Despite controlling the ball for more than nine minutes in the first quarter, Ohio University only was able to score a field goal against Ball State University.
Despite a team performance that coach Laura Seibold-Caudill could not have expected, the Ball State University women's swimming and diving team lost in its season opening meet against the University of Toledo, 155-143 on Friday at Lewellen Pool.
There were only two drives in the third quarter and Ball State University its count.
Ball State's ball control will be tested again at home Saturday against Ohio University. The Bobcats rank 11th in turnover margin and have 26 takeaways, the most in the country.
Ball State took a 17-12 lead on Ohio University with just under six minutes to play, but after Jeremy Hill caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from Tanner Justice on a trick play, he was lost in the moment. Hill appeared to slap the ball back onto the field and was flagged for excessive celebration.
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Many people dream of learning how to ballroom dance like the actors in movies or celebrities on television. One such person doesn't simply know how to ballroom dance — she teaches it.
Ball State University received a $5 million grant for its geothermal project from the U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday."We're very grateful, especially for the help we've received from our federal congressmen and senators," said Philip Sachtleben, associate vice president for government relations at Ball State.
The Chirp TV crew previews the sports teams in action for the weekend of Friday, October 30.
The CHIRP TV crew breaks down everything about Ball State's upcoming home football game against Ohio.
Halloween will be a day filled with knife-obsessed maniacs, Lovecraftian monsters, demon beasts and slutty nurses, so being careful is a must. University Police, the Muncie Police Department and the American Red Cross give students advice on how to stay safe while having fun.
The Ball State University soccer team ended its season on Thursday afternoon with an 8-0 loss to Miami University, its worst loss of the season.
Muncie resident Camron Charles Taylor, 21, is being held at the Delaware County Jail on preliminary charges in connection with an Oct. 12 armed robbery near Scheumann Stadium.
Each week, The Daily News' sports crew picks its PPQ - the play, player and quote of the week. But it doesn't stop there. With the help of our online voters, the weekly fan choice is also featured.
A gift from the Ball Brothers Foundation is helping a local food bank get closer to meeting its campaign goal. The organization donated $100,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana earlier this week. The food bank's goal to raise $4 million began in 2007 as part of its Move Campaign, according to a press release.
What a difference a month makes. A month ago the Ball State University women's volleyball team (10-13, 3-7) was starting the Mid-American Conference slate with confidence and holding very high expectations.It had no reason to even think that by Halloween it would be fifth in the MAC West, five games behind division leading Western Michigan University (16-9, 8-2), whom Ball State faces Friday night.
