Zips sports news, features and notes
- UA’s Alexis Cooks wins discus with school-record throw
- Seven KSU baseball players earn All-MAC honors
- 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
University of Akron Zips blog
Men's soccer
Akron has crept back into the NCSAA top 25, sitting at No. 22.
The other polls put the Zips at No. 18 and 19.
The team (8-2-1) will host Northern Illinois Saturday at 7:30.
More about the Miracle
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Some notes for your pigskin enjoyment...
The PD's Elton Alexander writes that the last-minute win was justice, rather than luck, after the refs blew a call on the previous drive. They ruled Jabari Arthur out of bounds on a catch when, supposedly, he was in.
The ABJ's David Lee Morgan took a playful shot at Steve French and Frank Stams, who sounded like teenagers who scored tickets to a Justin Timberlake concert, according to the Zips' beat writer.
The Buchtelite's Adam Ferrise dished out midseason grades.
Andre Jones describes the game-winning play from his perspective in the Detroit News.
The athletic department is starting a campaign to get Arthur some recognition as an All-American candidate. Here's the PDF if you want to see it... Jabari Arthur flier
There don't appear to be any changes to the depth chart, except at nose guard. Either Eric Lively or Nate Robinson will start. I almost guarantee that depends on the health of both.
Men's soccer
Akron has crept back into the NCSAA top 25, sitting at No. 22.
The other polls put the Zips at No. 18 and 19.
The team (8-2-1) will host Northern Illinois Saturday at 7:30.
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