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Kent State football coach Sean Lewis.

Control what you can: Lewis talks about Kent State football amid coronavirus cancellation

Ben Pagani, TV2 Sports August 11, 2020

Sean Lewis, Kent State’s football coach, is sticking to a simple idea: control what he can control.Three days after the Mid-American Conference (MAC) postponed its fall season, Lewis spoke to the media...

Men’s golf finishes in seventh place at the Colleton River Collegiate

Sofia Dlugo Sports reporter March 3, 2020

Kent State men’s golf competed in the Colleton River Collegiate Golf Tournament and finished seventh out of 15 universities. The two-day tournament, over March 2nd and March 3rd, was held by Michigan...

McGinty, Panthong help Flashes win Icon Invitational

Amanda Levine Sports editor February 25, 2020

After the Kent State women’s golf team struggled in its last performance, finishing in sixth place, the Flashes dropped from No. 3 in the country to No. 5.Kent State went on to win the ICON Invitational,...

Men’s golf looks to improve from Fall 2019

Amanda Levine Sports editor February 15, 2020

Men’s golf coach Jon Mills began every season just like his previous three seasons with Kent State. Except for in the 2019-2020 season, he began his new position as the head coach, transitioning from...

Women’s golf struggles in Nothrop Grumman Invitational, weakest performance all season

Amanda Levine Sports editor February 11, 2020

For the first time in the 2019-2020 season, Kent State women’s golf was not able to finish in first or second place. The Flashes had consistently placed No. 1 or No. 2 all season until the Northrop Grumman...

Stormo, Panthong lead Flashes to first win in the spring

Amanda Levine Sports editor February 4, 2020

Karoline Stormo’s tie for fourth place with Hailey Jones of Oklahoma State and Tess Blair of Sacramento State helped secure Kent State women’s golf first victory of the spring season.The Flashes had...

Flashes fight injury, late struggles, but have best finish this fall

The Kent State men’s golf team had its best finish of the season on Tuesday, tying for sixth in the Fighting Irish Classic.The Flashes shot twelve-over-par 864 on the Warren Golf Course in South Bend,...

The Kent State women's golf team after it's Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate win. Photo courtesy of Kent State Athletics.

Top finishes by Panthong, Stormo power women’s golf to 2nd-straight win

After the last round on Sunday, a Kent State golfer was sure to win the tournament.KSU’s Pimnipa Panthong and Karoline Stormo had tied for first at eight-under-par 205 and were headed to a playoff. The...

Flashes struggle in third round, squander hot start.

After shooting low scores early, the Kent men’s golf team stumbled in the third round, finishing in eighth place.The team shot an 11-under-par 829 at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in Scottsdale, Arizona,...

2018 NCAA Men's Golf National Championship participate at the Karsten Creek Golf Club. May 28, 2018 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Hosted by Oklahoma State University

Jon Mills: From Canada to first new men’s golf coach in 41 years

Zachary McKnight September 4, 2019

Jon Mills grew up in Belleville, Ontario, in a golfing family.That background led him to Kent State’s golf team, then the PGA Tour. Now, he is KSU’s first new golf head coach in 41 years.Mills started...

Herb Page headshot

Herb Page’s retirement reverberates across Kent State’s golf community

Zachary McKnight March 10, 2019

Herb Page made Ben Curtis into a PGA Tour champion.Page made Jon Mills into a dominant All-American.Page turned Kent State golf into a national powerhouse.Under Page's tutelage, the Kent State men's golf...

Karoline Stormo tees off at the Kent State women's golf practice facility on Feb. 19.

Stormo’s stellar play leading Flashes through start of winter season

Zachary McKnight February 24, 2019

Growing up in Norway, Karoline Stormo’s house was right next to a golf course and started watching golf at age four. From there, she took up the game and began to practicing on her own at age 10.Then,...