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Kent State Lacrosse Hosts Cincinnati For Non-Conference Test
3/5/2026 2:01:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
Kent, OHIO - The Kent State Lacrosse team returns home for the fourth time in five games on Friday when they take the University of Cincinnati Bearcats in a big non-conference test against a power-four opponent. The game will begin at 4 P.M. inside Dix Stadium.Â
Last Time Out
The Golden Flashes continued their hot start to the 2026 season with an 11-5 home victory last Tuesday over the Xavier Musketeers of the Big East to improve their record to 4-1.
The Musketeers got on the board first, but the Golden Flashes settled in after scoring four unanswered goals throughout the rest of the first quarter to take a 4-1 lead after one. Zayda Crumpton scored the first goal of the evening for the blue and gold as she scored the first goal for the Flashes in each of the four quarters of the game.
Junior Morgan Halli scored two goals for the home team in the first half to help KSU to a 7-2 lead at the half, where they would never look back. That was followed up by even scoring with two goals in the third and fourth quarters to put away Xavier by a comfortable six-goal margin.
Crumpton paced the Golden Flashes on the offensive end as she was involved in over half of the goals with six points coming off of four goals and two assists. Halli and sophomore Katlyn Binnix also contributed two goals and an assist each.
Leading the way on the defensive end as she has all season, was sophomore Anna Zucconi who caused three turnovers and picked up three ground balls. Crumpton and senior Riley Floyd also picked up four ground balls each, while senior Meghan Haddow also had three ground balls.Â
Junior goalkeeper Sydney Davis had another outstanding game in net for the Flashes as she finished with 12 saves, and allowed just five goals. She currently leads the Mid-American Conference through five games in every goalie statistic.
Scouting Cincinnati
The Bearcats come into Friday's game with a record of 5-3 with one common opponent with the Flashes in Xavier. Cincy was able to take down the Musketeers in their first game of the season by a score of 17-9.
Cincinnati comes into this season after finishing 8-9 a season ago which included a 15-4 win over the Flashes. Leading the team in points this season as she did a year ago is sophomore Paige Selhorn at attack. As a freshman she contributed 65 points and this season she has 50 points through eight games off of 26 goals and 24 assists. She is first in the nation in points, second in asssits and third in the country in goals.
Senior Lexie Wolfe, junior Paige Counts and sophomore Alyse Keels have also been efficient in scoring for the Bearcats as they all have double digit goals this season. Sophomore Bella Kerr will be the starting goalie in net as she averages just over five saves per game.
Series History
Friday will mark the eighth all-time meeting between the Golden Flashes and the Bearcats as the two have met-up in each of Kent State's eight seasons as a program. The Blue and Gold will be looking for their first win in program history over Cincinnati.
Up Next
After a home test against Cincinnati, the Golden Flashes will quickly take flight across the country to take on the University of Oregon in the pacific northwest. That game will begin on Monday at 3 P.M. EST(12 P.M. local).
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