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Red-shirt senior right hand pitcher Eli Martin pitches a strike against a player from Youngstown State University Wednesday April 13, 2016. The Flashes would go on to win 5-2.

Baseball and softball both in action over weekend

Erik Svesson February 19, 2017

BaseballThe Kent State baseball team won all three of its opening weekend games against Belmont University.Friday, in the first game of the season for Kent State, the team shut out Belmont 15-0. The Flashes...

Kent State's head coach Todd Starkey and senior guard Larissa Larken pose for photos on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 after Larken was honored for scoring her 1,000th career point in the previous game.

Starkey, Flashes embracing opportunity

Henry Palattella February 15, 2017

On April 19, 2016, Todd Starkey was hired as the head coach of the Kent State women’s basketball team after spending the past two seasons as an assistant at the University of Indiana.Starkey inherited...

Kent State senior forward Chelsi Watson comes down with the offensive rebound against the Akron Zips at the James A. Rhodes Arena on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. The Flashes won the rivalry game, 72-58.

Stephens’ career-high leads Flashes to victory over Akron

Henry Palattella February 12, 2017

In 2013, then Uniontown Lake forward McKenna Stephens made a name for herself in the Northeast Ohio basketball circuit, as she finished her high school career as the fifth-highest scorer in the Blue Streaks'...

Dakota Hatch, a student at the Horizon Science Academy, is repairing his teams robot for Kent State University’s FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Competition Saturday Feb. 4, 2017.

Robotics competition turns tech skills into sport

Rick Pongonis February 4, 2017

Looking determined, a Stow-Munroe Falls High School student pushed his joystick forward. At his command, a 15-inch metallic see-through robot scooped up a blue ball about the size of a softball, put it...

Kent State students fill the new Tri-Towers gym at the opening on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. An addition to the Recreation and Wellness Center on the other side of campus, the new center will make working out more convenient for students.

Kent State students finding ways to stick to fitness

Shane Transue January 25, 2017

Students have found several tips and tricks to help keep their New Year’s resolutions on track during the busy semester.There are a variety of options open to students who want to continue their fitness...

Portrait of Suzanne Holt at her home in Kent, Ohio on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016.

Professor behind Clinton course advocates for women’s rights

Lydia Taylor December 7, 2016

As a young girl, Kent State women's studies professor Suzanne Holt felt as though she had a mission in life — a wish to go out and save the world — but wasn’t quite sure what that mission was until...

Opinion: Rajai Davis homer worth the World Series disappointment

Dan Armelli November 6, 2016

I felt every bit of human emotion during the 24 hours following the Cleveland Indians Game 7 World Series loss to the Chicago Cubs.As with any seven-game series, there were a lot of angles at play, all...

Men’s basketball strives for team chemistry in preseason

Dana Miller October 5, 2016

Kent State's men’s basketball is looking to continue building a strong team chemistry, as nine new players debut on the 2016-2017 roster.Walk-on Jon Fleming, a senior communication studies major, is...

Intramural sports offers stress-free gateway

Nicole Zahn September 24, 2016

The stress of academics and extracurricular involvements are beginning to settle in for many students; however, many have found a healthy, time-efficient alternative that allows them to unwind from it...

Second lawsuit filed in KSU rape case sent to mediation

Alex Delaney-Gesing August 14, 2016

In response to the second lawsuit former Kent State softball player Lauren Kesterson filed against the university earlier this month, the Ohio Supreme Court has ordered the case to mediation.Instead of...

Kent State softball player Lauren Kesterson throws a ball to first base during a during a double header against University of Akron on Saturday, March 30, 2013. 

Former KSU softball player files new lawsuit against university in sexual assault case

Alex Delaney-Gesing August 3, 2016

Lauren Kesterson, a former Kent State softball player, filed a second lawsuit Tuesday against Kent State in the Ohio Supreme Court, saying the university failed to produce requested public records detailing...

Oakley named official softball head coach

Stephen Means June 21, 2016

Athletic director Joel Nielsen announced on Monday, June 20, that interim head coach Eric Oakley has been promoted to the official head coach of the Kent State softball team.Oakley was named interim head...