The Cardinals' offensive line only allowed .92 sacks per game last year, good enough for fifth in the nation. But after losing three starters to graduation and their starting center to an injury in the spring, Ball State has a new look on the front line.
Ball State soccer is off to a 2-0 start in its bid to defend its Mid-American Conference regular season title. Head coach Craig Roberts said Cardinals are ready to move forward after the 2015 season ended on a sour note when the team fell to Akron in the first round of the MAC tournament in penalty kicks.
With the first week of classes underway, three Ball State athletic teams will compete this weekend. Soccer will play at home against Xavier Aug. 26 and Fort Wayne on Aug. 28. Field hockey opens its season with a pair of games in North Carolina against Appalachian State Aug. 26 and Davidson Aug. 28. Women’s volleyball kicks off its season with three games at the Fort Wayne Invitational beginning Aug. 26.
A new red helmet was unveiled to the team at a team meeting on Tuesday, which will make its debut during Ball State's home opener against Eastern Kentucky on Sept.
Ten days separate Ball State from the 2016 season opener against Georgia State, but that didn't stop Riley Neal from getting some extra work in after practice on Aug. 23.
Even when he was just a quiet, reserved outside attacker for the Ball State men’s volleyball team in the early '90s, a future in coaching was always a possibility for Paul Baxter.
Las Vegas awaits the Ball State men’s basketball team after the Cardinals announced that they will participate in the 2016 MGM Grand Main Event.
Last season’s leading rebounders of the Cardinals’ men’s and women’s basketball teams have signed contracts to play professionally in Europe. Nathalie Fontaine set the women’s team career-scoring record last season with 2,166 points and will start her professional career with TSV 1880 Wassenburg in Munich, Germany.
*Editor's note: This article was written by high school journalists attending Ball State Journalism Workshops. Bryant attends Perry Meridian High School, and Hunter is a student at Carmel High School. Brian Etelman is looking for winners.
It took Ball State's Runners' Association president just under five and a half hours to traverse 70.3 miles in the Muncie Ironman 70.3 this past weekend.
For the 12th consecutive year, a Ball State women’s golfer was named an All-America Scholar by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association.
Ball State field hockey's first opponent of the 2016 season, Appalachian State, will be a Mid-American Conference rival beginning in 2017.
Swimmer Elizabeth Smith, a graduate of Muncie Central High School, qualified for the Paralympics in four events during the Paralympic Trials in Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend.
Ball State football and Penn State have agreed to play in Beaver Stadium in 2021. Located in University Park, Pennsylvania, Beaver Stadium is the second-largest stadium in the country with a capacity of 106,572.
Last weekend, the Road to Rio Tour swung through Indianapolis’ Monument Circle, complete with live music, Olympic memorabilia and a zip line dressed to resemble Rio’s Sugarloaf Mountain.
Awards keep rolling in for Ball State baseball as seven Cardinals were named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference team. Junior first baseman Caleb Stayton led the Cardinals both on the field and in the classroom.
Ball State football coach Mike Neu had a simple message for the local middle and high school students at the Boys and Girls Club Youth Leadership Boot Camp. “Our world needs difference-makers, and young people like you need to do something about it,” he said. “This right here is doing something about it.”
This week, Ball State released schedules for soccer, women's volleyball and field hockey, while also finalizing the start times for most of its football games. Here are a few games to watch out for: Football Saturday, Sept.
Four Cardinals were selected in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft this weekend. Junior right fielder Alex Call was taken in the third round by the Chicago White Sox, and junior catcher Jarett Rindfleisch was picked up by the Miami Marlins in the ninth round. Junior right-handed pitcher Zach Plesac was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 12th round and the Pittsburgh Pirates drafted sophomore right-handed pitcher/third baseman Colin Brockhouse.
Junior right fielder Alex Call has another award to add to his résumé after he was named the Louisville Slugger All-American first team, announced by Collegiate Baseball June 2.
