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Teammates dance along with junior Samantha Gordon as she performs her floor routine in a meet against Cornell University on March 6, 2016. Kent State beat Cornell 196.000-193.175.

Gymnastics ends season at NCAA Regionals

Elise Kogelnik April 3, 2016

The Kent State gymnastics team finished sixth in the NCAA Regional competition Saturday, marking the end of their season. The Flashes earned a final score of 194.525 points.The University of Oklahoma took...

Fifth-year starter Mike Depalma grapples for position in the clinch against Justin Oliver of Central Michigan University on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016 at the M.A.C. Center.

DePalma’s faith fuels him to 5th; Miller finishes 6th at NCAA Championships

Dan Armelli March 27, 2016

Mike DePalma and coach Jim Andrassy knew what the former had to do in order to be successful in his final year as a Kent State wrestler. They had been preaching it since day one.  “It’s mostly mental...

DePalma pins to take fifth; Miller defaults to sixth at NCAA Championships

Dan Armelli March 19, 2016

Kent State wrestler Mike DePalma’s goal coming into his third NCAA Championships was to get to the top of the podium.Though the fifth-year senior, 149-pounder didn't achieve that goal, he ended his three-year...

Kent State fifth year senior wrestler Ian Miller fights for position against an Old Dominion University wrestler during a meet at the M.A.C. Center on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016. The Flashes won the Meet 25-13.

Miller’s moment

Richie Muhall March 16, 2016

Kent State fifth-year senior, two-time All-American and three-time MAC champion Ian Miller is a man on a mission. And that mission is to win.It all happened so fast. Almost as fast as an Ian Miller takedown.It...

Then a redshirt freshman, Kyle Conel wrestles against Jackson Lewis of Central Michigan on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. Conel was one of three Kent State wrestlers to earn a victory during the Flashes' loss at Eastern Michigan on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018.

Five wrestlers to represent Kent State in NCAA Championships

Dan Armelli March 15, 2016

The Kent State wrestling team will have half of its 10 starters wrestling in Madison Square Garden for the Division One NCAA Wrestling Championships.For the 10th time in 11 years the Flashes will be sending...

Ty Sugick

Opinion: Potential Bracket-Buster teams

Ty Sugick March 15, 2016

The NCAA basketball tournament is set to begin on Thursday, as 68 teams will compete to be the 2016 national champions. Millions of people every year fill out brackets, attempting to predict which team...

Lucas Misera

Opinion: Homage to March

Lucas Misera March 13, 2016

Hampton, Dayton, Stephen F. Austin. Buzzer-beaters, alley-oops, Cinderella stories and heartbreak. Early on in its madness, March has brought along enough college hoops to encourage viewers to stay on...

Members of the Kent State wrestling team run drills during practice in the M.A.C. Annex on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. The team will take on Northern Illinois University on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.

Wrestling coming off productive bye week

Dan Armelli February 2, 2016

The Kent State wrestling team took some time off last week while also focusing on areas that they normally wouldn’t be able to.“The one thing that’s different is you don’t have to worry about your...

Sophomore Rachel Stypinski.

Rachel Stypinski sees early gymnastics success

Dan Armelli December 11, 2015

A quarter of a tenth of a point separated Kent State freshman gymnast Rachel Stypinski from UCLA’s fifth-year senior Samantha Peszek in the floor exercise at the 2015 NCAA Gymnastics Columbus Regional.Peszek...

Wrestling faces biggest challenge at Navy Classic

Dan Armelli November 17, 2015

The Kent State wrestling team has rolled its way to a 4-1 record, not including its five-pin exhibition win against Akron in the Ohio Duals.The Flashes’ early season schedule has been lighter than in...

Opinion: College athletes should be paid

Ian Flickinger September 1, 2015

“Should college athletes get paid” is the Macklemore of conversational debates—incredibly annoying, entirely insignificant in the grand scheme of it all, yet so frequent in day-to-day conversation...

Opinion: Why college athletes should not be paid

Stephen Means II September 1, 2015

One of the biggest topics in college sports right now is whether or not student athletes should be compensated. The answer to that question is no.To be honest, athletes actually are paid. They just aren't...