Mental toughness has been a theme for Ball State Women’s Volleyball. The Cardinals have dealt with playing down all season, and their 3-1 win against Miami (Ohio) was no different.
After going 0-for-9 from 3-point range in the first half Wednesday against Northern Kentucky, Ball State Men's Basketball went 13-for-20 in the first half and 21-for-37 in the game from deep Saturday to roll past Howard, 100-69.
The Cardinals were down but never out, as they completed the come-from-behind victory to hand Butler its first loss of the season, 74-70.
The game clock read six seconds. The score read 41-38 in favor of Kent State. After those six seconds, Ball State had fallen to the Golden Flashes and lost its chances of going to a bowl game.
Thirty-two minutes. That’s how much time it took for Muncie Burris to secure the win over Wes-Del.
Fourth-seeded Ball State Women’s Volleyball advanced to the semi-finals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament Friday with a 3-1 win over Ohio.
Just over 16 years ago, Ball State Cross Country captured its first Mid-American Conference Championship title under former head coach Sue Parks. In the time since, Ball State has fallen in the rankings of the MAC. However, the program is making progress toward returning to its previous strength with the help of assistant distance coach Rachel McFarlane.
It didn’t seem like a big deal at the time, even after the Chippewas converted the following fourth-and-9 and subsequently scored a touchdown to reduce the Cardinals’ lead to 10. It did, however, when Central Michigan went on to win the game by one point.
Ball State Women’s Volleyball has the momentum needed to secure a Mid-American Conference Championship in 2019.
Senior forward Kyle Mallers was the booster the Cardinals required Wednesday. He scored all of his 17 points in the second half, making all four of the Cardinals' threes.
Each question was followed by laughter because they knew they couldn’t go into detail. They even apologized for not being able to answer in full. But they couldn’t give anything away because their job is one of the most important jobs on game day.
Ball State Men's Basketball shot a low 35.6 percent from the free-throw line in its 59-57 loss to Northern Kentucky Wednesday.
Watching the Steelers and Browns scuffle at the end of their matchup Thursday night left me with just one question about the sports I love so dearly: Is sportsmanship dead? The answer, unfortunately, is yes.
The Men's Basketball squad burst out of the gate to a 3-1 start in the early goings of the season. Their only loss: a four point defeat to an Evansville squad that knocked off 9th ranked Kentucky.
The hopes of a rather successful season are slipping away from the Cardinals’ football team. A team that was so high has hit the ground hard following a three-game losing streak, which knocked it out of reach of a MAC Championship bid.
Three short years ago, Bruin Gym was a different place: One that drew around 100 spectators per contest, and one that was home to a team that lost 61 straight games. All the athletes, parents, and fans wanted was one thing, to win again.
The Cardinals shot just 1-of-12 from 3-point range in the first half, and in the second, things turned around significantly, as they shot 3-of-7.
Despite shooting 7 percent from 3-point range in the first half, Ball State Men's Basketball rallied behind two veterans and a second-half surge to down Indiana State, 69-55, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
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.
Ball State and Cincinnati battled back and forth throughout the contest, but the Bearcats won the final stretch, which propelled them to a 63-56 win.
