While some might crack under the pressure, junior pitcher Alyssa Rothwell has proven to stand tall when all eyes are on her. This past weekend against Monmouth at the Madeira Beach Invite, Rothwell struck out three batters to record her 17th career save, setting a Mid-American Conference record.
While the Cardinals flew back to Muncie for the week after their season opening tournament in Fort Meyers, Florida, the team only had to head two hours down the road for the Madeira Beach Invite this past weekend.
Having high expectations this season, as they have been predicted to win the Mid-American Conference regular season title and championship, Ball State Softball (3-2, 0-0 MAC) was looking to flex early.
Since that loss, the team hasn’t taken less than a week off in order to get right back to where they were. For nine months, the team has kept that memory in their head and used the loss to drive them into the 2019 season.
Since becoming a varsity program in 1975, Ball State softball has reached 37 or more wins just five times. The 2018 season was one of those five.
Junior Aeshia Miles’ hot hand on the mound gave the Cardinals a 5-0 shutout win over the Eagles.
April 13 will go down in the Ball State softball record books — and for a good reason.
For the first time in her career, Ball State softball player Alyssa Rothwell has been named MAC West Pitcher of the Week.
Errors by the Central Michigan defense and strong pitching by Ball State’s Alyssa Rothwell sealed two wins for Ball State softball Saturday on Senior Day.
Coming off its second straight loss on Wednesday, Ball State softball (27-15, 9-5 MAC) looks to get back into the swing of things in its final home series against Central Michigan (18-18, 8-6 MAC).
After a weather cancelation and a rescheduled game, Ball State softball (27-14, 9-5 MAC) faced off against Western Michigan (22-18, 9-6 MAC) in the final game of the weekend series this afternoon.
Ball State softball played host to Western Michigan in a doubleheader matchup Friday.
Ball State softball was back on the road to take on Northern Illinois Wednesday.
Splitting the doubleheader Friday, Ball State softball wrapped up its weekend series against Kent State.
After having its first home game of the season rained out and this week’s matchup rescheduled due to weather, Ball State softball opened up its series with Kent State Friday.
Ball State softball (23-10, 5-1 MAC) opens play at home against Kent State (17-13, 3-3 MAC) this weekend. After sweeping Akron on the road last weekend and combining for 30 runs in a two-day span, the team looks forward to competing at home.
After playing its opening 33 games on the road, Ball State softball (23-10, 5-1 MAC) will have to wait at least another three days to play its first home game of the 2018 season.
Four home runs in the first game gave the Cardinals an 9-1, and an offensive explosion in the fourth and fifth innings of the second game gave the Cardinals the sweep with a 16-5 win.
Looking to stay hot in conference play, Ball State softball (21-10, 3-1 MAC) headed out for its second conference road match of the season against Akron (1-24, 0-4 MAC).
Aeshia Miles proved to be clutch once again, allowing four hits over the course of the game and striking out three along the way.
