The Ball State University women's tennis team captured its second straight clean sweep Tuesday at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center. The Cardinals defeated the Crusaders of Valparaiso University 7-0. The Cardinals captured their third dual meet win of the season, lifting their record one game above .
Below are the match results from teams in this week's the top 15 coaches poll. Ball State is unranked - listed at No. 16 - and will play the Milwaukee School of Engineering at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Worthen Arena. 1. Penn State (plays Harvard on Friday and No.
After receiving a paycheck for $15 from a tournament in Cincinnati, Bill Hall realized then that a career in competitive table tennis was not his life's calling. However, Bill still had a passion for the game. After all, he was the state champion of Indiana in table tennis.
A Ball State University student won a $500 gold coin for his part in the 2009 I-69 Collegiate Innovation Challenge on Friday and Saturday in Plymouth. According to a press release junior Zachary Alexander was on the winning team. Its proposal to a panel of judges from various Indiana businesses was chosen as the best based on innovation, profitability and market potential.
The Ball State University women's tennis team captured its second straight clean sweep Tuesday at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center. The Cardinals defeated the Crusaders of Valparaiso University 7-0. The Cardinals captured their third dual meet win of the season, lifting their record one game above .
For the second time in three weeks, the Ball State University men's volleyball team is out of the top 15 coaches poll. The Cardinals dropped from their No. 13 ranking in the newest poll released Monday after they went 1-1 last week. Ball State (2-4, 1-0 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) received 17 votes - 21 more than last week - and is listed at No.
The Ball State University Equestrian Team's hunt seat group took third and second places the past weekend at a two-day Intercollegiate Horse Show Association competition in Marion. Equestrian team president Dana Wessman said the team placed third Saturday and second to Purdue University by two points, despite having a team about one third the size of Purdue.
Adam Hendrickson knew his time had come, but he refused to be called a coward. He grasped a stone statue's hand with no fear while fog surrounded him and red lights from hell's flames engulfed his soul. About 1,400 people watched as Hendrickson's soul was set ablaze, only to see the senior voice performance major bow before them during curtain call.
The Ball State University men's tennis team had an opportunity to double its win total this weekend, and the Cardinals jumped at the chance. Ball State improved from 2-2 to 4-2 after a pair of 7-0 victories against IUPUI (0-6) and the University of Detroit Mercy (1-4).
With game three tied at eight, outside attacker Marcus Imwalle came sprinting in from the back row to take a set from Ethan Pheister. Like several of his kills against Rutgers-Newark University on Saturday, Imwalle's kill attempt landed slightly inside the out-of-bounds line and out of the reach of any players.
The Ball State University men's basketball team was simply in awe during the first half of Saturday's game against Kent State University at Worthen Arena. As a team revolved around defensive intensity and effort, the Cardinals just couldn't catch a break - and the Golden Flashes seemingly couldn't miss.
Even with the most recent loss to Kent State University, the Ball State University men's basketball team has not lost sight of its main goal: the top spot in the MAC standings. Coach Billy Taylor placed the brunt of the responsibility of leadership onto the shoulders of senior team members Brandon Lampley, Rob Giles and Laron Frazier to guide their younger teammates to a successful game.
Instead of listening to their favorite music, students who visited Ruckus in the past few days were met with a nearly blank screen and a brief message. "Unfortunately, the Ruckus service will no longer be provided. Thanks." The Web site devoted to offering college students an alternative to illegal file sharing unexpectedly shut down Friday, about two years after signing a contract with Ball State University.
Ball State University took a large step in its green movement on Friday after the Board of Trustees voted to begin a geothermal energy project in May. The project will cost an estimated $66 million dollars, Bob Koester, director of the Center for Energy Research, Education and Service, said.
Ball State University students will experience an average increase of 3.1 percent for room and board rates for the Fall Semester, based on increased food costs, operation costs and the July 24 minimum wage increase, Randy Howard, associate vice president of finance and assistant treasurer, said.
A few Tuesdays ago, I walked into the Letterman Building at 5 p.m. and officially joined one of Ball State University's cultural organizations. The Cannonball Club? I think that's just a legend. The Body Modification Club? I wish I was that cool. In fact, a few minutes after five I was sitting with 60-ish other students, listening to LaTessa Black, president of the Black Student Association.
The Ball State University baseball team didn't wait for the groundhog's weather prediction before they officially opened practice for the 2009 season last week. Around the country, teams kicked off their practice schedules the day the NCAA allows teams to increase the time spent on baseball skill activities from two hours a week to about two every day.
Before we get started, a quick clarification and correction. First, a friend of mine pointed out last week that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act did not contribute to the financial meltdown; instead, its permission of mergers helped stabilize the financial system by letting healthy corporations subsume unhealthy ones.
Wearing collared shirts and holding drinks, the longtime supporters of Ball State University baseball looked over baseballs and bats bearing the signatures of Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Ozzie Smith, Bob Gibson and Duke Snider. They gathered Saturday in the Alumni Center for Meet the Team night.
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