Beeson wins Delaware County Athlete of the Week, nominees for week of 10/4-10/11
Wapahani junior volleyball player Sophia Beeson has been voted as the first ever Ball State Daily News Delaware County Athlete of the Week.
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Wapahani junior volleyball player Sophia Beeson has been voted as the first ever Ball State Daily News Delaware County Athlete of the Week.
Editor’s Note: Any results throughout the week not included were unable to be found or were not shared. Email sports@bsudailynews.com with results or the high school beat reporter, Zach Carter, at zachary.carter@bsu.edu.
YORKTOWN, IND - Yorktown volleyball has had some success in the last few seasons. In 2022, the Tigers won their ninth straight Delaware County Championship and was runner-up at the state finals.
In recent seasons, Bowling Green has grown to be Ball State women’s volleyball’s fiercest rival and most evenly matched competitor. The Falcons and Cardinals have met in three of the last four Mid-American Conference (MAC) Tournament title matches, and the two programs have split the last six regular season matchups (dating back to 2018).The most recent chapter of the budding Ball State-Bowling Green rivalry was played on Nov. 22, 2022, when the Falcons captured the MAC championship inside Worthen Arena.Ball State returned the favor from the 2022 title match on Saturday, as the Cardinals defeated Bowling Green 3-1 (25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 25-21) inside the Stroh Center.Head coach Kelli Miller Phillips underscored that each campaign requires a fresh mentality, but she still emphasized the pride the Cardinals felt after their redeeming win over Bowling Green (7-10, 1-5 MAC).“They are the team that took away the tournament title from us last year,” Miller Phillips said. “There's certainly a little bit more juice that's behind that, but it's a total new year.”In addition to the satisfaction stemming from the rivalry victory, Miller Phillips was also pleased by her team and coaching staff’s preparation in its first split weekend of the conference season (the Cardinals squared off against Miami on Friday night).“I let my staff really handle the scout, and I tried to take more ownership of our team and focusing on our side of the court, [getting] a quick turnaround [and] just doing the best you can to be prepared.”The opening set saw Ball State maintain a decisive lead throughout, even without consistent frontrow contributions. The Cardinals’ offense was pedestrian in the first game, logging 10 kills on a .207 clip, which forced the red and white to lean on strong serving (five aces) and a firm block (four total blocks) to capture the set.“You don't want to give anybody a chance to get off to a good start,” Miller Phillips said. “You want to really attack first, and I thought that set the tone, even though Bowling Green continued to battle back.” The Cardinals enjoyed a similar result in the second set, capturing the frame with a comfortable five-point lead. The red and white saw improvements in their hitting marks (17 kills at a .438 clip), which was the catalyst behind their run.Ball State dropped the third set, after bowing out in a defensive battle. Both squads hit below a .200 clip, but the Falcons prevailed as they minimized their ball handling errors to emerge victoriously, 25-21.After the tight third-set loss, the Cardinals found themselves in an unfavorable position midway through the fourth frame, down 17-13. As the Falcons were threatening to extend the match to five sets, Miller Phillips signaled for a timeout. After this break in the action, the red and white rattled off their finest run of the night, ending the set on a 12-4 scoring surge and taking the decisive fourth frame.Miller Phillips was pleased with her team’s late-match resolve, though she highlighted key miscues in the final two sets.“I felt like there were some moments there in step four where we really looked young,” Miller Phillips said. “We really looked inexperienced, and we were kind of playing frantic. We just talked about this as a toughness moment for us.” Redshirt freshman middle blocker Aniya Kennedy led the Cardinals in kills (21), just one removed from her 17-kill outburst against Miami. Freshman middle blocker Camryn Wise posted a team-high in blocks (four), junior setter Megan Wielonski logged a team-best assist mark (42), and fifth-year libero Havyn Gates recorded a high in digs (13).Ball State (9-8, 6-0 MAC), riding a seven-match victory streak, will return to Worthen Arena next week after spending the last two weekends on the road. The Cardinals will host Akron (10-7, 5-1 MAC) for a pair of matches with one on Thursday, Oct. 12 and the other on Friday, Oct. 13. Each contest next week will center around a theme. Thursday’s outing is denoted as “Muncie Night,” and the Friday clash will be the annual Dig Pink match , a tribute to breast cancer awareness.Miller Phillips said the Cardinals are ready to get back home and are prepared for a tightly-contested battle with Akron.“Every single person in the league is capable of beating anybody any given night, and we have learned that pretty quickly here,” Miller Phillips said. “It's gonna be another tough game.”Contact Adam Altobella with comments on X @AltobellaAdam or via email at aaltobella@bsu.edu.
Ball State journeyed across the Indiana-Ohio border Friday night and defeated Miami, 3-1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-11) in Oxford.
It was late October.
The Ball State Daily News will use this program to honor athletes who had an impressive week or a breakout performance. A candidate from each school will be chosen and the community can vote for the winner.
It was an emotional night for the Burris Owls as it was the final time the seniors would hit the home court. As each upperclassmen was introduced, tears fell for many of the players saying goodbye. But they couldn’t dwell on the emotions as the Bearcats of Muncie Central (8-14) awaited the showdown with the Owls (22-3).
Coming into the 2023 Delaware County Tournament, the Yorktown Tigers were tied with the Wapahani Raiders for the most county titles (16).
In the second match of Ball State’s weekend excursion in Ypsilanti, the Cardinals handled Eastern Michigan (2-15, 0-5 MAC) in a 3-0 triumph (26-24, 25-18, 25-23) on Saturday.
Leading into the 2023 campaign, head coach Kelli Miller Phillips has led Ball State to wins over Eastern Michigan in 12 of the last 14 meetings between the two programs.
The first round of the Delaware County Tournament started with a pair of matchups at Wapahani High School.
Editor’s Note: Any results throughout the week not included were unable to be found or were not shared. Email sports@bsudailynews.com with results or the high school beat reporter, Zach Carter, at zachary.carter@bsu.edu.
Under pioneering head coach Barbara Curcio, Ball State women’s volleyball took the court for the first time in 1972. Over the following decades, the Cardinals developed into one of the nation’s preeminent mid-major volleyball programs.
In a clash between two top high school girls’ volleyball squads, Muncie Burris took on Frankton in a non-conference matchup. This was not the first time Burris has squared off against Frankton this year, as Burris triumphed earlier in the season with a 2-0 win.
Central Michigan was one of only two Mid-American Conference (MAC) foes to hand Ball State a loss in its conference championship 2022 campaign.
Around the vast, concrete concourse at Worthen Arena, indistinct cheers rung through the halls. On the court, players – dressed in white shirts featuring the “Dancing Charlie” logo – quickly migrated from one practice position to the next. Ball State head coach Kelli Miller Phillips, sporting a complete volleyball outfit (knee pads and all), demonstrated reception techniques to her backcourt players.
DALEVILLE - Valorie Wells is no stranger to winning at Daleville High School. For two seasons, she was the head coach of the Broncos volleyball team, earning success and bringing two sectional titles to the school.
Prior to Ball State’s Saturday tilt with East Tennessee State, the Cardinals had dropped eight of their last ten matches. In spite of their slow start to the campaign, the red and white kicked off their final non-conference outing with their finest frame of the season.
The Cardinals stumbled in the opening round of their final non-conference event Friday, as they fell 3-1 (25-16, 25-14, 23-25, 25-15) to Western Kentucky (8-4) – the host of this weekend’s Alyssa Cavanaugh Classic.