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(10/18/23 12:50am)
Ball State women’s volleyball has enjoyed the most success against Toledo — one of its closest neighbors in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) — of any Cardinals athletic program in recent years. The red and white entered Tuesday night’s clash with five consecutive wins over the Rockets, the longest active streak among the school’s 18 varsity sports teams.
(10/14/23 12:45am)
The Ball State bench was riddled with pink accents Friday night. The coaching staff patrolled the sidelines dressed in pink attire, which ranged from head coach Kelli Miller Phillips’ fluorescent pink top to assistant coach Brad Kline’s pink tie and socks. The players took the floor sporting pink ribbons in their hair, pink wristbands and pink laces intertwined in their matching sneakers.
(10/13/23 1:06pm)
Editor’s Note: Jessica Velez is a magazine media major within the CCIM and is involved with Ball Bearings Magazine
(10/13/23 1:07am)
Across the eight seasons of the Kelli Miller Phillips era at Ball State, the Cardinals have logged six winning seasons, a pair of MAC regular season titles, and three trips to the NCAA Tournament. In spite of the red and white’s success, their dominant start to Mid-American Conference (MAC) play this season has reached unprecedented heights.
(10/08/23 12:59am)
In recent seasons, Bowling Green has grown to be Ball State women’s volleyball’s fiercest rival and most evenly matched competitor. The Falcons and Cardinals have met in three of the last four Mid-American Conference (MAC) Tournament title matches, and the two programs have split the last six regular season matchups (dating back to 2018).The most recent chapter of the budding Ball State-Bowling Green rivalry was played on Nov. 22, 2022, when the Falcons captured the MAC championship inside Worthen Arena.Ball State returned the favor from the 2022 title match on Saturday, as the Cardinals defeated Bowling Green 3-1 (25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 25-21) inside the Stroh Center.Head coach Kelli Miller Phillips underscored that each campaign requires a fresh mentality, but she still emphasized the pride the Cardinals felt after their redeeming win over Bowling Green (7-10, 1-5 MAC).“They are the team that took away the tournament title from us last year,” Miller Phillips said. “There's certainly a little bit more juice that's behind that, but it's a total new year.”In addition to the satisfaction stemming from the rivalry victory, Miller Phillips was also pleased by her team and coaching staff’s preparation in its first split weekend of the conference season (the Cardinals squared off against Miami on Friday night).“I let my staff really handle the scout, and I tried to take more ownership of our team and focusing on our side of the court, [getting] a quick turnaround [and] just doing the best you can to be prepared.”The opening set saw Ball State maintain a decisive lead throughout, even without consistent frontrow contributions. The Cardinals’ offense was pedestrian in the first game, logging 10 kills on a .207 clip, which forced the red and white to lean on strong serving (five aces) and a firm block (four total blocks) to capture the set.“You don't want to give anybody a chance to get off to a good start,” Miller Phillips said. “You want to really attack first, and I thought that set the tone, even though Bowling Green continued to battle back.” The Cardinals enjoyed a similar result in the second set, capturing the frame with a comfortable five-point lead. The red and white saw improvements in their hitting marks (17 kills at a .438 clip), which was the catalyst behind their run.Ball State dropped the third set, after bowing out in a defensive battle. Both squads hit below a .200 clip, but the Falcons prevailed as they minimized their ball handling errors to emerge victoriously, 25-21.After the tight third-set loss, the Cardinals found themselves in an unfavorable position midway through the fourth frame, down 17-13. As the Falcons were threatening to extend the match to five sets, Miller Phillips signaled for a timeout. After this break in the action, the red and white rattled off their finest run of the night, ending the set on a 12-4 scoring surge and taking the decisive fourth frame.Miller Phillips was pleased with her team’s late-match resolve, though she highlighted key miscues in the final two sets.“I felt like there were some moments there in step four where we really looked young,” Miller Phillips said. “We really looked inexperienced, and we were kind of playing frantic. We just talked about this as a toughness moment for us.” Redshirt freshman middle blocker Aniya Kennedy led the Cardinals in kills (21), just one removed from her 17-kill outburst against Miami. Freshman middle blocker Camryn Wise posted a team-high in blocks (four), junior setter Megan Wielonski logged a team-best assist mark (42), and fifth-year libero Havyn Gates recorded a high in digs (13).Ball State (9-8, 6-0 MAC), riding a seven-match victory streak, will return to Worthen Arena next week after spending the last two weekends on the road. The Cardinals will host Akron (10-7, 5-1 MAC) for a pair of matches with one on Thursday, Oct. 12 and the other on Friday, Oct. 13. Each contest next week will center around a theme. Thursday’s outing is denoted as “Muncie Night,” and the Friday clash will be the annual Dig Pink match , a tribute to breast cancer awareness.Miller Phillips said the Cardinals are ready to get back home and are prepared for a tightly-contested battle with Akron.“Every single person in the league is capable of beating anybody any given night, and we have learned that pretty quickly here,” Miller Phillips said. “It's gonna be another tough game.”Contact Adam Altobella with comments on X @AltobellaAdam or via email at aaltobella@bsu.edu.
