In its first outside home match, the Ball State women’s tennis team was able to defeat Northern Illinois 6-1, just in time for their first MAC match up. Ball State took the early lead, winning the doubles point over their MAC rivals and taking the 1-0 lead.
The Ball State softball team bounced back Saturday and registered its first win of the Mizzou Tournament after losing its first two games.
Ball State knocked off the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Thursday night 25-13, 21-25, 25-17 and 25-19. The win was No.
Twenty-one games into the season, the Ball State baseball team has yet to play a home game. Its first chance to play at Ball Diamond will come this weekend as the Cardinals open conference play with a three-game set against the Bowling Green Falcons.
It was announced Monday that Ball State will take on Northwestern in the first round of the 2014 Women’s National Invitational Tournament.
An exhausted Matt Sutherland took a deep breath after being asked how he felt. “Tired,” he said.
It took two months for a club volleyball player to share his sexual orientation with teammates his freshman year. Austin Acel, a sophomore professional sales and French major, said he would suppress his usual energetic personality on the court.
After a week of leading his team in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, Ball State women’s basketball head coach Brady Sallee is taking a backseat. Ball State earned a berth in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament after a loss to Akron in the MAC Championship. It’s a national tournament that forces players to compete against unfamiliar opponents and at a high pace.
Hidden underneath a reserved personality is a driven mind. When Ball State outside attacker Matt Sutherland came to college, head men’s volleyball coach Joel Walton didn’t know how to help Sutherland come out of his shell. Walton turned to Sutherland’s club coach for guidance. “You need let him go and let him know you have confidence in him,” the club coach told Walton.
Her softball career has bridged the gap between a Texas high school, the Canadian National team and Ball State.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts owner and CEO Jim Irsay is known in NFL circles as a tough businessman and eccentric billionaire who enjoys interacting with fans about his beloved team and about his favorite songs from bands like the Beatles and the Grateful Dead. He may end up adding convicted felon to the mix. Irsay was pulled over just before midnight Sunday near his home in suburban Carmel.
The transition to college baseball is one that many high school athletes have trouble with. However, for Ball State freshman Zach Plesac the jump appears to be seamless. Coming out of Crown Point High School, Plesac quickly embraced his role in the Cardinals’ bullpen.
Early foul trouble and poor transition awareness kept the Ball State women’s basketball team from a Mid-American Conference Championship.
Nearly every statistic in the box score says the Ball State men’s volleyball team should have lost. It was out hit and had fewer assists and digs — three areas critical to winning a match.
Ball State knocked off Lees-McRae in four sets Saturday night 25-19, 25-19, 27-29, 25-3. The team finished the match with 50 kills with outside attackers Marcin Niemczewski and Matt Sutherland pacing Ball State each claiming 11 kills. Setter Graham McIlvaine finished with a team-high 25 sets, while Hiago Garchet added 13 of his own. Ball State finished with 13 team blocks; Niemczewski and Kevin Owens each with a solo block. Libero David Ryan Vander Meer led the team with 15 digs, while Shane Witmer was not far behind, contributing 13 digs. The win improves Ball State’s record to 14-5.
The Ball State women’s basketball team fell to Akron in the Mid-American Conference Championship game today. The Cardinals lost 68-79 despite a late 14-2 scoring run fueled by junior guard Brittany Carter’s four three-point field goals.
When the final kill fell Tuesday night, one of the loudest teams in the conference was silent. Ball State knocked off IPFW 19-25, 25-18, 25-19 and 25-23.
This season Ball State men’s volleyball head coach Joel Walton has emphasized that serving well doesn’t have to mean getting aces. When the team knocked off No.
Ball State swept King tonight, winning 25-14, 25-22 and 25-17. It’s the team’s fifth straight win and fourth straight sweep.
The Ball State women’s basketball team ended its regular season with a 69-56 victory over Toledo tonight.
