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(01/14/24 12:54am)
The Cardinals entered Worthen Arena on Saturday night having won two straight matches, and their play in the opening points reflected their momentum. After dropping the first point of the match, Ball State rattled off five consecutive points, which served as the foundation for a lead that it never relinquished in set one.
(01/13/24 1:32am)
Ball State was nearly perfect in its January home matches last season, logging three sweeps in four matchups. Tusculum was the lone team to compete with the Cardinals in the opening month, as the Pioneers extended the match into five sets before ultimately bowing out to the red and white.
(01/12/24 2:18am)
Ball State’s pair of 3-0 losses to BYU last weekend marked the first time the Cardinals had fallen in consecutive sweeps since 2021. Junior opposite hitter Aaron Hernandez underscored how the losses to the Cougars fueled their preparation in practice this week.
(01/11/24 3:00pm)
Junior opposite hitter Aaron Hernandez has been a member of two Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) regular season championship teams during his time in Muncie and even helped the Cardinals reach the NCAA Tournament during his freshman season. However, the last memory of his sophomore year wasn’t one he’d like to remember.
(01/09/24 8:28pm)
This week is the boys’ and girls’ Delaware County high school basketball tournaments. To some, the yearly event might answer the question of which teams are the best in the area. However, how can it prove that when not every Delaware County team competes?
(01/07/24 9:40pm)
Since head coach Donan Cruz arrived at Ball State in 2022, the Cardinals have matched up against Brigham Young (BYU) in a pair of matches in each of his seasons at the helm. The red and white split their two-match slates against the Cougars in 2022 and 2023, but they were unable to replicate that pattern this season.
(01/06/24 5:17am)
After cruising to three sweeps in a string of home matches to open the 2024 campaign, Ball State was unable to carry over its momentum into its first road test of the season. The No. 11 Cardinals fell (3-0; 25-19, 25-21, 25-20) Friday night to No. 9 Brigham Young (BYU), inside the Cougars’ Smith Fieldhouse.
(01/03/24 9:47pm)
Ball State men’s volleyball has enjoyed considerable success in the confines of Worthen Arena since head coach Donan Cruz’s debut season in 2022. Over the past two campaigns, the Cardinals posted a 28-4 record on their home court.
(01/03/24 12:54am)
On just the second day of 2024, Ball State men’s volleyball welcomed fans to Worthen Arena for its first match of the young campaign. The season-opening matchup marked the earliest kickoff of a Cardinals volleyball season in the rally-scoring era in 2001.
(12/03/23 11:34pm)
(12/02/23 3:24am)
The last (and only) time Ball State met Clemson on the volleyball court was in September 1995, a few years prior to the introduction of rally scoring. The Cardinals cruised past the Tigers in the early season matchup, sweeping their Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) foe.
(12/01/23 3:21am)
Twelve days ago, Ball State dropped an emotional five-set battle to Bowling Green in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Tournament quarterfinals — coming up just two points shy of victory. The loss appeared to bring a crushing end to Ball State’s season and to the careers of its seven seniors.
(11/19/23 4:58pm)
Ball State and Bowling Green stepped onto the court inside Western Michigan’s University Arena on Saturday night for the nightcap of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Tournament slate and a highly anticipated postseason rematch.
(11/12/23 2:16am)
When fifth-year senior Marie Plitt arrived in Muncie in 2019, Ball State women’s volleyball hadn’t advanced to the NCAA Tournament in eight years and hadn’t lifted the Mid-American Conference Tournament (MAC) trophy in 17 years. By the Cardinals’ lofty standards, these marks constituted a brief dry spell in the program.
(11/11/23 3:28am)
Ball State has enjoyed a notable string of success against Mid-American Conference (MAC) West opponent Northern Illinois in recent seasons. In the past two campaigns, the Cardinals posted an unblemished 4-0 record over the rival Huskies and won 12 of 13 sets across that span.
(11/09/23 9:14pm)
With the 2023 Delaware County fall high school sports season coming to a close, it’s time to look back at the athletes and teams that stood out amongst the fray.
(11/08/23 8:14pm)
Delta senior football player Kaiden Bond is the Daily News Athlete of the Week from the week of 10/25-11/1.
(11/05/23 5:23pm)
MUNCIE IND - On Saturday, Ball State continued its tradition of hosting the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s (IHSAA) State Volleyball Championships at Worthen Arena.
(11/04/23 10:39pm)
In its final push for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) title, Ball State fell Saturday afternoon to Western Michigan, 3-0 (25-20, 28-26, 27-25), inside the Broncos’ University Arena.
(11/04/23 10:03pm)
MUNCIE, IND - The week before Saturday’s 2A IHSAA State Finals was a busy one for the Muncie Burris Owls. Throughout practice, Burris head coach Jim Craig told his team to just hit the ball.