On March 12, the Mid-American Conference made the announcement it would be canceling regular season, championship and non-traditional competition for the rest of the 2019-20 academic school year in concern with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Here is how Ball State athletes and coaches reacted to the announcement.
The Cardinals took eighth place through 54 holes over Monday and Tuesday. Ball State started out a bit rocky, as the team tallied a 310 and a 324 in the first two rounds.
Ball State Women’s Golf travelled to Arizona and took fifth place in the annual Rio Verde Invitational this past weekend.
Luck was not on the Cardinals’ side at the ninth-annual Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play in Dade City, Florida. Despite entering the tournament as the No. 1 seed, Ball State placed sixth out of eight teams at the invitational after splitting both its matches Monday, followed by a loss to fellow Mid-American Conference rival Bowling Green in the fifth-place match Tuesday.
Ball State Women’s Golf harbored four top-10 individual finishes at the Battle of Boulder Creek Tuesday.
Ball State just had one of the most successful fall seasons in recent years. Thanks to a home-tournament victory, top team finishes throughout the season and a few Cardinals hitting their stride, Ball State is a threat in the Mid-American Conference heading into the offseason. Here are some takeaways from the fall schedule.
In its final tournament of the fall season, Ball State Men’s Golf tied for third at the Musketeer Classic in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 21-22, shooting a total score of 873 through the invitational’s three rounds.
Ball State Women’s Golf struggled to find its groove against the nation’s top teams at the Cardinal Cup Sunday. Up until this event, the Cardinals beat at least half of the field in every tournament of the fall. That changed when they finished 13th out of 17 teams in Louisville.
The Cardinals fell five spots Tuesday from seventh place Monday to end the tournament in 12th out of 14 teams at the Crooked Stick Invitational in Carmel, Indiana.
Despite battling narrow fairways and fast greens, Ball State Women’s Golf seized a top-three finish at the Fall MAC Preview in Ohio.
Sophomore Joey Ranieri’s 12th-place tie wasn’t enough to lead Ball State Men’s Golf to a top-5 finish at the Marquette Intercollegiate this week in Wisconsin.
Ball State Women’s Golf travelled to Colorado and finished in sixth place overall at the Col Wollenberg Ram Classic Tuesday.
Coming off a first-place finish at the Golfweek Conference Challenge, Ball State Men’s Golf settled for an 11th-place tie at the Trinity Forest Invitational in Dallas, Texas. Through three days, the Cardinals finished 8-over-par for a total score of 860.
The tournament marked the first number one finish for the Cardinals since the Pinehurst Intercollegiate in March 2017.
In Ball State’s only home match of the fall, the women’s golf team outlasted 10 other schools to claim victory in Yorktown. In addition to a win at home, every Cardinal competing finished in the top 20 individually.
In the first tournament of the fall season, Ball State Women’s Golf placed third overall thanks to two top-10 individual finishes on Monday.
However, it was not enough to lead Ball State Men’s Golf to a top-five finish. Inclement weather postponed Friday and Sunday’s rounds, making Saturday’s standings final.
Although the Cardinals fell short of a top-10 finish at the Boilermaker Invite on April 13-14, placing 11th out of 15 teams, Ranieri’s score of 143 placed him in a tie for 22nd through two rounds to lead the team.
After the first two rounds of play on Monday, Ball State found itself tied for second place only behind host Georgetown.
Ball State Men’s Golf fell short of a top-10 finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship April 5-7 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Cardinals finished 15th out of 17 teams, with a combined score of 870 to finish 5-over par.
