Skip to Main Content
Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

World and Nation:
Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

The Kent State Flashes took on Robert Morris University at Murphy-Mellis Field Saturday, taking the win with a final score of 9-6. Kent State field hockey will play again Friday against James Madison. Photo by ERIN MCLAUGHLIN.

Flashes gear up for regular season with 9-6 exhibition victory

Chris Ginley August 26, 2013

The Kent State field hockey team had a successful first outing Saturday, defeating the Robert Morris (Pa.) Colonials 9-6 in an exhibition contest at Murphy-Mellis Field.In a controlled scrimmage, the Flashes...

The Kent State Golden Flashes practice Aug. 16 at Dix Stadium for the upcoming 2013 season. Photo by COTY GIANNELLI.

Flash football team gets ready for a new season

Nick Shook August 26, 2013

Change can be found everywhere within Kent State football in 2013.With a new year comes new faces, and some who may be unfamiliar are sprinkled throughout the lineup on offense, defense and the coaching...

Junior forward Stephanie Haugh (center) achieves a breakaway from St. Bonaventure offense Thursday at Zoeller Field. Photo by LEAH KLAFCZYNSKI.

Flashes soccer split two weekend games

Kent Hushion August 26, 2013

The Kent State women’s soccer team opened its regular season schedule with a pair of weekend games, defeating St. Bonaventure 3-2 at Zoeller Field Friday and dropping a 3-0 road loss to the Marshall...

Board of Trustees approves a $1.2 million indoor practice facility for baseball and softball teams

Megan Wilkinson August 22, 2013

The Board of Trustees authorized a $1.2 million project in early May to build a 10,000-square-foot, indoor practice facility for the men’s baseball and women’s softball teams.Funding for the project...

Andy Hanson, exercise science major at the University of Akron, tackles one of the hardest routes during a bouldering competition at the Kent State Rec center. Hanson said he enjoyed bouldering because it was something new and exciting to do. Photo by Rachael Le Goubin

The Rec has more to offer than just treadmills

Nick Shook August 22, 2013

Adventure Center rentals For outdoor trips, river adventures or bike outings, the Adventure Center has all the equipment students need. “It is top of the line gear and students are paying a very small...

Senior running back Dri Archer defends the ball from a Western Michigan player during the first half of Saturday's Homecoming game on Oct. 20, 2012. The Flashes triumphed 41-21. Photo by Hannah Potes.

Flashes football 2013: Kent State’s key players

Nick Shook August 22, 2013

Dri ArcherRunning back/wide receiver/kick returnerNumber: 1Height: 5’8”Weight: 175 lbs.Hometown: Laurel, Fla.High school: VeniceYear: 5th-year senior2012 statistics:159 rushing attempts, 1,482 yards...

Kent State fans cheer on the team as they enter the dugout after celebrating a dramatic win over the Florida Gators in the College World Series Monday, June 18. Photo by Jeff Glidden

Beginner’s guide to being a Flashes fan

Ian Round August 21, 2013

Kent State’s 2013 football season may begin Thursday, Aug. 29, but the sports fan’s season begins long before that.A good start is to attend the pep rally at the M.A.C. Center on Aug. 24.“We introduce...

Head Coach Paul Haynes speaks to the football team at the conclusion of the annual Spring Football game on Saturday, April 27 at Dix Stadium. The Blue overwhelmed the Gold, defeating them 31-0 in the exhibition game. Photo by Shane Flanigan

Haynes, Flashes aim for another golden season in 2013

Nick Shook August 21, 2013

Five Points of focus heading into the 2013 season 1.Offensive line play The Flashes lost a great offensive lineman in departed senior Brian Winters, who was selected in the third round of the NFL Draft...

Photo courtesy of Bob Christy.

New coach aims to continue KSU baseball success

Tim Dorst July 3, 2013

When Scott Stricklin left Kent State to accept the vacant head coaching job at the University of Georgia, it appeared an era of Flashes baseball that saw five Mid-American Conference titles and a College...

Kent's now former head baseball coach Scott Stricklin is interviewed after the Flashes beat Central Michigan 15-8 in the first round of the Mid American Conference tournament on May 22, 2013. Stricklin left Kent State to become the head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs. Photo by Matt Hafley.

Stricklin leaves KSU to become Georgia head coach

Tim Dorst June 26, 2013

Nielsen announced Tuesday that Kent State has named Jeff Duncan, former associate head coach at Purdue, as its new head baseball coach to replace Stricklin.Duncan spent four years with the Boilermakers,...

Track and field athletes earn All-American

Richie Mulhall June 12, 2013

Four Kent State track and field athletes traveled all the way to “Track Town, U.S.A.” in Eugene, Ore., to compete in the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Two freshmen from...

Junior infielder Derek Toadvine slides to second base against Central Michigan on May 22, 2013. Kent beat Central Michigan 15-8 but was eliminated from the Mid-American Conference Tournament on May 25 after falling 4-1 to Ball State. Photo by Matt Hafley.

Baseball wrap-up: Flashes fall short in MAC tournament

Tim Dorst June 12, 2013

In 2012, the Kent State baseball team swept through the Mid-American Conference tournament and advanced to the College World Series for the first time in program history. While they only won one game when...

Activate Search
Your Community. Your Stories.
Sports