The odds of making a hole-in-one are about one in 12,000. Paige Esford made two the past two days. With one swing of her seven iron Monday, the Ball State University women's golfer sank her second hole-in-one in as many days at the Delaware Country Club.
Major League Baseball is all over the news, and not in a good way. It's steroids this and contracts that. In fact, it's not about baseball at all. Baseball is supposed to be America's pastime, and with opening-day matchups being its current focus, it's time that people realize what they can get out of a baseball game nowadays.
The winning program at Ball State University is what attracted the Cardinals' new assistant soccer coach to the university. Michael Lovett, who was hired as Ball State's head coach March 3, announced the hiring of the former Xavier University assistant coach, Amber Alexander, as his assistant coach Monday.
An Indiana State University baseball team that was 10-games-under .500 coming into Tuesday's game gave the Ball State University baseball team all it could handle. After the first five innings saw a total of two runs scored between the two teams, there was an offensive explosion.
Despite the demand for tickets, the Barack Obama campaign said there will be no more tickets available for Saturday's town hall meeting in Irving Gym.
Entering this season Katherine Mowat had won two tournaments in her three years as the coach of the Ball State University women's golf team. With the completion of the Cardinal Classic Monday at the Delaware Country Club, Mowat's Cardinals have won three invitationals in the last month.
The organization that manages $235 million for the university created a position to oversee that money's investment. Thomas Heck, the vice president for operations and treasurer, will be the Ball State University Foundation's first chief investment officer.
A special moment was made more special for Paige Esford Sunday by playing in a home tournament. The Ball State University sophomore got a hole-in-one on the par-3, 14th hole, the first of her career. "That was a pretty special moment, I'm not going to lie," Esford said.
About 150 Ball State University students endured 40-degree temperatures and strong winds as they slept under duct-taped boxes on University Green to promote awareness of poor living conditions in other regions of the world. Senior Ngofeen Mputubwele, a political science major, said he organized the "Displace Me" event for his senior thesis.
Sports. You either love it, or you hate it. If you love sports, you have a favorite team, favorite players, possibly even a favorite coach. If you don't - well, then you're like me. With baseball season starting, you see more and more Yankees and Red Sox hats around campus.
A move long overdue, the foundation that manages $235 million of Ball State University's money appointed a chief investment officer. Thomas Heck, the man appointed, has been doing this job in addition to others since the 1980s but is now able to devote more time to the money management portion of his job.
While the 10-game win streak was snapped for the Ball State University baseball team, a different streak was extended. In its first two series of the Mid-American Conference, Ball State played Sunday's game with a chance to get a sweep, but this weekend the Cardinals were on the opposite end of the spectrum.
After returning every offensive starter from last year's team, the Ball State University football team had few questions this offseason regarding its starting personnel on that side of the ball. However, one of the priorities coach Brady Hoke placed on the offense during spring practice was to establish a reliable third and fourth receiving option, behind wide receiver Dante Love and tight end Darius Hill.
The Ball State University baseball team will look to get back to the type baseball that enabled them to win 10 straight games prior to last weekend's two losses. In the Cardinals path today is Indiana State University. The Sycamores will come to Ball Diamond sporting a 10-20 record and will look to snap a three-game losing streak.
With a series split against Miami University to end the first half of Mid-American Conference play, the Ball State University softball team feels well about its standing in the conference. Ball State (27-21, 5-5 MAC) beat Miami (16-18, 7-3 MAC) 3-1 Sunday after losing its first game of the weekend 1-0 to the RedHawks Saturday.
After listening to a crowd screaming his name at Ball State University on Saturday, Sen. Barack Obama said he would be back to Muncie before the May 6 Indiana primary. "We wanted to do a town hall [meeting] today," Obama said. "but we also want to do a big-arena rally, so we are going to try to come back.
When Ball State University linebacker Spain Cosby returned a Tanner Justice interception to inside his team's five-yard line, it seemed the score of Saturday's spring scrimmage was about to turn ugly. Despite a 23-0 victory for the Cardinal team, which teamed the starting offense with the second-string defense, Cosby's pick failed to produce points.
For the third consecutive week a Ball State University baseball player has been named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week. Following Ryan Chenoweth and Dean Anna is outfielder Kory Benbow, who won the award Monday. The sophomore went 10-17 at the plate with two home runs, 11 runs and 10 RBIs in four games last week.
David Hentz, freshman graphic arts management major, said he wished more students would get involved in the community and become advocates. "More people, more voice, more change," he said. Students had a chance to advocate public policy issues Saturday when 50 students wrote 250 letters to government officials.
Sitting in Friday's film session, outside attacker Mark Termion said he was shocked when he saw his name written on the team's dry-erase board in the front of the room. Placed on the listed as one of the No. 8 Ball State University men's volleyball team's starters for its Saturday road match against No.
