Zips sports news, features and notes
- Marla Ridenour: From walk-on to champion: UA’s Alex McCune finds his niche
- KSU’s Jennifer Ha struggles to 79 in first round of NCAA Women’s Golf Championships
- Zips notebook: Quincy Diggs back in school; football player arrested
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 1: Flashes top Zips, get help from Bowling Green to win MAC title, earn top seed in tournament
- On the Record — May 18
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 3: Flashes muster enough energy to top Zips, stay alive for top seed in MAC Tournament
- Kent State golf in fifth after two rounds of NCAA Regional
- Kent State-Akron in-game updates: Kent State wins 4-3
- Kent State 5, Akron 4 in 17 innings: Diamond Classic turns into real gem
- On the record: Ohio State, UA and KSU college roundup and recruiting news
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Akron men's soccer ranked No. 1 in nation
Men's soccer
Caleb Porter's Zips will open the 2009 season as the favorite to win the national championship, according to Top Drawer Soccer's rankings.
The Zips earned this honor, despite losing the No. 1 pick in the MLS Draft (Steve Zakuani) and a four-year starter goalie (Evan Bush). Akron opens the season Aug. 21 against South Florida in an exhibition match.
Last season Akron went 16-1-4, losing to Northwestern in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Akron spent nine weeks in the national top five.
Junior midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong is among 38 players on the preseason Hermann Trophy watch list, given to the best player in men's collegiate soccer.
College Soccer News ranked the Zips sixth nationally.
