Tag Archives: Kent State Baseball

KSU baseball coach Stricklin gets 6-year extension

September 25, 2012 – 9:40 am

How much is taking a Mid-American Conference baseball program to the College World series worth? To Kent State coach Scott Stricklin, $300,000 a year for six years. Not a bad gig. Stricklin has earned it in his eight years on the job, and Kent State officially announced details of Stricklin’s new six-year extension on Monday. [...]

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Putting the wraps on Kent State’s run

June 22, 2012 – 12:11 am

Kent State is out of the College World Series — and home. The Flashes were greeted by about 300 fans of all ages at approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday night when they returned to campus. Here’s a little recap of what we saw and learned over the last few days — and the last couple weeks [...]

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What the rain postponement means for Kent State

June 20, 2012 – 10:17 pm

OMAHA, Neb. – With Wednesday night’s Kent State-South Carolina College World Series elimination game postponed by rain, the schedule gets complicated. Kent State and South Carolina will play at noon ET Thursday, with the winner advancing to play Arkansas at 9pm ET Thursday night. Kent State Coach Scott Stricklin was in favor of the decision [...]

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Signs Kent State has “made it”

June 20, 2012 – 3:35 pm

BELLEVUE, Neb. – The storyline includes this place, a high school field down the hill from Bellevue East High School where Kent State has been holding light workouts on the days it hasn’t played games. I’ve asked four Kent State players, separately, if they ever saw themselves in Bellevue, Nebraska in the middle of June [...]

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Quick wrap: Kent State 5, Florida 4

June 19, 2012 – 12:51 am

OMAHA, Neb. – A few quick and random thoughts on Kent State’s 5-4 win over Florida. Much more on Tuesday and Wednesday as the Flashes prepare for another elimination game Wednesday night vs. two-time defending national champion South Carolina. *There’s almost no way Kent State can win that game, right? Just like there was almost [...]

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Move over, Southerners. Cinderella has arrived.

June 12, 2012 – 12:37 am

With Kent State winning in dramatic fashion Monday night to advance to the College World Series, go ahead and score one for the pebble, the slingshot and a really good, almost totally homegrown Northeast Ohio story. While we’re at it, score another for Stony Brook University out of Long Island, which joins Kent this weekend [...]

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Cribbs rooting for his alma mater

June 10, 2012 – 1:43 pm

Kent State’s baseball team stands win one away from the College World Series. Cleveland Browns wide receiver and Kent State alum Joshua Cribbs has been watching. “Kent State baseball has always been good,” Cribbs said. “The recognition they’re getting now is great, but that program has always been good. They’ve always been the team to [...]

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