By Jake Herron, Online Editor
December 6, 2018
The Akron Zips Men’s Soccer team is heading to its sixth College Cup appearance after toppling defending national champion Stanford in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals. This is a comeback against a team that previously squashed Akron’s championship dreams last season and in 2015. Akron will travel west to Santa Barbara, Calif. to face Michigan State in the College Cup semifinal on Friday, Dec. 7. The Zips previously beat the Spartans, 2-1, during the regular season. The Zips, who have maintained a 14-6-2 record thus far, made quick work of their regular season opponents and shut out Western Michigan, 3-0, to clinch...
By Jake Herron, Online Editor
December 6, 2018
Hours after a 28-3 loss to South Carolina to end the season, The University of Akron announced that football head coach Terry Bowden was relieved of his duties as the Zips finished the season with a 4-8 record. In his seven seasons with the Zips, Bowden, maintained a 35-52 record while also establishing several signature achievements for the team, including a 5-2 record over arch-rival Kent State during his tenure. Bowden led the Zips to two bowl games in the past three seasons, capturing the team’s first-ever bowl win at the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in 2015. In 2017, Akron earned its ticket to Detroit to appear...
By Jordyn Etling, Sports Editor
November 21, 2018
Sunday, Nov. 18, the Akron Zips Men’s Soccer team took a 3-1 win over Syracuse in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on the campus of Colgate University. With this win, the Zips advance to the Sweet 16 of the tournament where they will play top-seeded Wake Forest. The Zips have now gone on a six-game winning streak. According to GoZips.com, Sophomore David Egbo (Enugu, Nigeria) and junior Marcel Zajac (Mississauga, Ontario) had the team high of 4 shots each. Also, senior Abdi Mohamed (Westerville, OH) had 3 shots, senior Ezana Kahsay (Asmeras, Eritrea) and sophomore Daniel Strachan (Lakewood, OH) had 2 shots...
November 21, 2018
On Saturday, Nov. 17, the Akron Zips football team took on Bowling Green at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field. Senior PK Nick Gasser (Liberty Township, Ohio) was able to score for the Zips in the first quarter with a 38-yard field goal and a 32-yard field goal in the second quarter. Also in the second quarter, senior DB Jordan George (Dayton, Ohio) intercepted the ball and returned 53 yards. This was George’s seventh career interception and the first of the current season. With 10 seconds left in the second quarter, Bowling Green scored a touchdown and made the PAT. At halftime, this left the Zips down 7-6. In the...
By Jordyn Etling, Sports Editor
November 13, 2018
The Akron Zips Men's Soccer Team captured its 15th Mid-American Conference Tournament title and seventh consecutive league tournament title win on Sunday, Nov. 11 against Western Michigan. According to GoZips.com, Akron has now won four consecutive games and outshot SIU Edwardsville, West Virginia and Western Michigan by a combined 52-20 margin, including 22-7 on goal, in three MAC Tournament contests. The win helped come about by junior Marcel Zajac (Mississauga, Ontario) who had two of the three second-half goals. Along with the two second-half goals, Zajac was selected as the Tournament Most Valuable Player. Western...
By Jordyn Etling, Sports Editor
November 6, 2018
On Saturday, Nov. 3, the Akron Women’s Swimming and Diving team defeated Ball State in a Mid-American Conference dual. Currently, in the NCAA rankings, the Zips sit at number 22 while Ball State is unranked. The Zips managed to place first in every event except for the one-meter, three-meter diving events and the 100 backstrokes. In the first event of the day, the 200 medley relay, sophomore Paulina Nogaj (Radom, Poland), sophomore Paula Garcia (Madrid, Spain), senior Sadie Fazekas (Windsor, Ontario) and senior Ragen Engel (Springfield, Ohio), brought the top time of 1:45.50. The Zips took the top two places in...
