The softball team will look to improve their record this weekend in Bowling Green, Ky., where they’ll see Southeast Missouri, Western Carolina, Western Kentucky and Valparaiso. The team is coming off its second straight 2-3 weekend in Houston which saw three losses, one to Iowa State and two to Texas. “The first loss to Iowa State was a heartbreaker."
The men’s volleyball team has one of the deepest rosters since 2002, and with that comes the opportunity to have an aggressive strategy. In matches, head coach Joel Walton is able to sub players in and out depending on who he thinks is needed at any given time.
The ninth-ranked Ball State men’s volleyball team continued its winning ways after defeating Quincy at Worthen Arena in a three-set sweep. Each of Ball State's set wins came by at least 7 points (25-16, 25-18, 25-18), as the Cardinals extended their win streak to nine.
The Ball State women's swimming and diving team completed its first two days at the Mid-American Conference championships.
The Cardinals will be sending 13 athletes to this season’s championship.
About eight minutes before a match against Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne is set to begin, the men's volleyball team lines up at the edge of the court. “We can't start until 7:35,” a graduate assistant reminds Steve Shondell from the court-side seats.
rivals Quincy (8-12, 2-5 MIVA) on Feb. 25 and Lindenwood (2-9, 0-5 MIVA) on Feb. 26.
Ball State women's basketball (18-8, 10-5 Mid-American Conference) lost to MAC West leader Central Michigan (18-8, 12-3 MAC) 67-66.
Ball State men's basketball saw its three-game winning streak snapped in Toledo, Ohio. The Cardinals now only hold a one-game lead in the Mid-American Conference West Division.
Ball State will travel to Mount Pleasant, Michigan for a rematch against Central Michigan University. The last time these two teams met was Feb 20 at Worthen Arena, where Ball State fell to the visiting Central Michigan 74-65.
The last time the Ball State men’s volleyball team won the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association regular season championship was in 2002. That season was also the last the time Ball State defeated Loyola, Lewis and Ohio State in the first matchup against each team in a single season until this year. After defeating No. 11 Loyola and No. 14 Lewis last week, No. 9 Ball State moved its way into the NCAA men’s volleyball top-10 rankings.
MUNCIE – A contest between the first and second place teams in the Mid-American Conference West division proved to be battle for each team.
Track and field closed its 2016 indoor season at the Ball State Tune-Up with seven event wins and head-to-head wins over Wright State, 98-85, and IPFW, 101-53, but fell to Western Michigan, 107-80.
Ball State hired Kelsey Smither to be an assistant field hockey coach for the 2016 season. Smither was a two-time All-American midfielder and defender at Old Dominion University.
The softball team returned to action this past weekend at the Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational in Houston, Texas, where they faced off against No. 24 Texas, Houston, and Iowa State.
Ball State men’s basketball will be on the road against Toledo Feb. 23 in a matchup between the first and second place teams in the Mid-American Conference West Division.
Ball State football released its 2016 schedule Monday. The Cardinals will play five home games and seven road games, including at Indiana University on Sept.
Shane Witmer has always made his teammates laugh. A jokester, he calls himself. Witmer was a four-year starter for the Ball State men’s volleyball team.
When Ball State men's basketball (18-9, 9-5 Mid-American Conference) beat Northern Illinois (18-9, 7-7 MAC) Feb. 19 63-59, 5,160 spectators were on hand — almost double the average home crowd of 2,701 entering the game.
