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Football closes out season with a win

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 27, 2022

In its last game of the season, Kent State’s football team defeated Buffalo in an overtime comeback Saturday. The Flashes finish the season 5-7 overall and 4-4 in the Mid-American Conference. They...

No longer perfect: Men’s basketball earns first loss of season

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 24, 2022

Kent State’s basketball team led Wednesday's game against the College of Charleston for a total of 36 minutes. Then Charleston hit a 3-pointer and got ahead with 23 seconds left. Sincere Carry, who...

Football takes on Buffalo in the final game of the year

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 23, 2022

After its loss to Eastern Michigan on Nov. 16, Kent State football is already out of bowl eligibility. But Buffalo, the Flashes’ final opponent of the season, is not. The Bulls must beat KSU to qualify...

Wrestling success: Nationally-ranked Enrique Munguia clinches second title win of season

John Hilber, Reporter November 22, 2022

Kent State sophomore wrestler Enrique Munguia is a guy who understands what it takes to be good, says his coach. He was the third best high school wrestler in the country and now ranks in the top 30...

Hockey earns third-straight win but falls next day

Mia Cadle, Reporter November 21, 2022

After beating third-place Robert Morris on its way to a weekend split, Kent State’s hockey team is “in a good place,” according to assistant coach Aaron Hernandez. “We did some good things this...

With one second left, women’s basketball takes down Power 5 Oklahoma State

Isabella Schreck, Sports Editor November 20, 2022

A shot in the paint from senior guard Katie Shumate brought Kent State within one point with 27 seconds left against the Big 12’s Oklahoma State. Freshman guard Corynne Hauser followed up with a layup....

Kent State redshirt senior Miryne Thomas takes a shot as Chicago State's Arol Kacuol attempts to block him.

Men’s basketball dominates defensively with program-record performance

Jacob Shondel, Reporter November 20, 2022

On the season, the Kent State men’s basketball team has averaged 20 points per game off turnovers.  Saturday at the M.A.C. Center, the Flashes scored a season-high 38 points off turnovers, defeating...

Kent State junior running back Marquez Cooper runs for a touchdown against Eastern Michigan during the final home game on Nov. 16, 2022.

Collin Schlee’s early exit ends in football’s exit out of bowl eligibility

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 19, 2022

Kent State’s redshirt junior quarterback Collin Schlee brought his team to a 10-point lead in the second quarter of the Flashes’ last home game of the season. Then he went down. And without him,...

Kent State running back Gavin Garcia, who is now a sophomore on the team, breaks a tackle during his run downfield Sept. 17, 2022 against Long Island. Kent State won the match 63-10.

Athletic department, football program earn big bucks from tough non-conference matchups

Isabella Schreck, Sports Editor November 18, 2022

Kent State will be paid $5.2 million by January 2023 for playing – and losing to – three football teams from the Power 5 conferences: No. 1-ranked Georgia, then-No. 7 Oklahoma and the Pac-12’s Washington. That...

Taller Arkansas ‘too much’ for women’s basketball at start string of away game

Isabella Schreck, Sports Editor November 18, 2022

The Southeastern Conference's Arkansas has six players 6-foot-1 or taller on its squad -- and three started against Kent State Thursday. With only one of his starters over six feet tall, coach Todd...

First in over a decade: Baidy Ba heads to national cross country championships

Brady Hamilton, Reporter November 17, 2022

For the first time since 2012, Kent State will be represented at the NCAA cross country championships Saturday. Sophomore Baidy Ba qualified for the championships with a program-record-breaking 30:07.0...

Haley Eckerman’s first year shows volleyball’s ‘potential’ for next season

Isabella Schreck, Sports Editor November 17, 2022

It has been a year of “figuring things out” for Kent State volleyball coach Haley Eckerman. In her first season as a Division I head coach, Eckerman led her team to its best starting record since...

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