FIELD HOCKEY: Ball State overcomes injuries, weather to beat Indiana
October 24, 2010Amid a weather delay, two injured players and double overtime, Ball State found a way to beat Indiana 2-1 on Sunday at the BSU Turf Field.
Amid a weather delay, two injured players and double overtime, Ball State found a way to beat Indiana 2-1 on Sunday at the BSU Turf Field.
Ball State hopes to break a three-game losing streak Friday at Mid-American Conference foe Missouri State.
Ball State lost to Ohio and Kent State this weekend in a pair of games at the BSU Turf Field.
The field hockey team has two home conference games this weekend. Ball State will play Ohio at 3 p.m. Friday, and then face Kent State on the BSU Turf Field for a 1 p.m. game Sunday.
The Cardinals split a pair of games this weekend, but the win came in the more important conference game.
Ball State hits the road Saturday for a matchup at 1 p.m. at Central Michigan.
Junior midfielder Devanny Kuhn had a standout game Saturday against Missouri State, scoring both goals in Ball State's home-overtime win.
The Ball State field hockey team is gearing up for a busy weekend in Muncie.
Ball State will face Big Ten opponents on back-to-back days this weekend, visiting Northwestern on Friday and Iowa on Saturday.
Last weekend, the Ball State field hockey team walked away with two home wins after beating Robert Morris on Friday and St. Louis on Sunday.
Junior midfielder Devanny Kuhn was named Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Week for scoring four goals on the weekend.
Junior midfielders Devanny Kuhn and Brandi Mixell each scored two goals and Ball State (2-1) coasted to a 5-0 victory in its home opener Friday afternoon against Robert Morris (0-2).
Ball State hasn't finished .500 in the Mid-American Conference since 2006 and has three conference wins in the past two seasons. The Cardinals finished 2009 with a 4-15 record (2-8 MAC) and lost the first game of the MAC Tournament 3-1 to Central Michigan.
Maddox is a 2005 graduate of Old Dominion University, where she was a four-year field hockey letterwinner. She scored seven goals and had two assists in 77 career games, as Maddox and the Monarchs won the National Championship in 2000.
Ball State had three head coaching spots to fill after the coaches in women's tennis, soccer and field hockey were all fired within a one month period in October and November.
The Ball State University athletics department announced Wednesday that it would not renew field hockey coach Annette Payne's contract for the upcoming season. Below is a look at the highlights and lowlights of the soccer team during Payne's nine-year tenure as assistant and head coach.
The Ball State University athletics department Wednesday evening announced that the contracts of soccer coach Mike Lovett and field hockey coach Annette Payne will not be renewed.The contracts of soccer assistant coach Amber Alexander and field hockey assistant coach Liz Sanders will also not be renewed.
In any sport, each team looks forward to postseason play and a chance to win a championship.Those hopes were dashed early for the Ball State University field hockey team as it fell in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament to Central Michigan University 3-1 Thursday at the BSU Turf Field.
With their share of big losses, close losses and a few hard fought wins, the fifth-seeded Cardinals host this weekend's Mid-American Conference Tournament, beginning at 11 a.m. today against fourth-seeded Central Michigan University at the BSU Turf Field.
In its worst loss since the 2006 season, Ball State University was overwhelmed by Kent State University in an 8-0 shutout to end the Cardinals' regular season.Ball State was shut out in both of its games this weekend, falling 3-0 to Ohio University on Saturday.
