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The Zips, the No. 6 seed in this year's event, fell 3-2 to No. 3 seed Bowling Green, with all five matches coming down to the final hole. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Following a weekend in which the Akron track and field squad captured 13 titles and set or equaled three school records at the Akron Invitational, the women's and men's squads checked in at No. 14 and No. 19, respectively, in the latest United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division I National Team Computer Rankings released on Monday, Feb. 9. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Men's Basketball's Keith Dambrot and Women's Basketball's Candice Smith will be on Zips Live presented by Lee Hyder and Associates at Johnny J's Pub and Grille in the Valley from 7-8 p.m. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The Zips and Golden Flashes will meet for the 141st time, with tip off set for 7 p.m. ET. The contest will air live on TWCS and ESPN3. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The Akron women's soccer team, under the leadership of first-year head coach Noreen Herlihy, has announced the addition of seven student-athletes joining the Zips' squad for the 2015 campaign. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The United States men's national team bolstered by the efforts of a pair of former Akron men's soccer players in DeAndre Yedlin and Perry Kitchen capped a month of season-opening training with a 2-0 friendly victory over Panama on Sunday, Feb. 8 at the StubHub Center. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

On the final day of competition at Stetson’s Westin Lake Mary Lead-Off Classic, the University of Akron softball team captured a 4-2 win over Michigan State on Sunday morning. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The University of Akron women’s tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to Liberty on Sunday morning at the LaTuchie Tennis Center. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Play is set to begin at 8 a.m. ET as the Zips will face Bowling Green in their first match of the day. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The game, which was originally scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 28, will tip off at 8 p.m. ET at James A. Rhodes Arena. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The No. 14 University of Akron rifle team closed out its regular season with a 4,601 to 4,591 win at No. 17 Mississippi on Saturday. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The University of Akron softball team split a pair of games on the second day of competition at Stetson’s Westin Lake Mary Lead-Off Classic on Saturday. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Five Zips scored in double figures, led by Jake Kretzer's 13 points, as the Zips improved to 21-4 against Buffalo in Akron. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The Akron women's basketball team gave up a 15-point second-half lead and fell at Northern Illinois, 62-56, in Mid-American Conference action at the Convocation Center on Saturday evening. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

It proved to be a record-setting day for the nationally-ranked Akron men's and women's track and field team as the Zips shattered three school records on the final day of the 11th-Annual Akron Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Stile Athletics Field House. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Senior Skyler Willis (Cincinnati, Ohio) captured the championship in the women's pentathlon recording a cumulative score of 3,877 to spark the Akron men's and women's track and field team on the opening night of the 11th-annual Akron Invitational on Friday, Feb. 6, at the Stile Athletics Field House. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The University of Akron softball team had a tough opening day at Stetson’s Westin Lake Mary Lead-Off Classic on Friday. The Zips (0-2) fell to Michigan State, 5-0, in the opener, and dropped an 8-7 decision to Morehead State in the afternoon. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The University of Akron women’s tennis team captured its fifth consecutive victory with a 7-0 win of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) on Friday afternoon at the LaTuchie Tennis Center. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The contest will be the third-straight home game for the Zips added to the MAC's TV package. The game will tip off at 7 p.m. ET on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel and ESPN3. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The Zips hit the road this Saturday, Feb. 7, in search of their third-straight win as Akron squares off versus Northern Illinois in a 6 p.m. ET contest. The game will be televised on ESPN3. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The Distinguished Scholar Athlete is a first-year award given to student-athletes who represent the ‘best of the best’ from each sport’s Academic All-MAC Teams. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Two University of Akron baseball student-athletes have been named to the College Sports Madness Mid-American Preseason All-Conference Second Team. Junior infielder Kris Simonton and junior pitcher John Valek III are second-team All-MAC honorees. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Director of Athletics Tom Wistrcill welcomes the newest Zips following National Signing Day, previews a busy weekend and more. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The Zips and Bulls sit tied atop the MAC East with Can't State. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. ET and the game will air live on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel and ESPN3. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Meet Akron's two Erin Seilers, MBB Kwan Cheatam, and Zips' Student-Athlete of the Week Alice Hottensmith. View the full article at www.GoZips.com