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Liberty beats Flashes baseball in Virginia

Nick Pedone Sports reporter March 8, 2020

Kent State’s baseball team avoided slipping to .500 on Friday in Lynchburg, Virginia with a 3-2 victory versus Liberty University.Kevin Dobos supplied the offensive scoring for the Flashes as the junior...

Gymnastics wins third straight against George Washington

Amanda Levine Sports editor February 2, 2020

After being named Mid American Conference gymnast of the week on Jan. 22, Rachel DeCavitch continued her success with a first place tie in the balance beam event with a score of 9.825. The freshman gymnast’s...

Kent State's Tervell Beck (14) tries to block Western Michigan guard Michael Flowers as he cuts to the basket during a Jan. 18 game in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

In game of runs, Flashes run out of gas

Owen MacMillan Assigning editor January 18, 2020

The Kent State men’s basketball team battled back and forth with Western Michigan University all game, but WMU caught all the momentum late.For the final four minutes and 39 seconds of the game the Flashes...

Soccer begins two-game road trip with loss

Dante Centofanti August 31, 2019

The Kent State Women’s soccer team began their two-game road trip with a loss as they fell to the University of Colorado 2-1 at Prentup Field in Boulder, Colorado, Thursday.The Flashes are now 0-1-1...

Kent State offensive coordinator Don Treadwell coaches in his first practice as acting head coach. 

Flashes prepare for tough contest in season opener

Scott Lendak August 30, 2017

In a tradition unlike any other, the Clemson Tigers will likely gather around Howard’s Rock and run down “The Hill” during perhaps the loudest entrance in college football.Kent State will come face-to-face...

Freshman Lexi Mantas spikes the ball past a Toledo defender during the Kent State vs Toledo volleyball game on Oct. 16, 2015.

Volleyball extend win streak to 5 games

Jesse Runner October 18, 2015

Kent State’s women’s volleyball team defeated two MAC Conference opponents this weekend at home in the M.A.C. Center to extend its win streak to five straight games.The Flashes, who improved its record...

George Bollas gets first start, 15-10 victory over UMASS

Stephen Means October 18, 2015

Kent State (3-4, 2-1 Mid-American Conference) snapped an eight-game road losing streak by beating University of Massachusetts (1-5, 0-2 MAC), 15-10."Our defense did a really good job and a lot of guys...

Kent State defense goes up against the Univeristy of Toledo's quaterback at the game Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. The Flashes lost 30-20.

Flashes lose on road to 24th-ranked Toledo

Stephen Means II October 10, 2015

Kent State (2-4, 1-1 Mid-American Conference) fell to twenty-fourth-ranked Toledo (5-0, 2-4 MAC) in its first conference road game, 38-7.After starting the game on the positive end, with a fumble returned...

Kent State football defeats Delaware State in home opener

Stephen Means II September 12, 2015

After suffering a huge loss last weekend to Illinois, Kent State (1-1) responded with a blowout win over Delaware State (0-2) 45-13.“Any time you can bounce back and there’s a lot of things that you...

Junior Katarina Kojic sets junior Drew Norberg up for a hit against Indiana State During the Golden Flashes Classic on Friday Sept. 4, 2015.

Kent State volleyball shares Golden Flashes Classic title

Jesse Runner September 7, 2015

The Golden Flashes Classic tournament, held in the M.A.C. Center, saw Kent State lose its first game to Indiana State before winning its next two games against the University of Albany and Oakland University....

Senior wide receiver Josh Boyle completes a pass in the end zone, scoring one of the two touchdowns at the game against the University of Massachusetts on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.

Football program looks for execution, not change in style

Jimmy Miller August 28, 2015

Most might think coach Paul Haynes and his coaching staff went into panic mode at the end of their 2-9 2014 campaign, but the fact of the matter is, Haynes said his team isn’t changing much.“We don’t...

The Kent State football team prays around the rock on Aug. 20, 2015 before they paint it in honor of Jason Bitsko. Bitsko was a starting center on the football team and passed away on Aug. 20, 2014. 

Football team paints rock in honor of Jason Bitsko

Emily Mills August 20, 2015

The Kent State football team painted the rock Thursday in memory of Jason Bitsko, a member of the football team who was found unresponsive in his off-campus apartment on Aug. 20 of last year.More than...