AVON: After a loss to Ball State in the Mid-American Conference Tournament on Friday at All Pro Freight Stadium, Kent State baseball coach Scott Stricklin was understandably unhappy with his team.

Kent State junior Jessacca Gironda (Archbishop Hoban) was named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America Division I third team on Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

AVON: For the Kent State baseball team to repeat as champions of the Mid-American Conference Tournament, the Golden Flashes (35-21, 20-7) are not only going to have to battle other teams, but by Thursday afternoon at All-Pro Freight Stadium, Mother Nature developed into an unwelcome foe.

Seven Kent State University players received spots on the 2013 All-Mid-American Conference teams.

Kent State University sophomore Jennifer Ha shot a 2-under 70 during the second round of the NCAA Championships at the University of Georgia Golf Course.

AVON: Kent State’s been playing its best baseball as of late and that hot streak continued on Wednesday night as the Golden Flashes pummeled Central Michigan 15-8 in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament at All Pro Freight Stadium.

Taylor Williams’ recruitment from the Pacific Northwest to Northeast Ohio started with a text message from the back of a stuffy bus traveling somewhere in New Hampshire two summers ago.

Kent State entered the final day of the regular season a half-game behind Buffalo in the race for the Mid-American Conference regular-season title and the tournament’s No. 1 seed.

Following Thursday night’s 17-inning marathon, neither Kent State nor Akron came out on Friday with as much energy as one would expect in virtually a must-win game for what each team is trying to accomplish.

It took 14 innings between scores, but the Kent State baseball team finally broke a 4-4 tie in the top of the 17th inning for a 5-4 Mid-American Conference win over the University of Akron, thanks to some daring base running late Thursday night at Canal Park.

KENT: Kent State Director of Athletics Joel Nielsen announced the hiring of Greg Robertson as the school’s next women’s golf head coach on Tuesday, according to Kent Patch.

Kent State University wasn’t able to rebound after a long rain delay at Friday’s Mid-American Conference Tournament elimination game and had its season come to a close with a 5-4 loss to sixth-seeded Ohio University.

A solo home run by senior right fielder Summer Knoop was all third-seeded Central Michigan needed to send No. 2 Kent State to the losers’ bracket in a 1-0 Mid-American Conference Tournament victory Thursday at Akron’s Firestone Stadium.