one.In the end, the Flashes...

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