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Akron women’s tennis team opens the spring portion of its schedule this weekend. The Zips host Tulane on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 10 a.m. at the LaTuchie Tennis Center in Stow. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Deji Ibitayo led all players in scoring with 15 points to go with two blocked shots and three steals. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Sparked by senior Sina King (Waterford, Ohio), junior Anita Brown (Warren, Ohio) and sophomore Hannah Plybon (Orrville, Ohio) registering career highs for points, the Akron women's basketball team earned a come-from-behind 102-101 victory past Toledo (9-6, 2-2 MAC) on Wednesday at Savage Arena. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

David Suntup recaps men's and women's basketball as well as the pole vault convention. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Akron returns to the road this Wednesday as the Zips travel to Toledo for a 7 p.m. tilt against the Rockets. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Three Akron Track and Field standouts were recognized for their performance this past weekend at the Akron Pole Vault Convention as sophomore Miles Baldwin (Cincinnati, Ohio), junior Shawn Barber (Kingwood, Texas) and senior Claudia Garcia Jou (Barcelona, Spain) with their selections as the Mid-American Conference Track and Field Athletes of the Week the league announced on Tuesday. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Akron has won 11-straight against the Falcons, including five-straight at Rhodes Arena. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. ET. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

On the strength of a record-breaking start to his 2015 campaign, Akron junior pole vaulter Shawn Barber (Kingwood, Texas) has been selected by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as its Division I Male National Athlete of the Week the organization announced on Tuesday. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Akron sophomore Hannah Plybon (Orrville, Ohio) has been selected as the Mid-American Conference East Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Men's Basketball's Keith Dambrot and Women's Basketball's Jodi Kest will be on Zips Live presented by Lee Hyder and Associates at Johnny J's Pub and Grille in the Valley from 6-7 p.m. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The No. 14 University of Akron rifle team opens 2015 by hosting two home matches this week. Action gets underway against No. 7 Alaska-Fairbanks on Tuesday, Jan. 13. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Akron junior Shawn Barber (Kingwood, Texas) continues to rise to new heights as he set a new Stile Athletics Field House record jump of 19-0.25 (5.80m) to claim the title at the Akron Pole Vault Convention on Saturday. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Akron sophomore Hannah Plybon (Orrville, Ohio) netted six three-pointers en route to picking up a career-high 25 points to lead the Akron women's basketball team to a 65-48 victory over Eastern Michigan Saturday afternoon at James A. Rhodes Arena. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The Akron men's and women's track teams got their indoor campaigns off to rousing starts on Friday winning 15 events on the opening day of the three-day Akron Pole Vault Convention at the Stile Athletics Field House. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Nyles Evans finished the night with 13 points. Pat Forsythe added 10 points, four rebounds and three assists. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

A trio of former Akron men's soccer stars in Perry Kitchen, Dillon Serna and Wil Trapp were among the pool of 28 players selected this week by United States Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann to participate in the USA's first training camp of 2015. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Director of Athletics Tom Wistrcill gives an update on men's and women's basketball, previews the Third-Annual Pole Vault Convention and more. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Akron closes out its two-game homestand this Saturday, Jan. 10, entertaining Eastern Michigan at the James A. Rhodes Arena in a 2 p.m. matinee affair. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The University of Akron football team learned its home and away opponents for the eight-game Mid-American Conference portion of the 2015 season, the league office announced on Thursday. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

A budding pole vault rivalry will be renewed on Saturday, Jan. 10, at the third-annual Akron Pole Vault Convention at the Stile Athletics Field House as the past three NCAA champions in Akron junior Shawn Barber (Kingwood, Texas) and Sam Kendricks, formerly of Ole Miss, stage what is expected to be another epic showdown during the elite pole vault competition that will take place starting at 7 p.m. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Akron men's soccer garnered seven selections when the Mid-American Conference unveiled its 2014 Men's Soccer Academic All-MAC team on Thursday. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The Zips and Rockets will face off on ESPNU for a second-straight contest, with tip off set for 7 p.m. ET. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

After battling through seven ties and eight lead changes, a 23-6 second-half run lifted the Akron women's basketball team to a 67-59 victory over Bowling Green in the Zips' first conference home game Wednesday night at James A. Rhodes Arena. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

The University of Akron Department of Athletics announced its 40th Annual Varsity “A†Sports Hall of Fame Inductees on Wednesday. The Class of 2014 — Charlie Frye, Joel Hawthorne, Brande Lamb, Dan McGrath, Dennis Mitchell, and Kim Schaper — will be honored at a banquet February 20, 2015, on campus at the Quaker Station Ballroom. View the full article at www.GoZips.com

Akron junior pole vaulter Shawn Barber (Kingwood, Texas), who became the school's first male individual NCAA Champion in the pole vault in 2014, has been named to the 2015 Bowerman Preseason Men's Watch List, the U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday. View the full article at www.GoZips.com