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Fifth year goal keeper Azure Fernsler (82) blocks the ball from going into the net during the field hockey game on Oct. 15, 2021. Kent State beat Miami University 1-0 in regular time.

Field hockey beats Miami 1-0 to seize first place in MAC

Jacob Hansen Reporter October 15, 2021

This time the Kent State field hockey team didn’t need a miracle finish.Last weekend, the Flashes rallied twice in the last two minutes on their way to victories over Longwood and Indiana. Friday, they...

Grad student Dustin Crum, number 7, runs with the ball and scores a touchdown during the football game against Bowling Green State University on Oct. 2, 2021. The Golden Flashes won their homecoming game 27-20.

Football looks to stay undefeated in MAC play

Jimmy Oswald Sports Editor October 15, 2021

Two of the top quarterbacks in the Mid-American Conference will go head-to-head Saturday when the Kent State football team faces Western Michigan University. Graduate student quarterback Dustin Crum is...

Men’s golf secures third top five finish of fall season

Kathryn Rajnicek Reporter October 14, 2021

Kent State’s men’s golf team finished in fourth place in its fourth tournament of the fall season, carding a 1-above-par, 865 at the Purdue Fall Invitational on Oct. 11 and Oct. 12.“I think the biggest...

Kent State senior golfer Emily Price receives her award for placing first overall at the Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois on Tuesday, Oct. 12. 

Price places first as women’s golf secures top 10 finish at third tournament of fall season

Kathryn Rajnicek Reporter October 13, 2021

After three weeks off, Kent State’s women’s golf team finished tied for sixth place at the Illini Women’s Invitational on Oct. 11-12.“We were happy with the ladies,” coach Casey VanDamme said....

Quarterback Dustin Crum (7) hands the ball off to running back Marquez Cooper (1) during the football game against University of Buffalo on Oct. 9, 2021. Kent State beat Univeristy of Buffalo 48-38.

Crum awarded trio of honors for his performance against Buffalo

Jimmy Oswald Sports Editor October 12, 2021

Quarterback Dustin Crum was awarded with three honors for his performance in the Kent State football team’s 48-38 win over the University at Buffalo. Crum was named the Mid-American Conference East...

Freshman midfielder Siena Stambolich (7) kicks the ball over to a teammate at the game against Northern Illinois University. The two winning goals scored by Kent State were one before and one after halftime.

Defense, overtime goal powers soccer to weekend sweep

Cole Oswald Reporter October 11, 2021

An overtime goal capped off a two-win weekend for the Kent State soccer team as the Flashes moved into second place in the Mid-American Conference. Four minutes into overtime on Sunday, redshirt senior...

Senior midfielder Helena Cambra Soler (22) dribbles the ball down the field during the field hockey game on Oct. 10, 2021. Kent State won 2-1 in overtime against Indiana University.

Field Hockey sweeps weekend after two comeback victories

Jacob Hansen Reporter October 10, 2021

When in doubt, don’t count them out.Kent State’s field hockey team beat Indiana University 2-1 and Longwood University 3-2 by tying both games in the final minutes of play. Coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer...

Senior defensive specialist Erin Gardner (13) celebrates getting a point with her teammates during the volleyball game on Oct. 8, 2021. The Flashes lost to Central Michigan University 3-1.

Volleyball ends four-game drought in time for next week’s rivalry match

Isabella Schreck Reporter October 10, 2021

“We’re going to sit back and enjoy this for a little while,” coach Don Gromala said after the Kent State volleyball team’s long-awaited win Saturday. The Flashes ended a four-game losing streak...

Wide receiver Dante Cephas (14) chases down the ball after quarterback Dustin Crum (7) throws it during the football game on Oct. 9, 2021. Kent State played University of Buffalo and beat them 48-38.

Kent State holds off Buffalo comeback with career day by Crum and Cephas

Jimmy Oswald Sports Editor October 10, 2021

On the first play from scrimmage, quarterback Dustin Crum connected on a deep ball to fifth-year wide receiver Keshunn Abram for a 54-yard gain. That play would set the tone for the Kent State football...

Redshirt senior forward Cameron Shedenhelm (22) kicks the ball away from NIU players at the women's soccer game on Oct. 7, 2021. Shedenhelm scored two goals at the Aug. 12 game vs. Youngstown State University.

Soccer’s Cameron Shedenhelm, finally playing on a healthy knee, leads the team in scoring — and many other ways

Cole Oswald Reporter October 7, 2021

When Cameron Shedenhelm realized her senior season was going to be canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic, she decided to have surgery on the injured knee she had been playing on since the first game of her...

Sophomore Marquez Cooper, number 1, rushes through the Bowling Green State University's defensive during the football game on Oct. 2, 2021. Kent State won 27-20.

Kent State looks to avenge Buffalo loss from last season

Jimmy Oswald Sports Editor October 7, 2021

The last time the Kent State football team played the University at Buffalo, they were blown out 70-41, and running back Jaret Patterson had an NCAA record-tying eight touchdowns to go along with his Mid-American...

Men’s golf secures second fourth place finish of season

Kathryn Rajnicek Reporter October 6, 2021

Kent State’s men’s golf team had an up and down experience of a tournament. The team found itself as low as 15th place and as high as tied for second place at any time during the Fighting Irish Classic...