The 2017 regular season will come to a close this weekend as Kent State (34-14, 17-4) travels to Athens for three games against Ohio (25-25, 11-10). Game one is slated for 6 p.m. on Thursday. The series will continue at 3 p.m. on Friday and will conclude at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
COVERAGE
• Listen to all the action on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
• Live stats will be available at ohiobobcats.com
THE MATCHUP
• Kent State is 79-95-1 all-time against the Bobcats
• The Golden Flashes swept the series last year in Athens, taking both games of a doubleheader, 6-0 and 8-0, then winning the finale 6-5
• In fact, Kent State has not lost a game at Ohio since April 24, 2009 when they lost the series opener but came back to win the next two to take the series
• The Flashes have outscored the Bobcats 103-21 in the last four series sweeps in Athens
• In 2015, Ohio won the regular season series at Kent State, winning 0-3 and 5-7 before the Flashes won the last game 9-2
• Last weekend, the Bobcats swept the series at Buffalo, winning 5-3, 12-1 and 3-0
• Ohio is hitting .