Sports Editor Teddy Cahill provides news and notes from the MAC Tournament taking place in Cleveland this weekend.
The Ball State University gymnastics team will face its second-straight top-25 team when it travels to Mount Pleasant, Mich. to face No. 23 Central Michigan University.
A tournament run that began at Ball State will continue into the NCAA for Ohio after Saturday's 81-75 upset of Akron.
A nine-run sixth inning catapulted Ball State University to a 14-5 victory against Lipscomb University in the Caravelle Resort Classic at Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Michigan scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth and held to defeat Ball State 12-8 Friday at Myrtle Beach, S.C. in the Caravelle Resort Classic.
Sports Editor Teddy Cahill provides news and notes from the MAC Tournament taking place in Cleveland this weekend.
Ball State drops to 10-6 (4-4 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) and will conclude their west coast swing at No. 2 Pepperdine University tonight.
The next tournament for the team will be the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate in Stockbridge, Ga., on March 22-23. The small break will give the team some much-needed rest after competing in back-to-back tournaments this week.
Tied at 30 at halftime, the Rockets went on a 17-6 run over the first five minutes of the second half to find themselves up 47-36 practically before the fans returned to their seats from the concession stands.
A slow start in the second half doomed Ball State as Toledo was able to jump out to an 11-point lead and led by as many as 16 points down the stretch.
Ball State has eight players on its roster from last season's MAC Tournament Champion team that defeated powerhouse University of Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Tied for third place with the University of Missouri, Ball State set a school record by shooting a combined 289 in the first round. The record was the best 18-hole team score in Ball State history. This record beats the previous one of 294 set three years ago during the 2007-08 Mid-American Conference Preview in Speedway, Ind.
Both Maggert and McDonald surpassed the career 1,000-point mark this season as the Cardinals travel to Cleveland today to take on the University of Toledo in today's MAC Quarterfinal matchup.
Junior forward Ty'Ronda Benning led the seventh-seeded Cardinals with 16 points. Senior guard Audrey McDonald scored 13 points, while senior forward Danielle Gratton added two in their final games for Ball State.
Todd Chamberlain was hired Friday by Kansas University to be an assistant coach on its women's volleyball team.
The Cardinals lost 3-2 Monday afternoon to the Chanticleers, following a loss of the same score Sunday. Ball State (3-8) held a 2-1 lead late on Monday, but was unable to hold it and Coastal Carolina (10-1) extended their winning streak to nine games in the bottom of the ninth.
Ball State will get another shot at Coastal Carolina at 4 p.m. today. Vitek will start for the Cardinals, and the Chanticleers will send left-hander Jim Birmingham to the mound.
