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The Akron Zips defeated rival Kent State 66-56 at the M.A.C. Center in a Crystal Clinic Wagon Wheel Challenge showdown on ESPN2 on Friday evening. View the full article here

The Akron softball team dropped two games on opening day at the Bobbie Bailey Memorial Tournament on Saturday at Bailey Park. View the full article here

The University of Akron women's basketball team was unable to maintain its early momentum as the Zips (9-20, 2-16 MAC) dropped a 62-48 decision at Ohio (21-8, 12-6 MAC) on Saturday, March 4, in the regular season finale for both schools. View the full article here

The Akron women’s tennis team extended its winning streak to 12 with a pair of 7-0 victories on Saturday. View the full article here

Akron winds down its regular season campaign on Saturday, March 4, as the Zips visit Athens, Ohio, for a 2 p.m. tilt with Ohio. View the full article here

The Akron women’s tennis team will try to extend its current 10-match winning streak with a pair of road matches on Saturday, March 4. View the full article here

Check out features on women's golfer Danielle Nicholson, track's Jackie Siefring, and men's basketball Noah Robotham. View the full article here

Akron continues non-conference road tournament action for the fourth consecutive week. The Zips travel to Kennesaw, Ga., to face UNC Greensboro on Saturday, March 4, in the first game of the Bobbie Bailey Memorial Tournament at 10 a.m. Akron then takes on UAB at 12:30 p.m. View the full article here

Former Zips’ wide receiver Jerome Lane (Akron, Ohio) will be one of 300 participants at the 2017 NFL Combine on March 3-6 in Indianapolis. View the full article here

The Akron basketball team will travel to the M.A.C. Center for the Crystal Clinic Wagon Wheel Challenge and final regular season contest against rival Kent State on Friday, March 3, at 9 p.m. in Kent, Ohio. View the full article here

The University of Akron track and field team garnered five selections for the upcoming NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships to be hosted by Texas A&M University, March 10-11 in College Station, Texas, when the field was announced on Tuesday, Feb. 28. View the full article here

The University of Akron men's soccer squad under the leadership of fifth-year head coach Jared Embick, has announced the addition of Codie Lynd (Belleville, Ill.) to the Zips' talented seven-member signing class for 2017. View the full article here

The Mid-American Conference announced the 2017 football schedule on Wednesday, and the University of Akron football team will play on national television a minimum of three times. View the full article here

Seven members of the Akron women’s swimming and diving team received invitations to the 2017 NCAA Championships that will be held in Indianapolis from March 15-18, the NCAA announced on Wednesday afternoon. View the full article here

Junior Ariadna Blinova (Riga, Latvia)/junior Sophia Geier (Burgebrach, Germany) were named the Mid-American Conference Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week, as announced by the league office on Wednesday afternoon. View the full article here

The University of Akron women's basketball team suffered an 81-55 Senior Night setback to Buffalo (20-8, 10-7 MAC) on Wednesday night, March 1, at James A. Rhodes Arena. View the full article here

Host Scott Nixon talks to women's basketball coach Jodi Kest and reviews all the action, including the Zips' four MAC Championship teams. View the full article here

The regular season home campaign draws to a close for Akron on Wednesday, March 1, as the Zips eye on final victory for the 2016-17 campaign on the James A. Rhodes Arena homecourt entertaining Buffalo. Game time against the Zips is set for 7:02 p.m. View the full article here

The Akron Zips suffered a 79-75 setback against the Miami RedHawks on Wednesday night at James A. Rhodes Arena. View the full article here

The Akron Zips men’s golf team finished the Wexford Intercollegiate fifth overall, firing a final round 296 (+8) en route to a 891 (+27) tournament total. Junior George Baylis (Ascot, England) led the Zips’ scoring, climbing 30 spots on the leaderboard with a 3-under par 69 to finish 15th overall. View the full article here

For the second straight season, the Akron Zips men’s basketball program secured the Mid-American Conference Regular-Season Championship and earned the No. 1 Seed for the MAC Tournament. View the full article here

Within a 24-hour period, University of Akron sports teams claimed four Mid-American Conference championships. As a results, all student-athletes from those four teams? Men's Basketball, Women's Swimming & Diving, Men's Indoor Track & Field, and Women's Indoor Track & Field? have been selected as the Zips' Student-Athletes of the Week, presented by The University of Akron, on Feb. 27. View the full article here

The Akron basketball team will be back in action at James A. Rhodes Arena against the Miami RedHawks for Senior Night on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. on Spectrum Sports Network. View the full article here

The Akron Zips opened the spring schedule with a fifth place showing after 36 holes at the Wexford Intercollegiate on Monday. The Zips fired rounds of 297 (+9) and 298 (+10) for a 595 (+19) total at the par-72 the Wexford Plantation that stretches 6,913 yards. View the full article here

The Akron women’s swimming and diving team never trailed en route to capturing its fourth straight MAC Championship on Saturday night at Corwin Nixon Aqautic Center on the campus of Miami (Ohio). View the full article here