SOCCER: Ball State seniors rewarded with Hawaii tournament
September 5, 2012Fifth-year senior midfielder Sarah Orisich has withstood three coaching changes and three straight losing seasons in her career at Ball State.
Fifth-year senior midfielder Sarah Orisich has withstood three coaching changes and three straight losing seasons in her career at Ball State.
After its loss to IUPUI on Friday, Ball State coach Craig Roberts said his frustration was at an all-time high with his team's lack of finishing.After its loss to IUPUI on Friday, Ball State coach Craig Roberts said his frustration was at an all-time high with his team's lack of finishing.
After each game, coach Craig Roberts takes the Ball State soccer team behind the field hockey field to a small hill surrounded by pine trees to discuss performance in private.
Since Craig Roberts took over as coach before the 2010 season, the Ball State soccer team has emerged as one of the top teams in Indiana.
When forward Aubrey Hauenstein started the Ball State soccer team's preseason workouts, like many other freshmen, she didn't know what to expect.
Throughout Sunday's game against Xavier, Ball State coach Craig Roberts yelled from the sideline to stay wide and push up the field.
Throughout Sunday's game against Xavier, Ball State coach Craig Roberts yelled from the sideline to stay wide and push up the field.
After its loss to Marshall a week ago, the Ball State soccer team made it clear getting pushed around would never happen again.
After not having an exhibition match this preseason, the Ball State soccer team's performance in its first game made it feel like a warmup match.
Grass monsters tripping people randomly, pools of water so deep the ball wouldn't move - Sarah Orisich remembers it well.
The Ball State soccer team passed on its chance to play exhibition games in the preseason, choosing instead to drill and practice certain situations.
The Ball State soccer team's core of 21 returning letterwinners and nine seniors have seen about everything the college game has to offer.
For the past two seasons, an inability to finish has derailed expectations for the Ball State soccer team.
Ball State soccer coach Craig Roberts announced the hiring of Marci Klebanow as new assistant coach Friday.
Ball State soccer coach Craig Roberts announced the signing of four new recruits for the class of 2012 on Tuesday.
With the aggressiveness and size of back line players like junior defenders Brigit Reder and Skylar Chew, Ball State is usually the team taking advantage of set pieces.
Coming off a 40-shot game, the Ball State soccer team's offense is bound to score more than one goal like they did on Sunday against Ohio.
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.
Roberts led UT Martin to a combined record of 34-27-12 in four seasons. In the past three seasons, the Skyhawks were 19-3-1 on their home field. In his most recent season, UT Martin went 9-7-0 and won its first Ohio Valley Conference championship in program history.
For the sixth straight season, Ball State University had multiple representatives on the women's soccer Academic All-Mid-American Conference team.
