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Mallie Shuster, senior 157 weight class, grappled against an Eastern Michigan wrestler on Sunday, Feb 4th at the Ohio University Convocation Center in Athens. Shuster lost his match 2-4. Photo by Sam Verbulecz.

Wrestling places second in MAC tournament

Tim Dorst March 5, 2012

For the past six years, Kent State and Central Michigan have gone neck and neck in the Mid-American Conference Championship tournament, with Kent State finishing second in each of those years. Unfortunately...

Photo by Philip Botta.

Wrestling team falls in semi-finals of National Duals Championship

Tim Dorst February 13, 2012

After reaching the semi-finals of the National Duals Championship, Kent State fell hard to Minnesota and found itself out of the tournament.The Flashes reached the semi-finals after defeating Rutgers 19-13...

Wrestling team defeats Rutgers, falls to Minnesota in National Duals

Tim Dorst February 12, 2012

The Kent State wrestlers made it to the semi-finals of the National Duals Championship on Saturday, but they met their match when they got there.After the Flashes defeated Rutgers 19-13 in the first round,...

Wrestling to compete in duals Saturday

Tim Dorst February 10, 2012

After clinching the Mid-American Conference regular season title last weekend, Kent State wrestling returns to action Saturday afternoon in the regionals of the National Dual Championship at Rutgers University.The...

Brandonn Johnson, junior, wrestles Phillip Joseph, sophomore, at the match against Eastern Michigan on Feb. 5. The Flashes won 28-10. Photo by Nancy Urchak.

Wrestling clinches MAC regular season title with two weekend wins

Tim Dorst February 6, 2012

One of the wrestling team’s biggest goals this season was to win the Mid-American Conference regular season title. With two meet wins Friday and Sunday, that goal was accomplished in decisive fashion.The...

Kent State wrestling makes statement in 25-9 win

Tim Dorst February 4, 2012

The Kent State wrestlers went into their meet Friday night as the first-place team in the Mid-American Conference, and they showed exactly why they belong there.The Flashes won their first four matches...

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Kent State hosts Central Michigan in critical wrestling meet

Tim Dorst January 27, 2012

For the last few years, the quest for the Mid-American Conference wrestling championship came down to a matchup between Kent State and Central Michigan. Historically, the team that wins this matchup goes...

Wrestling coach signs four-year extension

Tim Dorst January 25, 2012

Kent State wrestling coach Jim Andrassy has received a contract extension through the 2015-16 season, securing the ninth-year head coach for another four years.“I was pretty happy,” Andrassy said....

Brandonn Johnson attempts to pin Caleb Busson in the Flashes wrestling match against Northern Illinois University on Jan. 21, 2011. Johnson, sophomore exploratory major, won against Greenhaw 4-1. File photo by Valerie Brown.

KSU wrestling defeats Ohio for seventh straight dual win

Tim Dorst January 23, 2012

The rivalry between Ohio University’s and Kent State’s wrestling teams is always a fierce one, and the fans who go to the event know it. When the Flashes traveled to Athens Friday, Bobcats’ fans...

Junior Stevie Mitcheff, in the 133 weight class, defeated his opponent Izzy Montemayor 6-4 during Friday's wrestling match. The Flashes defeated Northern Illinois 37-6. Photo by Jessica Yanesh

Wrestling team upsets Missouri to win Virginia Duals Title

Tim Dorst January 17, 2012

For 11 years, the Flashes have competed in the Virginia Duals. Despite having eight of the top 10 most-winning wrestlers in Kent State history compete in these past 11 duals, Kent State has never won.The...

Photo by Philip Botta

Wrestling team adds Oklahoma transfer

Tim Dorst January 13, 2012

The Kent State wrestling team announced the addition of freshman Sam Wheeler, a Copley, Ohio, native who is transferring from Oklahoma to wrestle for the Flashes.Wheeler, who graduated from Copley High...

Dustin Kilgore of Kent State University wrestles Clayton Foster of Oklahoma State University during the Division I Men's Wrestling Championship held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. Kilgore defeated Foster by fall to win the 197 pound national title. Photo courtesy of Drew Hallowell/ Associated Press.

Kilgore named Kent State’s first national champion for wrestling

A.J. Atkinson March 28, 2011

A minute was left in the second period when Dustin Kilgore, Kent State’s loan representative in the Final Round of the wrestling NCAA Tournament, trailed 5-1 to Oklahoma State’s Clayton Foster.With...

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