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2013-14 Annual Report

University of Akron Department of Athletics Annual Report

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H E A D E R H E A D E R ZIPS MEN'S TEAMS BASEBALL Qualified for the MAC Tournament for the first time since 2005 and advanced all the way to the Championship game. BASKETBALL Recorded its ninth straight 21-plus win season – joining just seven other Division I programs with at least 21 wins in each of the last nine seasons. Invited to the CIT, making its seventh straight postseason appearance. CROSS COUNTRY Enjoyed its best season as a program, earning its high- est finishes at the MAC Championships (runner-up) and Great Lakes Regional (9th) while winning the All-Ohio Championship for the first time since 1963. FOOTBALL Posted its highest win total since 2008 with a 5-7 record overall and 4-4 mark in the MAC. Closed out the season by winning three straight and four of its last five games. GOLF Tied the school record for best finish at the MAC Championship, posting a runner-up finish. The team's four-round score of 1,165 was the team's third-lowest score ever in the league championship. SOCCER Swept MAC regular-season and tournament titles for the sixth time in seven years and became one of just eight schools to advance to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last seven years. TRACK Achieved a No. 21 ranking nationally by the USTFCCCA during the indoor season and placed 20th as a team at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Zips needed performances from just five programs to lock up its first Reese Trophy as the MAC's top men's athletics program. UA would post a final average of 9.93 (79.5 points) and a 2.25-point victory in the standings, the largest margin since 2009. The honor came on the heels of a program-best third-place finish during the 2012-13 season. 9.93 2 0 1 3 - 1 4 Z I P S N O T E B O O K R E E S E T R O P H Y F O L L O W Z I P S AT H L E T I C S O N S O C I A L M E D I A : 2 0 1 3 - 1 4 Z I P S AT H L E T I C S A N N U A L R E P O RT | 4

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