(10/07/23 2:44am)
Ball State journeyed across the Indiana-Ohio border Friday night and defeated Miami, 3-1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-11) in Oxford.
(09/30/23 11:59pm)
In the second match of Ball State’s weekend excursion in Ypsilanti, the Cardinals handled Eastern Michigan (2-15, 0-5 MAC) in a 3-0 triumph (26-24, 25-18, 25-23) on Saturday.
(09/30/23 12:50am)
Leading into the 2023 campaign, head coach Kelli Miller Phillips has led Ball State to wins over Eastern Michigan in 12 of the last 14 meetings between the two programs.
(09/23/23 12:20am)
Under pioneering head coach Barbara Curcio, Ball State women’s volleyball took the court for the first time in 1972. Over the following decades, the Cardinals developed into one of the nation’s preeminent mid-major volleyball programs.
(09/22/23 12:18am)
Central Michigan was one of only two Mid-American Conference (MAC) foes to hand Ball State a loss in its conference championship 2022 campaign.
(09/21/23 12:29am)
Around the vast, concrete concourse at Worthen Arena, indistinct cheers rung through the halls. On the court, players – dressed in white shirts featuring the “Dancing Charlie” logo – quickly migrated from one practice position to the next. Ball State head coach Kelli Miller Phillips, sporting a complete volleyball outfit (knee pads and all), demonstrated reception techniques to her backcourt players.
(09/16/23 9:54pm)
Prior to Ball State’s Saturday tilt with East Tennessee State, the Cardinals had dropped eight of their last ten matches. In spite of their slow start to the campaign, the red and white kicked off their final non-conference outing with their finest frame of the season.
(09/15/23 7:35pm)
The Cardinals stumbled in the opening round of their final non-conference event Friday, as they fell 3-1 (25-16, 25-14, 23-25, 25-15) to Western Kentucky (8-4) – the host of this weekend’s Alyssa Cavanaugh Classic.
(09/10/23 7:51pm)
With just north of a minute played on a bright Sunday afternoon at the Briner Sports Complex, senior Maria Broering fed a corner kick from the southeast corner of the pitch. After a few frantic touches by each side, sophomore Emily Roper found the back of the net with a well-placed strike in the box.
(09/10/23 2:40am)
The Cardinals’ bid at redemption came up short on Saturday, as the red and white fell in both of their games to close out the Dayton Tournament.
(09/08/23 3:28am)
In the first-ever matchup between the two, Ball State (1-0-4) fell to Vanderbilt (4-0-3) by a slim 1-0 decision Thursday evening. The Cardinals matched the Commodores’ aggression through the first 86 minutes of competitive action, rendering their Southeastern Conference (SEC) host scoreless for the bulk of the match.
(08/27/23 1:45am)
Playing below a newly hung 2022 MAC title banner inside Worthen Arena, the Cardinals closed out their first weekend of action on Saturday with a competitive afternoon loss and a decisive evening sweep.
(08/26/23 2:16am)
As music floods the stands inside Worthen Arena and a newly minted pregame montage flashes on the suspended center-court screen, a slew of cheers ring from a sizable – and certainly boisterous – contingent of students in the seats. Echoing the student section’s excitement, the Cardinals players eagerly rushed through a line of high-fives before tossing their signature miniature volleyballs into the crowd.