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
Nine of 12 football games to be played in Ohio
Football
This won't be a season where Zips fans rack up many frequent flier miles.
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Zips recruit drops 50 in high school game
Men's basketball
Incoming guard Blake Justice scored 50 points in a game in which he surpassed the 2,000 point mark for his career.
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Akron vs. Miami preview
Men's basketball
The two hottest teams in the MAC will meet tomorrow 7 p.m. at Rhodes Arena.
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Poll: How do you feel about Akron's new defensive coordinator
Football
I was pretty stunned to see the outpouring of disdain by Nebraska fans for Akron's new defensive coordinator, Kevin Cosgrove.
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Zips choose defensive coordinator with experience
Football
You can't find a guy with much more experience than Kevin Cosgrove, who will replace Curt Mallory as Akron's new defensive coordinator.
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UA soccer team is heading to Spain
The University of Akron men's soccer team will be making a nine-day trip to Madrid, Spain, in March as part of its upcoming spring schedule.
UA coach Caleb Porter announced the trip and the remainder of the spring schedule, which features three home matches, on Wednesday.
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Visiting Zips deliver 35-point beatdown to Bowling Green
Men's basketball
Never in the 51-year history of BG's Anderson Arena had a team sunk 16 3-point baskets. The Zips did that tonight with a 57.1 percent clip.
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Porter adds nine recruits -- six All-American's -- to Zips
The University of Akron men's soccer team started to reload Tuesday with the addition of nine players for 2011.
Zips coach Caleb Porter announced that Wil Trapp, Bryan Gallego, DeAndre Yedlin, Diego Navarrete, Luke Holmes, Kayvon Afsarifard, Kyle Culbertson, Andy Chiu and David Murrow have signed with UA.
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Akron beats up on Toledo
Men's basketball
Akron jumped out to a 26-9 lead over Toledo, and the Zips maintained a similar margin until the final buzzer sounded. Akron won, 59-41.
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U.S. Senate honors Zips
Men's soccer
The U.S. Senate passed a resolution honoring the Zips and their national championship run.
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Pfau adds nine players to Zips women's soccer team
University of Akron women's soccer coach Chris Pfau announced the signing of eight athletes to national letters of intent and the addition of one transfer.
The recruiting class includes Walsh Jesuit High School senior Brianna Kanz and three players from Las Vegas , Nev. – Hailey Kirkwood, Meghan Brascia and Lexa Green.
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Zips drop game to lowly Eastern Michigan
Men's basketball
To this point in the season, Akron had not lost to a bad team. The Zips had failed more often than normal to beat the average ones.
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GoZips.com blog
Along with Tom Gaffney's updates today, take a look at the running blog at GoZips.com for Signing Day coverage.
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Running update on Zips signing day
As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, the University of Akron football team has received 23 NCAA letters of intent for its 2011 recruiting class. That finishes the players that will be announced today. National Signing Day is just the beginning of the signing period, so the Zips may add others in the future.
From Ohio, the players are: OL Dylan Brumbaugh (Green); RB Cody Grice (Firestone); DL Isaiah Williams (Cleveland John Adams); DB Bryce Cheek (Lewis Center Olentangy); DB Johnny Robinson (Cleveland Glenville); DB Devonte Morgan (Cleveland Glenville); QB Kyle Pohl (Farmersville Valley View); kicker A.J. Fox (Youngstown Mooney); OL Andrew Bohan (Avon Lake) and athlete Tyler Williams (Cincinnati Colerain). P Zach Paul (Padua) is a non-scholarship player.
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