Current Ball State LGBTQ+ athletes share their stories about being out on the athletic stage
If Estel Puiggros is walking through downtown Muncie with her partner, someone is looking.
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If Estel Puiggros is walking through downtown Muncie with her partner, someone is looking.
For many, finding an identity as a member of the LGBTQ+ community is liberating. For Tracy Roller, it was like going through the wringer for nearly three decades.
The Ball State Cardinals (28-6) season came to a close in Worthen Arena Thursday evening. The Cardinals suffered a 77-59 loss to the Belmont Bruins (26-8) in the inaugural Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament (WBIT).
CLEVELAND– The Ball State Cardinals’ (28-5) dreams of making the NCAA tournament in all likelihood came to a close Wednesday afternoon at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. The Kent State Golden Flashes (20-10) dominated important statistical categories en route to their 65-50 win against the Cardinals.Here are three takeaways from Ball State’s second consecutive loss in the Mid-American Conference tournament semifinal.
CLEVELAND–The Ball State Cardinals (28-4, 16-2 MAC) opened Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament play with a 77-53 first round win against the Ohio Bobcats (11-19, 8-10 MAC) Wednesday afternoon. With the win, the Cardinals have now advanced to the second round of the conference tournament each of the last three seasons.
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament marks the final step for eight teams' hopes and dreams of making the NCAA tournament. The record-breaking season Ball State women’s basketball (27-4, 16-2 MAC) has had up to this point has been the prelude to what their ultimate goal is: capturing a MAC championship and NCAA tournament berth.
Coming into Saturday’s game, the Ball State Cardinals (27-4, 16-2 MAC) still had a chance of earning the No. 1 seed in next week’s Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament.
Every college basketball team’s goal is to be playing important games once the calendar turns to March. For the Ball State Cardinals and Kent State Golden Flashes, Wednesday night’s contest was important for Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament seeding.
The Ball State Cardinals (25-4, 14-2 MAC) honored three seniors Saturday in their contest against the Eastern Michigan Eagles (6-21, 2-14 MAC). Ball State is sending seniors Estel Puiggros, Sydney Shafer and Annie Rauch off with a 75-47 win.
Wednesday night’s contest between the Akron Zips and the Ball State Cardinals (24-4, 13-2 MAC) marked the end of various community connection events hosted by the Cardinals in Worthen Arena this year. Throughout the season, different games were dedicated to different causes. Everything from cancer awareness night to elementary school day was recognized.
Inside jam-packed Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio Saturday afternoon, the top two teams in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) squared off for the second time this season. In the match up the Ball State Cardinals (23-4, 12-2 MAC) struggled against the reigning MAC champions Toledo Rockets (21-4, 13-1 MAC), falling by a final score of 70-48.
Using their defense and their dominance in the paint, the Ball State Cardinals (23-3, 12-3 MAC) put together a start-to-finish performance, defeating the Central Michigan Chippewas (5-18, 3-10 MAC) 78-54. The win sets up a potential game of the season against the Toledo Rockets this Saturday afternoon.
After Ball State’s (22-3, 11-1) Feb. 7 road loss to the Northern Illinois Huskies, head coach Brady Sallee chalked up the defeat to a random night of missed layups, missed 3-pointers and missed free throws.
The Ball State Cardinals (21-3, 9-1 MAC) got back in the win column Sunday afternoon, defeating the James Madison University (JMU) Dukes (17-8, 9-3 SBC) in the finale of the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge by a score of 72-57.
It doesn’t matter which team is at the top or bottom of the standings–when Ball State (20-3, 10-1 MAC) travels to DeKalb, Illinois, the game is usually tight.
Yvonne Thompson, executive director for the Muncie Human Rights Commission, talks about her role to promote equal opportunity and equal rights for all. The Indiana native encourages Ball State students to connect with the Muncie community in meaningful ways.
Ball State students Patrick Phillips and Carter Jones discuss how music has created a meaningful community in Muncie. The two share their early life in music (1:35) and their inspirations (8:08). They talk about how they met (13:45) and how they balance school and music (16:20). They also touch on the connections they’ve made at Ball State (20:55) and vital relationships in the Muncie community (29:18).
The Ball State Cardinals didn’t let the Ohio Bobcats hang around at all Saturday afternoon, earning their 20th win of the season and staying undefeated in Mid-American Conference (MAC) play.
The Ball State women’s basketball team (19-2, 9-0 MAC) is finally getting some recognition for what it has done on the court this season. The Cardinals have shown up in two different rankings, the mid-major poll and the coaches poll, but not the AP Top 25 media poll. That poll is the main way the majority of women’s college basketball fans get a gauge on who the best teams are in the sport.
Despite their lowest point total since Dec. 21, Ball State (19-2, 9-0 MAC) ground out a 57-46 win over Kent State (13-6, 7-2 MAC). With the win, Ball State is 9-0 in conference play for the first time in program history.