Mid-American Conference fall sports will return in early 2021, with teams only playing conference games, the league announced on Monday. The MAC was the first conference to postpone fall sports back in...
Redshirt junior center Linsey Marchese is set to make her debut on Kent State University’s women’s basketball team this season.Marchese played two seasons in the Big Ten Conference at Indiana University,...
In April the NCAA’s highest governing body made a groundbreaking ruling that would redefine what the average student-athlete could accomplish. The Board of Governors supported a rule change to allow...
On Tuesday, Sept. 22, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors took up the issue of fall season sports playing national championships during the spring.Last month, the NCAA decided to move forward on plans...
Freshmen student-athletes have to deal with circumstances that no other incoming class has had to deal with. They are essentially guinea pigs for the future of college sports. The uncertainty of this...
Senior softball player Vanessa Vodan found out from a social media post by the NCAA that her senior season was over. Her heart stopped and she prayed it wasn’t true. Vodan was in her room in an off-campus...
Associate head coach Fran Recchia spends much of her time these days at her kitchen table, searching for future Flashes.“[I spend] at least two hours a day,” she said, “watching film or highlights...
Just like that, it was over.Less than 24 hours after the women’s basketball team advanced to the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinals, Kent State’s hope for an NCAA Tournament bid vanished.“I...
In May 2013, Jon Fleming lay in bed in Fishers, Indiana, wondering if his dreams to play college basketball were exhausted. He had set records for assists in a game and a season at Fishers High School,...
Kent State’s baseball team was unable to overcome the hitting storm from the Hurricanes of University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.Before the season, Miami baseball was ranked No. 16 in the nation...
Men’s golf coach Jon Mills began every season just like his previous three seasons with Kent State. Except for in the 2019-2020 season, he began his new position as the head coach, transitioning from...
For years, Kent State club hockey coach Jim Underwood knew that many hockey players didn’t get a chance to compete in college.Kent State has a Division I team, the highest level of club hockey. When...
