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The Kent State Gymnastics team cheer on senior Rachel Guida after her performance on the uneven bars Friday, Feb 15 at the MACC. KSU defeated Central Michigan 196.050 to 194.900. Photo by Shane Flanigan

Gymnasts finish last in NCAA regional

Lily Flynn April 6, 2013

The No. 23 Kent State women’s gymnastics team’s season came to an abrupt end Saturday as the Flashes placed last out of six teams at the NCAA regional meet in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Their overall score of...

Senior Lauren Wozniak performs her floor routine at the first ever Beauty and the Beast competition on Feb. 8, 2013. The lady Flashes defeated Rutgers with a final score of 195.675-193.700. Photo by Jenna Watson.

KSU gymnasts head south for NCAA tournament

Lily Flynn April 5, 2013

In 2011, the Kent State Gymnastics team became the first school in the Mid-American Conference to qualify for the NCAA gymnastics championships after a second place finish at the Ann Arbor, Mich., regional.In...

Kent State freshman Nick Jensen-Clagg pitches during a game against Penn State on April 3. The Flashes won the game 10-0. Photo by Melanie Nesteruk.

Flashes take winning streak into weekend series

Kevin Battaglia April 4, 2013

Wins against Toledo and Penn State earlier in the week have put the Kent State baseball team in a position to get above .500 in the win-loss column for the first time this season.Kent State (12-14, 5-2...

Freshman infielder Michele Duffy wtaches the ball as she follows through a swing for Kent State during a double header against University of Akron on Saturday, March 30. Kent State defeated Akron in both games, the first with a final score of 2-1 and the second with a final score of 5-3. Photo by Jenna Watson.

Flashes hit road for four-game tour of Michigan

Christian Petrila April 4, 2013

Kent State’s softball team is preparing to embark on its longest road trip of the season, and it begins with four games against Mid-American Conference opponents.The 10-game swing begins with four games...

Flashes hit road for four-game tour of Michigan

April 4, 2013

Freshman infielder Michele Duffy wtaches the ball as she follows through a swing for Kent State during a double header against University of Akron on Saturday, March 30. Kent State defeated Akron in both...

Famed movie critic Roger Ebert dies at age 70

Caryn Rousseau April 4, 2013

CHICAGO (AP) Film critic Roger Ebert has died at age 70.Ebert's office says the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic died Thursday at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. His death came two days after...

Kent State freshman Nick Jensen-Clagg pitches during a game against Penn State on April 3. The Flashes won the game 10-0. Photo by Melanie Nesteruk.

Baseball takes winning streak into weekend series

April 3, 2013

Wins against Toledo and Penn State earlier in the week have put the Kent State baseball team in a position to get above .500 in the win-loss column for the first time this season.Kent State (12-14, 5-2...

Jensen-Clagg near perfect as baseball beats Penn State

Kevin Battaglia April 3, 2013

The Kent State baseball team has started to turn the season around to show winning results similar to last year's season.Since starting the season 1-9, the Flashes have reeled off 11 wins in their...

Infielder Derek Toadvine is ready at the diamond at Scott Park in Toledo on April 2, 2013. Kent State won the game against the Toledo Rockets, 7-5. Photo by Bob Taylor.

Flashes pull off late victory

Kevin Battaglia April 2, 2013

The Kent State baseball team is beginning to find a way to win close games in late innings.Kent State (11-14, 4-2 Mid-American Conference) overcame a one-run deficit by scoring four runs in the eighth...

The Kansas City Royals' Jarrod Dyson steals second as the throw to Cleveland Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera bounces off his glove in the third inning of a spring training game at Goodyear Stadium in Goodyear, Arizona, Feb. 26, 2013. The Royals defeated the Indians, 4-1. Photo courtesy of MCT Campus.

Cleveland Baseball Weekly: Five things to take away from Opening Day

Jim Piascik April 2, 2013

Cleveland was far from perfect on Tuesday, but the team did enough to get a 4-1 victory in Toronto. The game was much better than last year's Opening Day, when the 16-inning loss to the Blue Jays foreshadowed...

Flashes football returns to the field for spring practice

Tim Dorst April 2, 2013

The Kent State football team took the field on a chilly Tuesday morning for the first time since completing its most successful season in more than 40 years, and it did so with a new head coach. Paul Haynes,...

Kent State’s Dustin Kilgore crowned MAC Wrestler of the Year

Richie Mulhall April 2, 2013

The eight Mid-American Conference head coaches voted fifth-year senior Dustin Kilgore MAC Wrestler of the Year for the second time in his career Tuesday.Representing Kent State as the only MAC wrestler...