Zips sports news, features and notes
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- 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
MAC Semifinals -- Akron defeats Buffalo 3-1
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Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Semifinal Match at Lee R. Jackson Soccer Field
University of Akron Zips (16-1-1, 6-0-0) vs. University at Buffalo Bulls (7-9-1, 3-3-0)
AKRON 1-0
The No. 1 seeded Zips took a 1-0 lead over the No. 4 seeded Bulls when junior midfielder Michael Nanchoff scored a goal in the 29th minute. Freshman forward Darren Mattocks recorded the assist.
AKRON 2-0
Mattocks scored his 13th goal of the season in the 69th minute to extend the Zips lead to 2-0. Senior defender Chris Korb notched the assist.
AKRON 3-0
Sophomore midfielder Scott Caldwell scored a goal in the 89th minute for the Zips.
AKRON 3-1
Buffalo's Sam Craven scored a goal just a few seconds later.
UA Starting Lineup
Goalkeeper: Sophomore David Meves.
Defenders: Senior Chris Korb, junior Michael Balogun, sophomore Zarek Valentin and sophomore Chad Barson.
Midfielders: Senior Anthony Ampaipitakwong, junior Michael Nanchoff, sophomore Scott Caldwell and freshman Perry Kitchen.
Forwards: Junior Darlington Nagbe and freshman Darren Mattocks.
Sophomore midfielder Ben Speas, junior defender Kofi Sarkodie and freshman midfielder Reinaldo Brenes each entered the UA lineup as a reserve.