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Wrestling loses again: off to worst start in team history

John Hilber, Reporter January 23, 2023

The Kent State wrestling team’s loss to Buffalo was its seventh in a row, making it the worst start in program history. Kent State has lost every dual this season. It is the worst start the team has...

Women’s basketball trailed entire game in loss to Bowling Green

Kyle Kuchta, Reporter January 22, 2023

Kent State’s women’s basketball team played from behind the entire game in a 66-57 loss to Bowling Green.  KSU fell to 11-6 and 3-3 in the MAC. Kent State is now in sixth place in the MAC. BGSU...

Gymnastics picks up first wins of the season

Michael Neenan, Reporter January 21, 2023

The Kent State gymnastics team picked up its first wins of the season after placing third in the Tennessee Collegiate Classic. The Flashes had a score of 195.925 on Friday. Kent State’s first win...

Kent State senior Chris Payton celebrates after making yet another basket against BSU during the game on Jan. 20, 2023.

Men’s basketball winning streak reaches double digits against Ball State

Jacob Shondel, Reporter January 21, 2023

The last time the Kent State men’s basketball team started 6-0 in the conference was 2005-06. Friday, at the M.A.C. Center, the Flashes did just that, winning their sixth-straight conference win and...

Men’s basketball wins ninth-straight against Eastern Michigan

Jacob Shondel, Reporter January 18, 2023

Kent State men’s basketball team opponents have scored 65 or fewer points 10 times this season. Tuesday, in Michigan, was no different when KSU defeated Eastern Michigan 77-63 for its ninth consecutive...

Recap: Women’s basketball adds five then drops two heading into spring semester

Jacob Hansen, Sports Editor January 17, 2023

After winning five-straight games, the women’s basketball team lost its latest two games in Mid-American Conference play.  Kent State is now 10-5 and sixth in the MAC at 2-2. Bowling Green is currently...

Recap: Men’s basketball enters the new year on a roll

Jacob Shondel, Reporter January 17, 2023

Kent State’s men's basketball team received eight votes in the latest AP rankings after winning eight-straight games -- including a Sun Bowl title. This is the first time Kent State has captured the...

Cameron Shendenhelm, who led the soccer program in goals last season, makes a move on the ball during a Kent State soccer game in October 2021. 

Quarter century of kicking it: Soccer program celebrates 25th anniversary

John Hilber, Reporter December 6, 2022

In 1997, Colleen Marcum faced a tough task: leading Kent State’s first-ever varsity women’s soccer team. Before the creation of the varsity team, the university only offered a club soccer team that...

Baidy Ba does it again, this time for track and field

Kyle Kuchta, Reporter December 5, 2022

Sophomore Baidy Ba set his second program record of the year Saturday. In the season opener for the men's track team, Ba set a new program record in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 13:58.49. James...

Kent State running back Gavin Garcia, who is now a sophomore on the team, breaks a tackle during his run downfield Sept. 17, 2022 against Long Island. Kent State won the match 63-10.

Athletic department, football program earn big bucks from tough non-conference matchups

Isabella Schreck, Sports Editor November 18, 2022

Kent State will be paid $5.2 million by January 2023 for playing – and losing to – three football teams from the Power 5 conferences: No. 1-ranked Georgia, then-No. 7 Oklahoma and the Pac-12’s Washington. That...

Two more to go: Football must defeat Eastern Michigan for chance at bowl-game status

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 15, 2022

Kent State’s football team will look to stay in the running for bowl eligibility in its final home game of the season against Eastern Michigan. The Flashes must win its last two matches to qualify...

Football breaks season’s road-game curse at Bowling Green

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 11, 2022

Up until Tuesday, Kent State’s football team had not won a game on the road all season. Then Wednesday, both the Flashes’ defense and offense dominated in a 40-6 victory at Bowling Green. KSU...