For the Ball State baseball team, Game 2 in Lynchburg, Virginia did not fare as well as the first. Facing off against last season’s Big South Champions, the Liberty Flames, the Cardinals needed a good outing from starting pitcher Scott Baker.
Brendan Surane is just a freshman, but his presence on the court coupled with his overall play was a key factor in Ball State’s 3-0 win over the Barton Bulldogs on Friday night in Worthen Arena.
The Ball State baseball team opened its road trip to Lynchburg, Va., with a 4-1 victory over the Rider Broncs.
The Ball State men’s basketball team fell to Western Michigan 81-88 tonight. The loss moved Ball State’s record to 4-22 overall and 1-14 in Mid-American Conference play.
Ball State knocked off Ohio State tonight 3-1. After dropping the first set 20-25, the Cardinals rebounded to win the next three 26-24, 25-20 and 26-24. Junior outside attacker Matt Sutherland got the start for an ailing senior Larry Wrather and responded by giving Ball State eight kills on 37 attempts. Trailing in the fourth set 23-22, a block from senior middle attacker Matt Leske and sophomore outside attacker Marcin Niemczewski tied the match while an attack error from Ohio State’s Mitch Vallis gave Ball State the lead.
The Ball State women’s basketball team is aiming to keep its last two road games of the regular season on a positive note while the Cardinals have a rematch against the Mid-American Conference West leader, Central Michigan.
Coming off a road loss to Toledo, the Ball State men’s basketball team will host Western Michigan on Wednesday. The Cardinals lost to the Broncos on the road Jan.
Fifty-five times this season, Graham McIlvaine sent an attack over the net. As the Ball State men’s volleyball team’s starting setter, it’s not his job to attack.
A pair of feet began moving forward, taking several steps before leaping into the air. This time Ball State’s Mindy Marx is jumping in front of a bar, not a volleyball net. The former middle blocker for the Cardinals women’s volleyball team made her name by roaming the middle of the court at Worthen Arena, jumping high to reject opposing attacks before throwing down ones of her own. Once the fall season ended, Marx found herself bored with an abundance of free time.
When senior center Majok Majok went down with an ankle injury Wednesday, it altered Ball State’s lineup and its defensive gameplan.
Despite her unassuming 5-foot-5 frame, Ball State sophomore Taylor Miller’s physicality measures up with the biggest players on the court.
Jonathan Newsome Height: 6-foot-3 Weight: 247 pounds Arm length: 33 and 1/4 inches Hand size: 9 and 5/8 inches Official 40-yard dash time: 4.73 seconds Ranked 9th among 42 defensive linemen who performed Bench press reps: 21 Tied for 13th among 50 defensive linemen who performed Vertical jump height: 34 inches Ranked 9th among 43 defensive linemen who performed Broad jump: 117 inches Ranked 6th among 43 defensive linemen who performed Three-cone drill: 7.31 seconds Ranked 13th among 36 defensive linemen who performed Analysis: Newsome helped himself tremendously Monday, posting above-average workout marks and showing range and agility in the on-field drills.
Contributions from the entire team resulted in a perfect weekend for the Ball State softball team as it went 3-0 in the Blue City Classic. The Cardinals, now 7-2, had 22 hits over the combined three games with 11 different players recording at least one hit in the final game of the tournament.
Undermanned and undersized, the Ball State Cardinals traveled to Toledo, Ohio in hopes of earning their first road victory. Ball State was forced to play without two of their key players Sunday evening as Majok Majok and Kindon Crowder sat out the entire game due to sprained ankles.
Heading into play at the Snow Bird Classic in Port Charlotte, Florida, the Ball State baseball team had a chance to get off to the school’s best start in 14 years.
Following Ball State’s record-breaking season in 2013, three players are trying their luck at moving into the NFL.
With Thursday and Saturday matches against two top 10 teams in the country, Ball State was hoping to make a statement. The one it made wasn’t the one it wanted. The men’s volleyball team dropped its matches against Loyola (25-19), (25-21), (20-25), (25-17) and Lewis (25-14), (25-16), (25-18). “We got our butts kicked pretty hard and I think the frustrating thing is we know we can play better than we did,” said Ball State head coach Joel Walton after the loss to Lewis.
2/23/14 vs. Eastern Michigan | Score: 62-60, Eastern Michigan | New record: 11-14 overall, 6-8 MAC FIRST HALF In the game’s first 10 minutes, Eastern Michigan jumped out to a 20-10 lead, making two early three-pointers.
For three sets, Ball State struggled to find answers for the Lewis onslaught. The men’s volleyball team dropped its road match against the Flyers (25-14), (25-16), (25-18). The Cardinals came out flat and maintained their low energy throughout the match, unable to compete with the Flyers on both offense and defense. Ball State head coach Joel Walton was left searching for answers. “We were really disrupted by their serve,” he said.
Ball State was overpowered early and often en route to its 3-1 loss to Loyola, whose attacks were the biggest advantage of the match. The Cardinals were resilient, but ultimately the Ramblers displayed too much firepower. Loyola’s final attack percentage was .369 on a night where the team used an array of disguises to execute their offense.
