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KSU basketball team hope to find winning ways in final home stand

Nick Shook February 27, 2012

With six games left in the regular season, Kent State had hopes of overcoming a one-game deficit in the Mid-American Conference East Division standings to secure a regular season title.Three games and...

Softball goes 3-2 in Weekend Series at N.C. State

Tim Dorst February 27, 2012

After a week off from competition, the Kent State softball team returned to action this past weekend with five games in the NC State Wolfpack Challenge.Offense was the key for the Flashes, who won three...

Women’s basketball turn their losing streak inside out

Matt Lofgren February 27, 2012

With a one point lead and no time left on the clock, everyone was holding their breath.The Kent State women’s basketball team held on strong to a 17 point lead with six minutes left — and then the...

Sophomore outfielder T.J. Sutton makes contact with a pitch against Youngstown State at Schoonover Stadium on Wednesday, April 11. Kent State defeated Youngstown State 14-4. Photo by Anthony Vence.

Kent State baseball defeats the Winthrop Eagles

John Dvozenja February 27, 2012

The Flashes entered into Nashville, Ten., with plenty of momentum after a successful weekend in Rock Hill, S.C., where the Flashes finished with a 2-1 record, splitting two games with No. 9 Georgia Tech....

Photo by Daniel Staimpel.

Women claim third MAC indoor title, men place second

Daniel Staimpel February 27, 2012

Over smiling faces and trophies, the Kent State Fight Song echoed through The University of Akron’s Louis and Freda Stile Athletics Field House. The Kent State women’s track and field team surged...

Junior guard Tamzin Barroilhet goes up for two again Akron on Feb. 25. The Flashes beat the Zips 77-76. Photo by Phillip Botta.

Kent State women’s basketball breaks losing streak against Akron

Matt Lofgren February 26, 2012

The Kent State women’s basketball team let a 17 point lead dwindle down to one, but held on for a 77-76 win over rival Akron Saturday at the M.A.C. Center.Within the final 18 second of the game, the...

File photo. The Flashes greet junior shortstop Mary Holt at the plate after she scored the winning run off of a base-clearing double by junior 3rd baseman Jessica Blanton on Sunday, April 10. The Flashes had a five-run seventh inning and defeated Northern Illinois 8-7. Photo by Jessica Yanesh.

Softball team splits pair of games at N.C. State

Tim Dorst February 25, 2012

The Kent State softball team began their weekend schedule Friday with two games against two different teams and with very different results.The Flashes scored eight runs in the first two innings, leading...

Sophomore distance runner Paige Foster runs in the Women's 4x400 meter relay on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. The Flashes placed first in the Women's 400 meter dash and second in the Men's 800 meter dash. Photo by Valerie Brown.

KSU track and field prepares for MAC Indoor Championships

Daniel Staimpel February 24, 2012

With the 2012 Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships approaching this weekend, coach Bill Lawson said he believes both the men’s and women’s teams are ready to finish first.“We’re doing just...

Photo courtesy of Matthew Vern Bliss.

ACL tears motivate women’s basketball freshman to excel

Matt Lofgren February 24, 2012

Her doctors called her the “bionic woman” after two ACL tears in her right knee and one in her left, but freshman Melanie Stubbs is striving to prove she has what it takes to play at the college level.Standing...

Junoior forward Chris Evans shoots from the 3-point line during the Flashes game against the College of Charleston. Evans, along with Guyton, lead the team with 16 points each in the Flashes 80-73 lose. Photo by Coty Giannelli.

Flashes’ Evans finds home at Kent State

Nick Shook February 24, 2012

Kent State has always been where Chris Evans belonged.It took two years for the Flashes’ junior forward to realize it, though.A native of Chesapeake, Va., Evans became familiar with Kent State while...

Rachel Goldneberg received a 9.85 on her floor routine Feb. 19, 2012 at the Kent State meet against Northern Illinois. Photo by Grace Jelinek.

Gymnastics Q-and-A with Rachel Goldenberg

Erica Mucci February 24, 2012

This week : The Flashes will travel to No. 19 North Carolina State They will take on N.C. State, Towson and William & Mary in a quad meet. Action will begin Friday at the Reynolds Coliseum at 7 p.m....

Senior guard Carlton Guyton recovers the ball against the College of Charleston Cougars on Saturday, Feb. 18. Guyton scored 13 points against Miami on Feb. 21. Kent fell to Miami 62-60 at the away game. Photo by Matt Hafley.

Mistakes plague men’s basketball in close loss

Nick Shook February 22, 2012

Kent State’s hopes of a third-straight conference title were all but eliminated with a last-second loss to Miami Tuesday night in Oxford. The Flashes trailed by as many as 12 points and tied the game...

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