No. 15 Loyola University and Lewis University both swept their opponents in the MIVA Tournament quarterfinals Saturday to advance to the semifinals.
Ball State enters postseason play as the No. 4 seed and is paired up with fifth-seeded IPFW. The Cardinals have defeated the Mastodons twice this season on Feb. 25 and April 3. The winner of tonight's match then moves on to play at No. 1 seed Ohio State University, which received a first-round bye. The Buckeyes have already defeated the Cardinals twice this season.
Ball State (30-13, 8-4 Mid-American Conference) continues play today when it plays host to Toledo (9-30, 3-8 MAC) for a 2 p.m. first pitch.
Second round play from The Hawthorns Golf Course in Fishers, Ind. resumes today, while final round action will be played on Sunday.
In the first of two away matches on the weekend, Ball State was only able to add another match to a long stretch of losses. The team has now lost eight of its last nine matches, dropping its overall record to 7-13 and its Mid-American Conference record to 1-6.
McDonald was a member of the Ball State staff for nine seasons, including the 2007-08 season when she took over the program as interim head coach following then-coach Tracy Roller's departure due to illness. McDonald was a primary candidate for the head coach position the following season, and decided to stay on the staff when current coach Kelly Packard was hired.
Late Nite's carnival may get interrupted by bad weather this weekend.
INDIANAPOLIS — The LifeLine helicopter medical service is starting to replace the aircraft it uses for emergency flights across much of Indiana.
Central Michigan defeated Ball State University 4-3 in Mount Pleasant, Mich., Friday. Jesse Hernandez (6-1) threw a complete game for the victory. Perci Garner (5-1) allowed four runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings for his first loss this year.
Downtown Muncie's fourth annual Spring Zing was canceled for Saturday because of potential bad weather. Cheryl Crowder, program manager of Muncie Downtown Development Partnership, said in a voice message most of the activities that were planned for the event were supposed to occur outdoor.
"Salvaged Layers," the result of a semester-long collaboration between the Ball State architecture department and Butler University's theatre department, will be performed at Irving Theater in Irvington at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for students.
Late Nite Carnival organizers anticipate that extending the event to two days this year will get rid of the long lines students normally spend hours waiting in.
Last week, we talked about "Star Wars." We left our heroes captured by the cruel Death Star. Obi Wan Kenobi just left to turn off the tractor beam holding the Millennium Falcon hostage.
A student who had donated blood prior to walking toward the Atrium passed out in the food court while waiting in line to pay today at about noon.
Planned Parenthood in Muncie is offering half-price testing for sexually transmitted diseases Monday.
The two matches will close out the regular season for Ball State before the team travels to the Mid-American Conference Championships next weekend. With an overall record of 7-12 and one win in their last eight matches, the Cardinals are determined to pick up a victory.
Muncie Mayor Sharon McShurley made a stride in international relations with China on Thursday, signing an agreement with officials from Zhuji City.
Ball State (28-13) was swept by Purdue University (22-22) on the Cardinals' home field. The Boilermakers took the first game 6-4 and the second 7-0.
Four Ball State University men's volleyball players were named to the all-conference team on Thursday.
Ball State still has to get the bad taste out of its mouth from its last game against the Boilermakers on Wednesday. The Cardinals (28-13) managed only one hit off Boilers' starter Suzie Rzegocki, a double from senior third baseman Jessie Ware, in their 7-0 loss.
