Category: Baseball
‘Resilient’ Flashes weather storms, play Miami Saturday
Resiliency is defined as “an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.” The Kent State baseball team has bounced back time and time again this season and their resiliency will continue to be put to the test Saturday against Miami at 2pm in the MAC Tournament in a winner’s bracket final,…
Flash Brothers: Jatczak and Casey power Kent State
In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s the Oakland Athletics featured a feared power hitting duo Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco. This duo struck fear in American League pitchers, hitting back to back in the lineup. The two helped Oakland to a 1989 World Series title. They used to celebrate round trippers by bashing each…
Flashes overcome slow start to Regular Season Title
As the Kent State baseball teams prepares to take on an opponent to be determined Thursday at 6pm at Crushers Stadium in the first round of the 2025 MAC Tournament, the team was still trying to find their identity and consistency earlier in the season. After getting swept by Mercer in a three game set…
MAC Tournament Preview: Dynamic Flashes look to finish the job in Avon
The Kent State baseball team will look to win the 2025 MAC Tournament this week in Avon, Ohio. The Flashes are looking to return to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2018. Kent State, led by all time winningest coach in program history Jeff Duncan, will begin the tournament Thursday at 6pm at…
Pair of local products transfer from YSU to the Flashes
A pair of local products who started their baseball careers at Youngstown State will be joining Jeff Duncan and the Kent State Golden Flashes for the 2025 season and beyond. Alejandro Covas, a 6-2, 190 pound outfielder played his high school baseball at tradition rich Walsh Jesuit. Covas was then named Horizon League Freshmen of…
Free of Pressure, Flashes Look to Make More Memories in Avon
It’s not often that Kent State baseball is considered an underdog. And, I’m not sure any of the opposing players and coaches involved actually think of Kent State as an underdog, but at least on paper, a #5 seed could be considered as such. If you missed our MAC Baseball Tournament preview this week you…
Flashes gear up for MAC Tournament | MAC Baseball Tournament Preview
The Kent State baseball team (27-25, 17-13, #5 seed) opens up Mid-American Conference tournament play on Wednesday at 6:00pm against #4 seed Miami (26-25, 17-13) in game one. The winner of the four-day event in Avon, Ohio will secure the automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The 2023 Flashes came tantalizing and painfully close…
Flashes welcome Ball State for final weekend of regular season
The Kent State baseball team concludes the regular season by hosting Ball State this Thursday-Saturday in a rematch of last year’s MAC Championship round. Both teams have punched their tickets for Avon, the site of next week’s MAC Tournament. Both teams will be playing for seeding, as the Flashes and Cardinals can both finish anywhere…
Flashes look to continue home cooking this weekend
Schoony Magic. The term has been used to talk about the winning ways of the Kent State baseball team through the years at their crown jewel of a ballpark at Schoonover Stadium. It also refers to some of the more miraculous, wacky ways the team has won. But more substantially it speaks to the resiliency…
KSU Baseball gears up for stretch run with front running BGSU in town
The Kent State baseball team is gearing up for their stretch run of the regular season, by hosting front running Bowling Green in a key MAC series this weekend at Schoonover Stadium. The Flashes, coming off a disappointing home loss Wednesday to Division II Clarion, will look to build on momentum that was gained last…
KSU Baseball looks to get it “right” on the road
The Kent State baseball team will look to continue the momentum from their Tuesday night road win over Penn State from the Big Ten, as they prepare for Northern Illinois this weekend in Dekalb. The win over the Nittany Lions Tuesday came in a hostile environment with over 5,000 fans in attendance, a PSU program…
Baseball heads to Glass City in key MAC series
The Kent State baseball team heads to Toledo this weekend for a key Mid-American Conference series. The Rockets come in at 10-5 in MAC play and the Golden Flashes are 7-5. Jeff Duncan’s Flashes come off a Tuesday night win that saw them “Fly the Flag” against Pittsburgh of the ACC, pulling out a 5-4…
Flashes Welcome in Pittsburgh for Black Squirrel Night Tuesday
The Kent State baseball team hosts Pittsburgh on Tuesday night as part of the Black Squirrel Night promotional giveaway at Schoonover Stadium. The first 300 fans in attendance will receive a powder blue t-shirt with the Tree City Black Squirrel logo. The idea is the brainchild of Assistant AD for Communications Dan Griffin and Asst.…
Bickerstaff shines in starting role, gets ball Friday vs. EMU
Kent State right handed pitcher Calvin Bickerstaff has taken on the role of starter this year after coming out of the bullpen his previous two seasons. Head Coach Jeff Duncan and his players have benefitted from the new role this year for Bickerstaff. The 6-5, 209 pound redshirt junior from Steubenville High School is 2-2…