The Muncie sub-zero weather had its effect on athletics department Saturday. The Ball State University women's swimming and diving team was unable to travel to Illinois State University this morning because of transportation problems. "They couldn't keep the bus started," coach Laura Seibold-Caudill said.
One day before playing the No. 13 Ball State University men's volleyball team, No. 4 Stanford University got another win against a nationally ranked team. Stanford swept No. 14 Ohio State University 30-28, 30-26, 36-34 on Friday in Columbus, Ohio, for its third win against a top 15 ranked team in less than two weeks.
The Cardinals (7-7, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) are looking for their first 3-0 start in conference play since the 1997-98 season.
Despite issuing a campuswide e-mail Thursday morning alerting Ball State University students of an escaped sex offender, Director of Public Safety Gene Burton said students aren't in danger. Rickey Allen Robbins, 58, was released from prison Dec. 10, after an arrest for sex-related crimes.
After redshirting last year to train for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Amber Williams will return to competition for the Ball State University track and field team Saturday. The Cardinals will open their 2009 indoor track and field season at the Bowling Green State University Challenge.
Already with more wins (seven) this season through 14 games than last (six) the entire season, the Ball State University men's basketball team travels to Mount Pleasant, Mich., on Saturday to take on Central Michigan University.
Traveling more than 2,000 miles and playing six matches in less than two weeks is not a big concern to John Kosty. For the third-year Stanford University coach, the chance to play nationally ranked teams in the Midwest is worth playing the large about of matches in the short span.
The Ball State University women's basketball team will look to extend its perfect Mid-American Conference record against another undefeated MAC team Saturday. The Ball State women's basketball team will play the University of Toledo at 1 p.m. Saturday at Worthen Arena.
Bundled up in scarves, hats, gloves and coats, Ball State University students have been trying to stay warm from temperatures dipping below zero the last two days. Despite the freeze, Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said the university will not close because of cold weather.
There's no reason to sling callous insults about the integrity of Illinois politicians, most notably of late, Gov. Rod Blagojevich's criminal idiocy, so I'll only say they resemble a decadent string of vile, carpetbagging, miscreant father-rapers and other Group W bench members who would sooner toss puppies from the observation deck of the Sears Tower than behave with a pinch of ethical fortitude.
When Ethan Pheister steps onto the court for the season opener Saturday, he will know the starting setter position is his for the entire season. After splitting time as the starter with Jeff Schmitz during the last two seasons, the 2008 second team all-conference player will be the only setter on the No.
The women from the Ball State University swimming and diving team are hoping their tans fade faster than their training. The women, who spent the last week of Winter Break training under the warm Florida sun, will get their first chance to put their training to the test Saturday when they travel to Illinois State University.
Rajib Sanyal, an industrial and labor relations expert and former Northern Michigan University dean, has been appointed dean of the Miller College of Business. Sanyal is scheduled to join Ball State University on June 1. "We are absolutely delighted," Provost Terry King said.
It has been more than 12 weeks since the Ball State University women's tennis team last competed against a collegiate opponent, a greatly needed time to recuperate from fall season injuries.. But the break was anything but that for the Cardinals. Of the nine players on Ball State's roster, four players are injured or fighting illness, many of which have just incurred in the past week.
Members of the Digital Policy Institute at Ball State University have authored an economic stimulus plan which was delivered to Congress on Jan. 5. The plan will provide small, rural markets that are traditionally underserved with 5.9 million wireless broadband access lines.
With the coming of every new year comes an even newer sense of promise. For the Ball State University gymnastics team, that sense of promise looms with possibility going into the second week of the season. "I see a lot of the girls with the vision I have of taking the program to the top of the conference and taking them to regionals," coach Nadalie Walsh said.
It's been more than 10 seasons since the Ball State University men's basketball team could claim a 3-0 Mid-American Conference record. Make it 11 seasons, to be exact. With a win against Central Michigan University on Saturday, the Cardinals will be 3-0 in MAC play for the first time since the 1997-98 season.
Ball State University will march into the hornets' nest of Champaign, Ill., today to take on one of the best men's tennis teams in the country. The University of Illinois is ranked No. 15 and has a reputation for protecting its home courts. "We're a huge underdog," Ball State coach Bill Richards said.
All too often, the majority of comments we hear about Ball State University professors comes from students who are bitter about bad grades, difficult homework or outlandish attendance policies. Instructors do some pretty commendable stuff, as it turns out.
The winter cold has brought the Blue Loop shuttle back to campus to get students to class in warmth. The loop starts at the Hargreaves Music Building on McKinley Avenue goes down Neely Avenue onto New York Avenue at Beacon Hill Apartments and ends back at the music building on Riverside Avenue, Gary Moses, supervisor of bus operations, said.
