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HUGE win at CMU today for Akron. It's not easy to travel to Mount Pleasant and come back with a win.

Hey, the Zips made exactly the same number of free throws as WMU -- 14. The Zips just did it in 18 attempts vs. 27 for the Broncos.

Not terribly surprised that Kretzer is out but thought Forsythe would be back.

I know that I join all zips soccer fans in praying for a recovery for this former zip On Friday, December 26, Brett was involved in a snowboarding accident that resulted in a facture to his #6 Thoracic vertebrate and a serious injury to his spinal cord. He was taken to the local General Hospital and within an hour airlifted to a University Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. Brett underwent emergency back surgery to stabilize the fracture (2 rods and about 8 screws) late that night. He spent 24 hours in ICU, moved to a step down unit for 24 hours and then moved to the Trauma unit where he spent the next 8 days recovering from surgery. On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, a specialized medical and airlift transport team flew Brett (and his Mom) to Atlanta, GA to begin his road to recovery. Brett is surrounded by and is being cared for by his medical team, family, Penn State Men's soccer team, his church and friends. more info at this web site.. http://brettgravatt.cmnph.com/

Eric is the leader of the managers. He is following his plans to one day be a college coach. It is a tough road; but, he has the capabilities to become a college coach. Personally, I think he will succeed. College basketball teams have a number of positions and responsibilities that the general public is barely aware of. It all starts with a head coach (Keith Dambrot for Akron); followed by four paid assistant coaches. Then most teams employ a small number of "paid" graduate assistants. I say this tongue-in-cheek as a grad assistant gets a small monthly stipend that covers some of their expenses and paid tuition. The typical grad assistant needs an outside source of income to help. The next level is the unpaid team managers. These are the "go-for"s that do the many tasks a team requires. At Akron some walk-on players begin as managers. Although, most walk-ons at Akron are invited by the coaching staff to join the team. Currently, all three of the walk-ons are invited players. Managers are students. There is a thread here on ZipsNation that suggests coach D learn how to coach (sic). I have not bothered to read any of thread because Coach works his butt off coaching; as do his assistants and grad assistants. Come to a practice and learn first hand what coaching is all about. Being around the program and seeing it first hand gives one a much better perspective than merely barking up in the stands on game day. Akron as a program is a notch below the high majors (essesntially the Power Five conferences). Most true mid-majors get beat when ever they play a high major. Usually for a couple of reasons. One, high majors do not play at mid-majors venues. Remember when Kentucky had to play a first round NCAA tournament game at mid-major Robert Morris? Kentucky lost. High majors are loaded with three and four star caliber talent. Most mid-majors rarely sign one or two players with these credentials. Thus, beating two Power Five teams in one season is a huge victory for the Zips. Give credit to the Zips coaching staff for the excellent talent they have recruited and continue to recruit. Josh Williams and Peter Agba will give you, the fan, a lot of joy in the coming seasons.