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2022 Kent State women's golf team

Women’s golf coach Casey VanDamme strives for greatness in first season

Noah Keeney, Reporter April 15, 2022

Kent State women’s golf's new head coach Casey VanDamme has quickly adjusted to the new team and the opportunity he has been given. VanDamme coached for seven years at South Dakota State, but last...

Participants of the Walk a Mile in Their Shoes event pass the M.A.C. Center Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

Athletic facilities named to honor important supporters of Kent State sports 

Isabella Schreck, Reporter April 14, 2022

Six athletic facilities have been named to honor impactful supporters of Kent State’s sports programs. The Golden Flashes Club, annual donors to Kent State athletics, announced the news in a press...

Kent State sophomore Kyle Jackson swings for the ball.

Baseball outmatched by explosive Pitt offense

Jacob Hansen, Reporter April 14, 2022

The Kent State baseball team’s offense couldn’t keep up with the explosive offense of the University of Pittsburgh and Kent fell 12-5 against the Panthers. KSU, which is in fourth in the Mid-American...

Junior Cade Breitenstine hits a shot during the Kent State men's golf match in the Aggie Invitational in College Station, Texas.

Men’s golf places 10th in Aggie Invitational

Kathryn Rajnicek, Reporter April 12, 2022

Kent State’s men’s golf team finished in 10th place out of 12 teams at the Aggie Invitational on April 9-10. “Well, obviously we struggled as a team, but I still feel like there were some good...

Senior attacker Megan Kozar prepares to shoot against Robert Morris on Saturday, April 16 in Kent, Ohio

Lacrosse team falls to conference leader Robert Morris 15-6

Jacob Shondel, Reporter April 12, 2022

Saturday, the Kent State women’s lacrosse team still has not beaten Mid-American Conference opponent Robert Morris. After falling 15-6 Saturday, the Flashes have lost six consecutive games to RMU...

Golden Flashes Baseball play Central Michigan University's Chippewas on March 11, 2022. Sophomore Aidan Longwell is up to bat.

Kent State splits weekend series against Bowling Green

Jacob Hansen, Reporter April 11, 2022

Kent State’s baseball team shifts the momentum with back-to-back walk-off victories in the final two games to split the series with Bowling Green. Kent State is now 12-14 on the year and 7-7 in the...

Kent State graduate student Madyson Cole bats during the second game of the double header on March 25, 2022.

Softball prepares for stacked MAC schedule, aims to improve for championships

Isabella Schreck, Reporter April 10, 2022

Kent State softball coach Eric Oakley said this year’s team is unlike any he has had before. The Flashes lost six starters and seven players total from a team that finished third in the Mid-American...

Steve Sefner reminisces on 20th anniversary of Kent State men's basketball Elite Eight run in his new book

Steve Sefner reminisces on 20th anniversary of Kent State men’s basketball Elite Eight run in his new book

Jimmy Oswald, Sports Editor April 8, 2022

In this season’s March Madness, the No. 15 Saint Peter’s Peacocks were the Cinderella story of the tournament after upsetting No. 2 Kentucky in the first round of the tournament and advancing all the...

Kent State senior Sarah Haxton warms up on beam during the gymnastics competition against Bowling Green at the M.A.C. Center on Feb. 20, 2022.

Haxton leads KSU gymnasts at NCAA regionals

Isabella Schreck, Reporter April 6, 2022

Kent State gymnastics coach Brice Biggin said he felt goosebumps after seeing sophomore Sarah Haxton’s 9.900 performance on the uneven bars at the NCAA regional. “I just felt so good for her because...

Members of the Kent State lacrosse team celebrate after defeating Akron in Kent, Ohio on Saturday, April 2

Women’s lacrosse beats Akron in final seconds for third straight win

Jacob Shondel, Reporter April 4, 2022

All season long, Kent State’s lacrosse team has ended practice by rehearsing strategy for the last minute of a close game. Saturday, the Flashes executed that plan in the final 22 seconds to edge...

Senior 184-pounder Colin McCracken wrestles Air Force's Jacob Thompson during the Appalachian State Invite in Boone, North Carolina on Sunday, Nov. 14.

McCracken and Komora fall at NCAA Championships

Noah Keeney, Reporter April 4, 2022

Senior Colin McCracken was able to secure a victory in his first matchup at the NCAA Championships. McCracken took down Northwestern Jack Jessen in the 184-pound prelims. McCracken was able to battle...

Rachel DeCavitch gracefully ascends the balance beam to start off her routine during the gymnastics meet against Rutgers and Cornell University on Jan. 28, 2022.

4 top-scoring KSU gymnasts qualify for NCAA regionals as individuals

Isabella Schreck, Reporter March 28, 2022

Four Kent State gymnasts are headed to the NCAA regionals as individuals. As a team, Kent State didn’t qualify for the regionals. The Flashes ranked 41st in the country, and only the top 36 teams...

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