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FOOTBALL: Lembo hires new director of football operations

By Jake Fox / May 23, 2014

Football head coach Pete Lembo on Monday named Nick Kray as Ball State’s new director of football operations and player development.For the past two years, Kray worked as Yale University’s director of football operations until he decided to make the jump to Division I-A.Q: What are some of the most important aspects of being a director of football operations and player development?A: I told the [football players] the other day: “I’m here for you.

NEWS

5 things to know today (May 23)

By The Associated Press / May 22, 2014

1. U.S. House passes curbs on NSA surveillance; 2. U.S. reviews Thailand aid, military ties after coup; 3. Boy Scouts formally confirms Gates as president; 4. Facebook expands privacy checkup tool; 5. GM tells Wall Street recalls may last into summer

Senior pitcher Clay Manering pitches during a game against Northern Kentucky on April 3, 2013. Manering gave up three earned runs in the 3-4 loss against Dayton on Monday. DN FILE PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK
SPORTS

BASEBALL: Cardinals finish season with sweep

By Anthony Lombardi / May 17, 2014

The Ball State baseball team ended its 2014 regular season today with a 10-2 victory at Northern Illinois.With the win, the Cardinals finished the year 38-16 overall, while boasting a 22-4 mark inside the Mid-American Conference.Clay Manering got the start for Ball State, and the senior southpaw went five innings, allowing one run on five hits to earn his third win of the season.Catcher Jarret Rindfleisch opened the scoring for the Cardinals with a RBI double in the top of the first inning, and a throwing error on the Huskies in the third led to three more Cardinal runs.After the Huskies posted the team's first run of the game on a RBI double in the bottom of the fourth, the Cardinals answered with an Alex Maloney two-run triple in the top of the fifth to make the score 6-1.Back-to-back RBI singles from Nick Hollowell and Alex Call in the seventh extended Ball State’s lead to 8-1, and Matt Eppers added to the onslaught with a two RBI double to make the score 10-1.A bottom of the ninth-inning home run by the Huskies cut the score to 10-2, but it was as close as the team would get, as the Cardinals held on for the sweep.The Cardinals will open MAC Tournament play

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