BASEBALL: Cardinals off to slow start after first 15 games
(03/14/11 4:00am)
It has been a tough stretch for Ball State.
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It has been a tough stretch for Ball State.
It was a rocky weekend for first year head coach Alex Marconi and the Ball State Cardinals in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
A change of venue didn't reverse the recent luck for the Cardinals.
Ball State wrapped up their second day of the Caravelle Resort Invitational with a pair of losses.
Ball State's annual trip to Myrtle Beach, Carolina began with an 11-1 blowout by tournament host and No. 27 Coastal Carolina (6-4) in its opening game of the Caravelle Resort Invitational Friday night at Watson Stadium.
They aren't the typical 3- and 4-hole hitters. They top the scale at 175 and 190 pounds, respectively, and won't administer the numbers provided by other power hitters.
After recording its first win of the season Saturday, Ball State was dealt another setback in the series finale.
First year coach Alex Marconi notched his first collegiate victory Saturday afternoon against Southeast Missouri State (4-2).
Ball State's late inning rally fell short 12-7 in its series opener versus Southeast Missouri State Friday afternoon.
After dropping three straight games in its season opening series to Kennesaw State, Ball State (0-3) travels to Capaha Field in Cape Girardeau, Mo. for a three-game weekend series with Southeast Missouri State.
The frigid February air marks the beginning of another season of baseball for colleges across the nation.
It wasn't the ideal season opening series for Alex Marconi and his club, dropping their third straight game to Kennesaw State, 10-7 Sunday.
It was a sloppy nine innings that was embedded with errors for Ball State (0-2) Saturday. The result was a 17-9 loss to Kennesaw State, the second straight defeat of the season for the Cardinals.
The cleats and gloves have been dusted off and broken in. The bats have resumed smacking into the round sphere with red laces.
Alex Marconi's season debut as head coach of Ball State didn't result in the way he envisioned it; a 3-2 loss to Kennesaw State Friday.
Ball State softball was picked to win the Mid-American Conference West Division in the 2011 MAC Softball Preseason Coaches' Poll.
For the past 15 years the Cincinnati Reds have taken part of a Reds Caravan, traveling around Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia to promote the team.
Then-assistant coach Alex Marconi spent much of the summer as a one-man recruiting team while he waited for Ball State's search for a head coach to finish. By the time his promotion to head coach was made official in late July, the first recruiting period for high school juniors was already half over.
The schedule for coach Alex Marconi's first season as Ball State's head coach features visits to Ball Diamond by Indiana and Purdue and a Spring Break tournament at Coastal Carolina.
