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I did not see Hattie on the 2025 roster. Did she commit as a junior and still had a year od HS? Also I am curious as to which club she played for? Women's soccer in the Mansfield area is not considered that challenging and to get her ready for D1 soccer she should get experience with a top club. Perhaps we will see her on the roster this Fall. I loved that she wanted to be at Akron. She felt at home and recognized the upward trajectory the women's program was focused on.

I'm not sure what would make the UMass job so terrible. I would understand it if they were still independent. Also, who voted for Boise State as one of toughest G5 jobs? Lol

Z.I.P. sent me an anrticle from the Mansfield newspaper. Said that this young lady was selected to the 2025 High School All American team. Z.I.P. also said that she had committed to the zips in the fall of 2024. Some links below.... https://www.instagram.com/p/DCsNeMhx0S6/?img_index=1 https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/09/18/ontario-warriors-soccer-hattie-yugovich-commits-to-university-of-akron/75245806007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z115218d00----v115218d--52--b--52--&gca-ft=227&gca-ds=sophi

In reward, she got a raise and a bigger staff.

Congratulations to Maggie Kuhn I wish her much success https://gozips.com/news/2025/12/11/maggie-kuhn-named-akron-head-womens-soccer-coach1?fbclid=IwY2xjawOpN_FleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEyWjB0RUFEWkd5czVhVDBoc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnoNTqNfIcveQXMpK2XHhnbvsCybuYWwFJNQNjmXbCyApVnOE3duCUnUHBON_aem_PZ4Ozy8_n-hSS-cmUeva1A

Great!!! 3 MAC schools!!!

Well, the Akron coaches aren’t providing all the same services to JoeMo that she was providing to Sherrone!

He also almost doubled the salary of the the admin he was having relations with. She was making over $90k. How many Akron coaches are making that?

Who were the other schools behind?

St. Paul school for the blind

Great to see the progress. I knew it was BS related to the Arth exodus.

According to The Athletic (via NY Times) today, Akron is the #5 worst NCAA BCS football head coaching job, based on limited resources, unappealing city/location, campus/culture, and academics. Kent is worse.

Who is Miami playing? Hiram, John Carroll, or Mount Union?

Embick deserves everything for his loyalty and commitment to Akron for all these years. Incredibly thankful for him.

One of these days the planets will align, and l will be able to actually see Rica play in DM. I wish the Timberwolves would consult me; so, l could arrange my schedule to make it happen. I have a 15' drive to the arena.

Saturday is a very fun slate. Akron v Murray State UMass v Florida State CMU v Stony Brook (old buddy Geno Ford) Toledo v Robert Morris Ohio v St. Bonnie in Cleveland Miami OH and NIU also play but their games don't count in the "very fun" category.

This has been the type of game we lose and plummet in the rankings. This game could be the difference between 11-12 and 12-13 seed in the long run if we are at 28-29 wins instead of 30. I like this Murray St roster a lot but they are still brand new. Need to beat them with experience, chemistry and defense!!!

2-way. All day. Every day.

This is turning into a comedic bit at this point.

Vermont won the national championship in 2024. Rob Dow, the head coach of that team, is now the new head coach of Penn State. The excellent teams in the American East continue to lose their coaches to the Power conferences New Hampshire had tremendous teams in the early part of the decade. At the end of 2023, NC State hired New Hampshire head coach Marc Hubbard. In Hubbard's 2nd year at NC State, the Wolfpack are in the final 4. https://gopsusports.com/news/2025/12/11/2024-national-champion-rob-dow-named-penn-state-mens-soccer-head-coach

Congratulations to Evan Bush on re-signing with the Columbus Crew.

Just looking at Cat's list above there's 18 from defense alone that either graduate or have already hit the portal, six on the line out of twenty (thats interior and edges combined) I'm sure Bruno is next. No way Bruno stays. Akron cannot have the money to pay him to stay and he has worked to hard to pass up the money. With Laventure, Madden, and K. Murphy leaving, Zips are losing three of the four interior linemen with any experience. Hull obviously has the most and hopefully they give Mixon the chance to cut loose. Because of the lack of concern to get depth on the line next year Durham and Hull are the only ones returning with experience. Mixon will be returning with 170 snaps, he and Hull are the only two with snaps at all. Dall and Durham played a combined total of 1327 snaps, the twins played combined 292... Cj Murphy is gone, Kam Cheatom is gone, Brown played 14 snaps and Duncan played 8 that is our returning defensive line. Hopefully the freshmen get the chance in spring to show what they can do. There is a lot of size and potential there. Demery-Brown is bigger than any interior lineman on the team last year or this year and Kavals is the same size as Dall. They have some big shoes to fill but hopefully they can do it and Watkins is the same size as Cheatom. Linebackers, James, Boswell, and Reeves might be ready to go... I hope Tibs stays and works with them..

~1:10:42 in the video