Excitement surrounding Ball State football has slowed down over the past few seasons, but with more than seven months before the 2016 season, the team has acquired a new head coach, bringing the excitement to an all-time high.
Neu was hired on Jan. 7 to take over for former head coach Pete Lembo. Lembo resigned to become the assistant head coach and special teams coordinator at the University of Maryland.
Ball State's men's volleyball is officially underway, and the Cardinals were outmatched in a three-set loss at home on Jan. 8.
Ball State athletics announced that former New Orleans Saints quarterback coach, Mike Neu became the 17th Head Coach in the history of the University on Thursday, Jan.
Just two weeks following the resignation of former Ball State football coach Pete Lembo, a football blog reported that Ball State offered its head coaching position to Mike Neu on Jan. 5.
Ball State has announced head football coach Pete Lembo has resigned from his position to become assistant head coach and special teams coordinator for Maryland. The move to Maryland and the Big Ten "is one which I simply can't pass up," Lembo said in a press release. Lembo, who just completed his fifth year as head coach in Muncie, led the Cardinals to a 3-9 record in 2015.
The Cardinals went 7-23 last year, with their seventh and final win coming in game no. 13 of the season. This year, Ball State is 7-2, riding a six-game win streak and preparing for a tough matchup against the 5-4 Pepperdine Waves. “We’re 7-2 and we feel good about it,” head coach James Whitford said.
Ball State women's basketball (6-2) won its fourth consecutive game and earned its first true road win of the season against Lipscomb University (3-8) in Nashville, Tennessee, 72-60. Senior guard Nathalie Fontaine recorded her second straight double-double -- she led the Cardinals with both 28 points and 14 rebounds. Senior forward Shelby Merder also provided a spark off the bench with 10 points, all of which she scored the second half. The Cardinals outscored the Bison in the paint, 30-14, and outrebounded Lipscomb, 44-23. Ball State, however, turned the ball over a season-high 26 times.
The Dec. 12 men’s basketball game against Pepperdine University will be Toys for Tots Military and Public Safety Appreciation Day, presented by the Muncie Visitors Bureau.
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Ball State women's volleyball team had six players named to the Academic All Mid-American Conference Women's Volleyball Team.
A historic season came with the best record in conference record and most players placed on the National Soccer Coaches Association of America team in Ball State soccer history.
Women's swimming and diving head coach Kristy Castillo announced they have signed six new recruits with National Letters of Intent.
With the fall preseason tournaments over, and the regular season quickly approaching, the Ball State men’s volleyball has less than one month to prepare for its home-opening match on Jan. 8 against Stanford.
The Ball State women’s basketball 5-2 start is its fastest start since the 2006-07 season, during which the Cardinals began the year with a 6-1 record.
First-year head coach Brian Etelman began his career at Ball State leading the Cardinals track and field team to several individual career-bests as well as a broken record.
Ball State defeated in-state rival Butler in Worthen Arena on Sunday.
Ball State women’s basketball team (5-2) runs a Swedish word of the day on Worthen Arena’s video boards in honor of Stockholm native Nathalie Fontaine at its home games.
Ball State men’s basketball was able to win its sixth straight game behind the effort of a pair of players coming off of the bench.
Ball State men's basketball won its sixth straight game against New Orleans, making this season's 7-2 start the best since the team's 1999-2000 season.
