By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief
November 18, 2019 • No Comments
With a dominant win record of 20-0, the Akron Zips Rocket League team brought home their second consecutive College Rocket League National Championship on Nov. 9. Three players on the Akron Gold team, Isaac “Reticence” Stecker, Buzz “Buzz” Krager, and Tristan “.Tristn” Roberts, received a total of $15,000 in scholarship prize money along with first-place medals. “We’re a solid, well-rounded team, and there’s no other Collegiate Rocket League team you can say that has all three players that you know that are solid and can compete at the top level,” Krager said. According to a UA press release, over...
By Jack Tupta and Kaitee Horstmann
October 22, 2019 • No Comments
The University of Akron Esports program offers a variety of clubs based on popular games for students who want to participate in the competitive video gaming with fellow Zips. One of these clubs, based on Super Smash Brothers, hosts weekly tournaments to bring together students to play the video game “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” every Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in the Jean Hower Taber Student Union Zips Esports Center. The game, created in 2018 for the Nintendo Switch, is the fifth installment of the series and is available in both single player and multiplayer modes with all characters from the previous versions available. Freshman...
By Veronica Janosek, News & Sports Editor
October 8, 2019 • No Comments
Heading into Homecoming weekend at The University of Akron, the women’s volleyball team has won nine consecutive games this season with an overall record of 11 wins and four losses. According to the athletic’s website, this nine-game winning streak started on Sept. 13 with their win over St. Francis (PA). The Zips won all three sets, bringing their record to 3 wins and four losses. The next four games resulted in similar scores of 3 to 0 against Eastern Kentucky, Seton Hall, Eastern Washington and North Dakota. However, the volleyball team almost fell short in their match against Buffalo on Sept. 26. Nonetheless,...
