On Friday, the Delta Eagles (10-5, 1-2 HHC) welcomed Pendleton Heights (4-11, 0-4 HHC) to Muncie as the two Hoosier Heritage Conference (HHC) teams would battle it out in a game that came down to the final minutes. The hometown Eagles would not disappoint as they outlasted the Arabians 60-56. Even though every win is good in high school basketball, this win was special for the Eagles.
Ball State (13-6, 4-2 MAC) went on the road to take on battle-tested Kent State (16-3, 6-0 MAC) in a matchup of the two teams atop the Mid-American Conference (MAC) standings, and Kent State put on a clinic. The Golden Flashes clicked on just about every aspect of the game, while the Cardinals had trouble on both sides of the ball. Head Coach Michael Lewis acknowledges that this was their first real test of the season.
As the fans rise in Worthen Arena, cheers and applause ring throughout the seats. The first stop in a new Ball State Men’s Volleyball campaign continues with its first home match of the season.
“I felt that we were prepared and ready to go,” said Ball State Men’s Tennis head coach Bill Richards after the Ball State Men’s tennis team dominated its home match versus the Eastern Illinois Panthers on Friday to open the 2023 spring season. After a couple of weeks off around Christmas, the Cardinals had packed a lot into the past couple of weeks to prepare for their first match, and being ready to compete was a huge emphasis in practice.
March 12, 2022. The stage was set, and the Ball State Women’s basketball team was set to play Buffalo in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship. Buffalo wins 79-74. January 18, 2023, the first meeting between the two teams since the MAC Championship. Ball State Women’s basketball team defeats Buffalo 81-59.
“Three games in a row here that we'll be thanking the crowd. They played a huge role tonight. Their energy, their noise, they tried to help the officials. The whole thing. I love it,” head coach Michael Lewis said. “The students were fantastic. We're going to try to continue to play hard and compete and put a product out there that those people appreciate.”
On Tuesday night, Ball State welcomed Western Michigan to Worthen Arena for the next game of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) season. After a game that had little emotion until late, the Cardinals were able to use a last-second second-half stop to defeat the Broncos 71-70.
Wendell Brown sits in a Chinese prison cell. The cell is about 30 feet by 15 feet and has around 30 other men in it. While sitting there, he takes out a small sheet of paper and writes down some goals to accomplish when he is released.
After a strong exhibition match at the Tom Wright opener last weekend, Ball State Track and Field showed out at the Hawkeye Invitational hosted by Iowa.
“Jobs not done,” said junior Isaac Andrews after his team, Wapahani, defeated Delta in the quarterfinal round of the Delaware County high school basketball tournament Jan. 13. The Wapahani girls squad also made the championship on their side of the county tournament. After the boys team won, their head coach, Matt Luce, wanted to see history. The Raiders had never had both teams win the championship in the same year. Until now.
Worthen Arena was rocking today as the Cardinals flew higher than the Redhawks. This season’s edition of the Redbird rivalry started with a victory from Ball State (12-5, 3-1 MAC) as they defeated Miami (OH) (7-10, 1-3 MAC).
After losing its first game in the last eight, Ball State (12-5) returned to Worthen Arena Saturday afternoon to take on the Miami Redhawks (7-10) in Mid-American Conference (MAC) play. After taking the lead right out of the gate and leading for the entire game, the Cardinals were able to defeat the visitors 75-61.
In a contest that saw Anna Clephane and Thelma Dis Agustsdottir make an impact in Ball State Women's Basketball's record books, the Cardinals (13-4, 3-1 MAC) defeated Miami (OH) (6-11, 1-3 MAC) 92-61. Ball State returns to action Jan. 18 at Buffalo (7-5, 2-1 MAC) at 6 p.m.
Ball State Women's Basketball (13-4, 3-1 MAC) defeated Miami (OH) (6-11, 1-3 MAC) 92-61 in a contest that saw the Cardinals bounce back from a slow start and two tenured players achieve major career accomplishments.
The No. 6 Ball State Men’s Volleyball team has started the season with two losses to defending national champions No. 1 Hawaii.
On Friday night, the semifinal round of the Delaware County Boys High School Basketball tournament was completed. After two very different games, we now know who will play for the championship on Saturday night at 8 p.m.
Heading on the road to play the No. 1 ranked team in the nation is how Ball State Men’s Volleyball spent their opening night for the 2023 season. In a four-set match, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (1-0, 0-0) took down the Cardinals (0-1, 0-0) in what is now the fourth match between the two programs in the last calendar year, with Ball State winning the first two in Worthen Arena and the Rainbow Warriors winning the third match in the semifinal of the NCAA Men’s Volleyball tournament.
Originally named the Hoosieroons, the then-named Indiana State Normal School, Eastern Division changed its athletic identity to the Cardinals in 1927. Since then, the identity of Ball State’s athletic teams have evolved, culminating with the current athletic logo used since 1989, per a previous Daily News article. The logo replaced a logo that had been used for over 30 years, per Chris Creamer’s Sports Logo Website. This logo, affectionately called “Dancing Charlie,” was the symbol of Ball State athletics as the Cardinals became a Division I school in football and a mid-major powerhouse in men’s basketball.
Wednesday brought the quarterfinal round of the Delaware County Boys Basketball Tournament. Two games kicked off the tournament that will continue Friday and finish with the championship on Saturday.
In their first conference loss, Ball State Women's Basketball (12-4, 2-1 MAC) fell to Toledo (11-3, 2-1 MAC) 83-76. The Cardinals are back in action Jan. 14, at 11 a.m. when they take on Miami (OH) (6-10, 1-2 MAC) in Muncie, Ind.
