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Softball preview
By: Zach West The University of Akron softball team kicked off their season Feb. 10 by participating in the Southeast Louisiana Lion Classic and the College of Charleston Cougar Classic. In the Southeast Louisiana Lion Classic the Zips posted a 2-3 record, beating Southeastern Louisiana and Southern University 8-3 and 13-3, respectively, and dropping games [...]
Women’s basketball vs. Miami
By: Parker Perry The University of Akron women’s basketball team fell to Miami University Wednesday afternoon with a score of 84-76 at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio. Miami entered the contest in third place in the Mid-American Conference standings, while Akron started in sixth. Miami’s five starters each scored more than 10 points. Forward Courtney [...]
Women’s basketball falls to Bowling Green, remains No. 6
By: Parker Perry Akron was out-rebounded during the game. They also committed more turnovers, yet still were able to stay within five points for most of the game. Matt, add appropriate stats here! In the first half, Akron and Bowling Green exchanged blows. The lead swayed back and forth before UA stormed out to a [...]
UA Tennis prevails, reaches 10-0
By: Christian Turner The University of Akron tennis team remains undefeated after a successful weekend of play. Every time we play Louisville, it is an absolute battle,” said Akron Head Coach Brandon Padgett. “I was pleased with our doubles play, and that ended up being the difference in the match.” Zara Harutyunyan and partner Prang [...]
Bracketbusted!: Zips fall to Oral Roberts
By: D.J. Johnson The Zips kept pace with the Golden Eagles for almost all of the game, trimming the lead to just one midway through the second half, but never took the lead for any of the 40 minutes. The Zips fought back from an 11-point halftime deficit, but missed 9-of-10 from three-point range down [...]
UA tennis team to face Louisville on Friday
By: Christian Turner The University of Akron tennis team will face off against the Louisville Cardinals on Friday. The Zips, who have an overall record of 8-0, are coming off of a victorious weekend, defeating Cleveland State, Youngstown State and New Jersey Institute of Technology. The team finished the 2011 season with an overall record [...]
Women’s basketball defeats Ohio, improves to 12-14, 6-6 in MAC
By: Parker Perry UA had several contributors who helped outscore the Bobcats 42-27 in the second half. Sophomores Carly Young, Hanna Luburgh and Sina King and seniors Natasha Williams and Jasmine Mushington each scored at least six points in the second half alone. The Zips were led overall by King, who scored 16 points in [...]
Coach Dambrot leads basketball team into March with high hopes
By: DJ Johnson Keith Dambrot was hired as the head basketball coach of The University of Akron in 2004. In his inaugural season leading the Zips, Dambrot finished with a 19-10 record, the most wins at UA since 1988-89. What he and his program have done after those 19 wins is nothing short of remarkable. [...]
Soccer captures number one recruiting class
By: Chris Coon For the second time in four years, The University of Akron men’s soccer team has captured the No. 1 recruiting class according to Top Drawer Soccer, a website devoted to soccer recruiting. The news of the 2012 recruiting class was announced this past Wednesday by UA’s Head Coach Caleb Porter. Porter is [...]
UA tennis team gets multiple victories over weekend
By: Christian Turner The Women’s Tennis team continued their successful season over the weekend with multiple victories. The winning streak continued Saturday by halting the 2011 Great West Conference champion Highlanders 4-0 winning streak. The Zips won the doubles point at No. 1 with an 8-2 victory by Prang Pantusart and Olga Shkudina. At No. [...]
Women’s basketball wins two in a row
By: Parker Perry The University of Akron women’s basketball team (11-14, 5-6 MAC) continued their winning ways Saturday evening, defeating Western Michigan (6-18, 3-8 MAC) 81-67 in front of a crowd of 1,517. Akron opened up the game on an 8-0 run. Eventually, their lead improved to 14. The early run was fueled by sophomore [...]
UA men pick up seventh straight win
By: DJ Johnson An often undervalued part of college basketball is the ability for a given team to go on a scoring run, or as Akron Head Coach Keith Dambrot calls it, a scoring spurt. The Zips (18-7, 10-1 MAC) found their spurt midway through the second half Saturday night, leading 45-34 after a 16-2 [...]
A former Zip made big moves in Super Bowl XLVI.
By: Christian A. Turner Chase Blackburn, linebacker for the New York Giants, made a game-changing interception early in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game, propelling the Giants toward their fourth Super Bowl win. Blackburn came out of The University of Akron in 2005 as an undrafted free agent. After six seasons of playing middle linebacker, [...]
Four for the core: Zips making big impact in first year
By: D.J. Johnson Coming into the season, the Akron men’s basketball team had lost four key contributors from their 2010-2011 team that went to the NCAA Tournament. Luckily, four players that were not able to play last season were in waiting to bring new life to the program. It is now 24 games into the [...]
Women’s basketball will host Western Michigan on Saturday
By: Parker Perry The University of Akron women’s basketball team will host Western Michigan University Saturday evening at 5 p.m. at the James A. Rhodes Arena, while also raising funds for breast cancer research. The Broncos enter Akron toward the bottom of the MAC standings, and have lost seven of their last eight games. Western [...]
Tennis team wins doubleheader over weekend
By: Christian Turner The University of Akron tennis team opened the season with a victorious doubleheader. The Zips went into the 2011-2012 season as the defending MAC Champions. They began their home season with a match against Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The Zips swept the Jaguars in doubles at all three slots. The team [...]
Akron takes down Central Michigan
By: Parker Perry The University of Akron women’s basketball team (10-14, 4-6 MAC) moved up two positions in the Mid-American Conference standings over the weekend. Akron started Saturday in eighth place, but was able to overtake Central Michigan (12-12, 4-6 MAC) after beating them 97-87 on Saturday afternoon. Akron sophomore forward Sina King played in [...]
Men’s baskeball blows out Eastern Michigan with 77 to 47 victory Saturday
By: D.J. Johnson Eastern Michigan came into James A. Rhodes Arena Saturday night leading the MAC West division. The Eagles (10-13, 5-4 MAC) left The University of Akron campus maintaining that lead, but not with a victory, as they were blown out by the Zips (16-7, 8-1 MAC) in a 77-47 loss. “We’re a handful [...]
National Signing Day; Akron football program recruits 21 new members
The University of Akron football program announced the 21 members of the 2012 recruiting class Wednesday night.
The class included student athletes from several different states, though the most (10) come from Ohio. Other states include Florida (six), Pennsylvania (two), Michigan (one), New Jersey (one) and West Virginia (one).
Akron to play in 10th annual Sears Bracketbuster Saturday, Feb 18
The 10th annual Sears BracketBusters match up was announced Monday and the University of Akron men’s basketball team will take on Oral Roberts Saturday, Feb. 18 at Tulsa. Okla.
Akron who has a record of 15-7, 7-1 in the Mid American Conference, are 1-2 the last three years in the BracketBusters matchup. Their only win was against Creighton last year at home 76-67.
