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Kent State softball ranked No.2 in the MAC, starts season in Georgia

Amanda Levine Sports editor February 6, 2020

Kent State softball’s 2019 season ended in a 4-2 loss to Marshall University in the National Invitational Softball Championship. Despite a 28-26 finish to the season, the Flashes were picked No. 2 in...

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OPINION: Girls and Women in Sports Day

Amanda Levine Sports editor February 4, 2020

When I was growing up, I watched the Mets play religiously. David Wright and Carlos Delgado were my favorite players. Each night during the spring and summer, I watched Wright, Delgado and the Mets compete....

How the media covers male athletes vs. female athletes

Amanda Levine Sports editor January 10, 2020

Samantha Show turned on a high and inside pitch to break a 1-1 tie against the University of Florida with a solo shot to left field. The senior pitcher looked at the ball fly, then slammed her bat down...

Andrea Scali winds up for a pitch during a Kent State softball game. 

Freshman Scali leads softball into MAC Tournament

Gina Butkovich April 28, 2019

If you look at the statistics leaders for the Mid-American Conference, you’ll see the same person leading in strikeouts, wins and shutouts.Andrea Scali. Scali has been awarded the National Pitcher of...

Softball

Flashes split a doubleheader against St. Francis

Gina Butkovich April 25, 2019

For one inning in each of game of its double-header on Wednesday, the Kent State softball team looks like the best hitting team in the Mid-American Conference.The Flashes split a doubleheader against Saint...

Senior Bailey Brownfield runs the bases in a game against the Akron Zips on Saturday, April 20, 2019.

Softball sweeps Akron behind stellar pitching

Gina Butkovich April 21, 2019

With three shutouts this week alone and opponents hitting .196 off of her in the Mid-American Conference, freshman pitcher Andrea Scali is a force to be reckoned with.Scali pitched 10 and a half innings...

Kent State senior shortstop Holly Speers smiles as she rounds the bases on her eighth home run of the season during Kent State's 8-7 win over Western Michigan on March 24, 2018. Speers went 1-for-2 with nine walks on the weekend. 

Scali’s no-hitter leads Flashes to double-header win over RMU

Gina Butkovich April 18, 2019

On Saturday, the Kent State softball got on base 18 times over two games and only scored seven times. On Wednesday, the Flashes got on base 26 times and scored 18 runs over the span of two games against...

Junior Jen Cader swings during the first game of Kent State's doubleheader against Ohio on April 11, 2018. The Flashes lost, 4-2.

Flashes drop 14 inning affair in series loss to RedHawks

Gina Butkovich April 15, 2019

Kent State found itself down 2-1 at the bottom of the seventh inning during the first game of its double-header against Miami (OH) on Saturday. The Flashes were down to their final strike when junior outfielder...

Sophomore Olivia Sborlini rounds the bases during the first game of the  doubleheader against Ohio on April 11, 2018. The Flashes lost, 4-2.

Flashes record 1-0 in pitchers duel against Ohio

Gina Butkovich April 11, 2019

The Kent State softball team has won five of the last six games and currently sit on top of the Mid-American Conference standings, which is exactly where the Flashes want to be at this point in the season.“We...

Madi Huck hurls a pitch against Buffalo on April 21, 2018. The Flashes swept Buffalo in a three-game series, each win coming from the run-rule after five innings. 

Kent State softball sweeps series against Western Michigan

Gina Butkovich April 7, 2019

Kent State softball coach Eric Oakley talked about the Flashes’ need to play a complete series, saying the players “had to get better at playing two games consistently,” on Tuesday.Over the weekend,...

Madi Huck hurls a pitch against Buffalo on April 21, 2018. The Flashes swept Buffalo in a three-game series, each win coming from the run-rule after five innings. 

Softball preparing for heart of MAC schedule

Gina Butkovich April 3, 2019

Kent State women’s softball finished the 2018 season with a 29-23 record. It set the single-season team records for runs scored (284), hits (443), RBIs (240) and slugging percentage (.466). Seven different...

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OPINION: Women’s national soccer team deserves more pay than men

Dante Centofanti April 3, 2019

Soccer is rarely at the epicenter of American sports culture. U.S. soccer has steadily gained popularity throughout this decade, and the main reason for that is the women’s national team.With March being...