Flashes Ice Chippewas in Series Opener

MT. PLEASANT, MICH - Kent State and Central Michigan played six scoreless innings before the Golden Flashes did what they've done all year – flex some offensive muscle late at frigid Theunissen Stadium.

Kent State (16-9) batted around and then some in an eight-run seventh that started with a Reilly Hawkins single and featured a two-hit inning by Josh Hollander – the first such feat since last March. The Golden Flashes picked up their first run on a Patrick Ferguson RBI. The Chips' bullpen walked in a handful of runs as KSU took command.

Joey Murray was his usual fantastic self, recording nine strikeouts and walking just one. The 34-minute seventh inning took him out of the game as he picked…