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Zips freshman Rita Pedroso (Porto, Portugal) earned a victory in both doubles and singles play on Friday to highlight The University of Akron tennis team's first day of competition at the Youngstown Invitational at the Boardman Tennis Center. View the full article here

The 2016 Mid-American Conference regular season men's soccer crown will come down to the final night of the regular season as four teams remain alive to claim a share or the outright league title and the right to host next week's MAC Championship, Nov. 11-13. View the full article here

The University of Akron volleyball team locked up a 3-2 (25-22, 23-25, 25-21, 22-25, 15-12) victory in a pivotal five set thriller over Buffalo Thursday evening at Alumni Arena. View the full article here

The University of Akron women's basketball team under the direction of 11th-year head coach Jodi Kest hits the court on Saturday, Nov. 5, as the Zips square off against Walsh in a 12 p.m. tilt at James A. Rhodes Arena in the squad's lone exhibition contest. Akron will open its 2016-17 campaign on Saturday, Nov. 12, hosting Malone in a 2 p.m. tilt. View the full article here

The University of Akron women's tennis team will conclude its fall schedule at the Youngstown State Invitational on Nov. 4-6 at the Boardman Tennis Center. View the full article here

The Akron swimming and diving team prepares for its first road test of the season as the Zips head to Buffalo, N.Y., to go head-to-head with Buffalo on Friday, Nov. 4. View the full article here

Freshman Ashley Amato (Pittsburgh, Pa.) was named to the Mid-American Conference All-Freshman team for her performance throughout the 2016 season and league play, announced by the MAC on Thursday. View the full article here

Junior safety Zach Guiser (Fayette City, Pa.) and redshirt senior captain James Turner (Fairfield, Ohio) have been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District 5 football team. View the full article here

The 18th ranked Akron rifle squad heads to Lexington, Ky. for a two-day dual with a pair of top-ten ranked opponents, No. 4 Kentucky and No. 8 Nebraska, this weekend. View the full article here

The Akron football team established an early lead, but couldn't stop a second-half scoring outburst by Toledo, falling 48-17 on Wednesday evening at InfoCision Stadium– Summa Field. View the full article here

With only two weeks remaining in the regular season, The University of Akron volleyball team travels to Buffalo and Ball State for a pair of important Mid-American Conference contests, as the Zips fight to keep their conference tournament hopes alive. Akron will face Buffalo on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. before taking on Ball State on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. View the full article here

A golden goal from junior Stuart Holthusen (Auckland, New Zealand) at the 104:18 mark of the second overtime lifted the Akron men's soccer team to a 3-2 double-overtime victory past Grand Canyon (7-9-3) on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field. View the full article here

A first-ever encounter between Akron and Grand Canyon awaits on Wednesday, Nov. 2, as the Zips welcome the Lopes to FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field for the squad's final regular season non-conference match of the season. View the full article here

Sophomore Sadie Fazekas (Windsor, Ontario) was named the Zips' Student Athlete of the Week, presented by the University of Akron, on Nov. 1. View the full article here

the Akron men’s basketball program enters the 2016-17 season with eight guaranteed television games on various regional and national sports networks. View the full article here

The Akron Zips men’s basketball team opens the 2016-17 season ranked No. 12 on the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 preseason poll. View the full article here

In its home finale, the University of Akron football team will host Bowling Green at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at InfoCision Stadium- Summa Field. ESPNU will televise the game nationally. The Senior Class will be honored in a pregame ceremony. View the full article here

The No. 12 Akron Rifle team traveled to Philadelphia this past weekend to take on the University of Sciences and defeated the Devils by a score of 4,609-to-4,379. View the full article here

University of Akron football head coach Terry Bowden and associate athletics director for marketing and promotions Matt Newhouse will be the guests on Monday’s Zips LIVE, presented by Lee Hyder and Associates, from 7-8 p.m. ET live from the Spaghetti Warehouse (510 South Main Street). View the full article here

Playing its third game in 12 days, Akron returns home to InfoCision Stadium– Summa Field on Wednesday, Nov. 2, for a 7:30 p.m. game with Toledo. View the full article here

The University of Akron men's soccer team entered its showdown with league-leading Bowling Green (9-5-3, 2-0-2 MAC) on Saturday, Oct. 29, with an opportunity to move a step closer towards potentially clinching home-field advantage in the upcoming Mid-American Conference Championship, unfortunately for the Zips (8-5-3, 2-1-1 MAC) they were unable to capitalize as they battled the Falcons to a 2-2 double-overtime draw. View the full article here

The University of Akron volleyball team fell to Mid-American Conference opponent Ohio University in four sets (18-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-22) in its last homestand of the 2016 season on Saturday evening at James A. Rhodes Arena. View the full article here

University of Akron junior Garrett Crichlow (Twinsburg, Ohio) and redshirt sophomore Elizabeth Mosier (Austintown, Ohio) headlined the efforts of the Zips' men's and women's cross country squads on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Mid-American Conference Cross Country Championships held at the Kent State University Golf Course. View the full article here

The University of Akron volleyball team picked up an exciting 3-2 victory Friday evening against Kent State at James A. Rhodes Arena (25-27, 25-21, 31-33, 25-21, 15-8). View the full article here

The three-time defending Mid-American Conference champion Akron swimming and diving team was back in the pool at the Ocasek Natatorium for the 2016-17 season-opener as the Zips swam away with the competition defeating Ball State, 208-89, Friday evening. View the full article here