Ball State Women’s Basketball can’t find its groove in season opener
By Daric Clemens / November 8, 2018An ice cold start for Ball State (0-1, 0-0 MAC) leads to a dominating victory for Purdue (1-0, 0-0 BIG 10) on Wednesday, 80-38.
An ice cold start for Ball State (0-1, 0-0 MAC) leads to a dominating victory for Purdue (1-0, 0-0 BIG 10) on Wednesday, 80-38.
It was a tough start to the season for Ball State Women’s Basketball (0-1, 0-0 MAC) after suffering an 80-38 loss to Purdue (1-0, 0-0 BIG10) Wednesday.
Coming off consecutive losses, Ball State Women’s Volleyball will finish the road portion of its regular season in Toledo against the Rockets Thursday before returning home Saturday to complete the season against Akron.
In his first collegiate start as a Cardinal, redshirt sophomore forward Brachen Hazen stepped up to fill in the minutes not taken by former All-MAC defenseman, senior Trey Moses.
Ball State Basketball is back, and there were a few positives to take away from the Cardinals’ 86-69 win over Indiana State to open the season Tuesday.
Hot out of the gate against UIndy on Friday, junior redshirt forward Tahjai Teague lead Ball State Basketball (1-0, 0-0 MAC) to a 86-69 win over Indiana State (0-1, 0-0 MVC), knocking down 21 points along the way.
It’s quite literally a fresh start for Ball State Women’s Basketball.
3,000 strong filled the seats at Worthen Arena last Friday as Ball State Men’s Basketball took the court for its first time this season against UIndy. After a tied first quarter, the Cardinals took off to defeat the Greyhounds, 92-76.
In its final tournament of the fall season, Ball State Women's Tennis traveled to Kalamazoo, Michigan for the Bronco Challenge. The team had a strong finish with a combined singles and doubles record of 20-10.
After knocking off Western Michigan in the MAC Semifinals, Ball State Soccer (14-3-3, MAC 8-2-2) faced top seed Bowing Green(15-4-2, MAC 11-1) in the MAC Championship game. After 90 minutes of regulation play and 20 minutes of overtime, penalties would decided the game. In the end, Bowling Green defeated Ball State, 1-1 (5-4 on penalties).
Ball State Women’s Volleyball (19-8, 10-4 MAC) fell for the second straight night Saturday, this time on the road against Eastern Michigan (16-12, MAC 8-6).
Ball State Women’s Swim and Dive fell 176-121 to defending Mid-American Conference champion Akron Saturday. Four events that stood out for the Cardinals were the 100 backstroke, 50 butterfly and the one- and three-meter dive.
It was a tough night for Ball State (19-7, 10-3 MAC) as it lost to Central Michigan (6-19, 3-10 MAC) 3-0, snapping another Cardinal three-game win streak.
Ball State Men’s Basketball opened up its 2018-19 season taking on UIndy in a exhibition matchup. After a closer first quarter, in the Cardinals were able to pull away in the second half for a 92-76 win.
Behind 25 first-place finishes, the Ball State Men’s and Women’s Swim and Dive teams defeated Eastern Illinois Friday.
In the first two meets of the season, the freshmen class has a total of 10 first through fifth finishes.
Thursday, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes of East Central Indiana hosted its tenth annual Fields of Faith Muncie event at Worthen Arena. The event’s keynote speaker was former Heisman Trophy winner and Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow.
In a pivotal midweek match up, which Ball State Football postseason fate would be dictated, Toledo came hot out of the gate to roll the Cardinals, 45-13. While the matchup had a similar finish to the Cardinals loss to Ohio last week, there were a few new aspects of the game that sought improvement from the team.
Between MAC Weekly Honors and the last three matches, the Cardinals are on a sweeping spree as the MAC tournament quickly approaches. However, head coach Kelli Miller says they’re sticking to focusing on what’s up next.
In a game with a total of seven interceptions and six fumbles, Toledo (5-4, 3-2 MAC) emerged victorious 45-13 at home over Ball State (3-7, 2-4 MAC).