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Football prepares for Saturday
Matthew Balsinger The University of Akron football team has been hard at work preparing for the spring practice game this Saturday. The Zips are looking to improve after being a 1-11 team for three consecutive years. Though this may seem to be a difficult task, the Zips have been making fast improvements in the off [...]
Football recruiting of the MAC
Dante Rones This is the second installment in a series on football recruiting within the Mid-American Conference. The first issue ran on March 9 where Akron was featured. This week features Bowling Green and Massachusetts. Look next week for Kent State and Buffalo. Bowling Green (8-5) had a pretty good season last year. Their defense [...]
Zips alumni in the NFL
Dante Rones The Former Akron Zips inside linebacker Chase Blackburn has a new home in the NFL. He was signed by the New York Giants in 2005 as an undrafted free agent. During his eight years with the Giants, Blackburn recorded 334 tackles, 4.5 sacks, and four interceptions. In Super Bowl XLII, Blackburn had a [...]
A short look at Zips softball
Matthew Balsinger Though both Akron men’s and women’s basketball were wrapping up throughout the month of March, Zips softball has only wrapped up their second month of play. The month of March has been a roller coaster for the Lady Zips, as they started the month off with a 5-1 start in the first 10 [...]
Tournament updates: Buffalo to face Lady Zips in third round of tournament
MAC Men’s Basketball The first round of the MAC men’s basketball tournament concluded on Monday. Eighth seed Buffalo overcame nineth seed Central Michigan in a 74-72 overtime win. Buffalo moves on to the second round of the tournament to face fifth seed Ball State. Also on Monday evening, seventh seed Western Michigan defeated 10th seed [...]
Women’s basketball power rankings
Matthew Balsinger Sports Editor This is a new feature in the Buchtelite’s sports section. Every week you will find an analysis on men or women’s basketball standings in the Mid-American Conference, and the Buchtelite’s projected likelihood that each team will be the MAC champion. Look on Monday for men’s basketball power rankings. #12 Kent State [...]
Men’s basketball ready for No 16 Creighton
Written by: D.J. Johnson Come March, Akron’s men’s basketball team will likely need a marquee win to highlight their resume heading into the postseason. The chance for that all-important victory could come as early as Sunday, when the Zips travel to Omaha to take on No. 16 Creighton. “It’s not going to be easy by [...]
Caleb Porter’s career
Written by: Zack West A great era in Zips soccer ended on Nov. 25 with an early exit from the NCAA tournament. Head coach Caleb Porter coached his last game at The University of Akron in a technical tie with Creighton that ended with the Bluejays edging out the Zips in penalty kicks. Porter will [...]
Sympson’s sports view
Written by: Matt Sympson It’s been such a fun semester, with both disappointing and exciting times. It was disappointing to see our football team not have the successful season that we were all hoping for, but I think they have stepped into the right direction. While they finished their third straight year with a record [...]
Women’s basketball defeats Canisius
Written by: Sartaj Aujla Akron’s women’s basketball team was able to pull off a win by holding a lead in the final minutes of the game to beat the Canisius Golden Griffins 81-72. “It was a really good win for our program,” said head coach Jodi Kest. “We told our players to come out and [...]
Zips improve to 4-2
Written by: D.J. Johnson After only six games this season, Akron’s men’s basketball team has a season’s worth of overtime experience. At the James A. Rhodes Arena on Sunday afternoon, the Zips beat the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 82-77 in their third game of the season, which required five extra minutes. “I told our guys [...]
Sympson’s sports view
Written by: Matt Sympson Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams came through and earned victories over the weekend, and the Browns and Steelers won this week as well. The Browns began a two-game winning streak, and the Steelers got back to winning after falling to the Browns. Men’s basketball A clutch overtime victory over Middle [...]
Sympson’s sports view
Written by: Matt Sympson The Akron women’s basketball team returns to the court to face Canisius on Saturday, Akron soccer player Scott Caldwell is a finalist for the national Senior CLASS Award, the Browns will travel to Oakland to take on the Raiders, and the Steelers will head to Baltimore to face the Ravens. Women’s [...]
Women’s basketball season off to a strong start
Written by: Zack West The University of Akron women’s basketball team improved to 4-1 with a 81-78 win over the Providence Friars on Saturday. The Zips dominated by shooting 50 percent from the field, going 27-54, and 45.5 percent from the three-point line. However, the Friars hung around by getting 31 offensive rebounds that led [...]
Scott Caldwell finalist for award
Written by: Sartaj Aujla Akron’s men soccer player Scott Caldwell was named a finalist for the national 2012 Senior CLASS Award. The award is given to a student athlete who has shown that he has excelled both on and off the field. In order to be eligible for the award, the student athlete must show [...]
Basketball ready for Middle Tennessee
Written by: D.J. Johnson In the midst of your Monday through Friday grind, you may have noticed a rather large banner of a rather big man covering the side of Schrank Hall. The man is Zeke Marshall, the starting center for the men’s basketball team, who has seen his face plastered next to the words [...]
Sympson’s sports view
Written by: Matt Sympson Our football team falls to the Toledo Rockets and drops to 1-11 on the season, our men’s basketball team gets set to play Middle Tennessee on Sunday, our soccer team falls and the Browns stun the Steelers with a 20-14 victory on Sunday. Akron football This entire season for me has [...]
1-11 season haunts Akron
Written by: D.J. Johnson Is it possible to find a glimmer of hope in a 1-11 season? The Akron football program heads into the offseason pondering that question for the third consecutive year. This time around they were led by a new coaching staff, a new quarterback and a new style of play. The results [...]
Heartbreaker
Written by: Zack West A great era ended Sunday night when the fifth- seeded University of Akron dropped their NCAA tournament game to 12th seed Creighton in penalty kicks. With the loss, head coach Caleb Porter coached his last game as an Akron Zip. Porter will move to Major League Soccer where he will [...]
Men’s basketball wins two straight
Written by: Sartaj Aujla The University of Akron’s men’s basketball team finished the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament with a win over Penn State on Sunday, 85-60. Akron went 2-1 in the tournament and finished in fifth place. Oklahoma State won the first game by one point, but the Zips answered with consecutive wins over UNC [...]
