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Freshmen softball twins Chloe and Lauren Kesterson before their game against Northern Illinois, Friday, April 19, 2013. Photo by Chelsae Ketchum.

From the Pacific Northwest to the Midwest

Grant Engle April 26, 2013

Student-athletes who come to a Division I school have a lot of adjustments to make. Classes will be more difficult than high school. They have to make a greater time commitment to the sport they play,...

Senior quarterback David Fisher gets sacked during last year's Spring Football Game on April 21, 2012. The Gold Team defeated the Blue Team, 21-0. Photo by Rachel Kilroy.

Flashes to finish spring practices with annual Spring Game

Tim Dorst April 26, 2013

The Kent State football team won’t take the field for an official game until late August, but football fans will have the opportunity to get a special look at the 2013 Flashes four months before the...

Softball returns home to face Buffalo in weekend series

Christian Petrila April 26, 2013

Kent State’s softball team returns from a brief non-conference stop at Penn State to take on Buffalo for a two-game home series this weekend.This is Kent State’s second time seeing the Bulls. The Flashes...

Brian Winters holds up the Wagon Wheel with Flash, after the Kent State football team won the PNC Wagon Wheel Challenge against Akron on Nov. 3, 2013. 

Excitement abounds as Winters prepares for NFL Draft

Tim Dorst April 25, 2013

During the NFL Combine in February, former Kent State offensive lineman and NFL hopeful Brian Winters experienced an instance of bad luck when he injured his pectoral muscle during the bench press. The...

Cleveland Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera connects on an RBI single in the sixth inning in front of Kansas City Royals catcher Adam Moore to score Jason Kipnis during Sunday's baseball game on September 23, 2012, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/MCT)

Cleveland Baseball Weekly: Playing the waiting game

Jim Piascik April 25, 2013

After months and months of no baseball, it is easy to overreact to the first few games of the season. One bad game can feel like the end of the world, making perspective important to maintain here in April.Let's...

Rain turns softball’s doubleheader to a single, Flashes lose

Christian Petrila April 25, 2013

The Golden Flashes softball team was supposed to play Penn State in a doubleheader Wednesday, but weather limited them to just one game, which they lost, 2-1.Rain and lightning made conditions less than...

Junior JoAnne Pittman runs the 60 meter hurdle event during the Kent State Tune Up track and field meet on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. MATT HAFLEY

Kent State track and field gets a chance to compete at Penn Relays

Richie Mulhall April 24, 2013

Kent State University coach Bill Lawson said his track and field team will get “the opportunity to perform on a big stage” at the 119th annual Penn Relays held at Franklin Field this weekend in Philadelphia,...

Sophomore pitcher Spencer Bryant pitches for Kent State in a doubleheader against Youngstown State at Shoonover Field on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Kent State lost the first game, 10-4, and won the second game, 5-2. Photo by Yolanda Li.

Flashes baseball splits doubleheader against Youngstown State

Kevin Battaglia April 24, 2013

Kent State head coach Scott Stricklin wondered how his team would respond following a three game sweep at Buffalo.Stricklin had mixed feelings after the Flashes (20-20, 9-6 Mid-American Conference) split...

Nick Hamilton, junior infielder, hits the ball during the home game against Youngstown State University on April 11, 2012. The Flashes beat the Penguins 14-4. Photo by Nancy Urchak.

Flashes baseball tastes adversity, looks to respond

Kevin Battaglia April 23, 2013

Kent State coach Scott Stricklin said he is interested to see how his team will respond to adversity after the Flashes got swept at Buffalo and fell to second place in the Mid-American Conference last...

The Kent State bats against Northern Illinois on Friday, Apr. 19. The Flashes lost 5-1. Photo by Rachael Le Goubin.

Softball faces Penn State in doubleheader

Christian Petrila April 23, 2013

Kent State University’s softball team (21-16-1, 11-5 Mid-American Conference) takes on its final non-conference road foe of the season, as they to State College, Pa., to challenge Penn State (11-30,...

 

Kent State men’s golf closes out tournament season with sixth-place finish

Meghan Blaha April 22, 2013

The Kent State men’s golf team closed out the regular season tournament with a sixth-place finish Sunday at the Boilermaker Invitational hosted by Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind.The Flashes competed against...

Women’s golf ties for sixth in final regular season tournament

Lily Flynn April 22, 2013

The Kent State women’s golf team finished its regular season over the weekend after tying for sixth place with Wisconsin at the Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational in Columbus.“This tournament was actually...

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