After enduring a winless three-game home stand, Ball State embarks north for a road trip to try and reverse its fortunes. The significance of one win holds power for the 4-19 Cardinals as the team looks to defeat the 8-16 Central Michigan Chippewas.
Five things to know before Ball State faces Loyola. 1. Ball State’s Marcin Niemczewski’s performance could go a long way in effecting the outcome of Thursday’s match.
Ball State walked off the court last spring with its 13 match winning streak shattered, players wondering what went wrong. But when the Ball State men’s volleyball team hosts No.
For the first time this season, the Ball State men’s baseball team finished a game on the wrong end of the scoreboard.
Just a couple days into the season, the Ball State baseball team was already playing a doubleheader. For the second game in a row, the players found themselves in an early hole when a lead-off walk by starting pitcher Jacob Brewer came around to score, making the game 0-1 early. Morehead State’s lead would be short-lived, as the bottom of the first saw the Cardinals send eight men to the plate, half coming home to score.
Splitting a pair of games in the opening day of the Buffalo Wild Wings Invitational, the Ball State softball team moved to a 4-1 overall record Sunday.
Seeing members of the Ball State men’s basketball program walk off a court with their heads buried in their chest has become the usual sighting for the 4-19 Cardinals. When Ball State head coach James Whitford exited Worthen Arena’s media room, there was an audible slapping sound against the brick wall and a clear moan echoing in the stairwell leading to the Cardinals locker room. It described the 66-64 loss to Bowling Green Saturday afternoon where Ball State led 64-61 with 1:20 left in the game.
Maybe Ball State should just stay on the bus. The Cardinals men’s volleyball team knocked off both Quincy and Lindenwood over the weekend, extending its road-winning streak to five. Over those five matches, Ball State won 15 sets, each one by an average of over five points per set. The team’s streak comes after it dropped its first two road matches, gaining experiences it has used to succeed as of late. “We were tense, uptight, and that really translated into inability to play,” Ball State head coach Joel Walton said of his team’s early-season road loss against Penn State.
Ball State had the chance to secure its third win over a NCAA Division-I opponent this season, but Bowling Green erased any hope. Freshman Zavier Turner made 3 of his 5 total points on the right wing to put his Cardinals up 64-61 with 1:20 left in the game.
HEAD: MEN’S BASKETBALL: Senior Berry breaks three-point record in loss to Bowling Green Senior Ball State guard Jesse Berry found himself behind Bowling Green’s three-point line for the third time in the game.
Cardinals erase a 4-1 deficit Tyler Jordan pitches 5 shutout innings 7 different players score a run The 2014 season started strong for Ball State. Facing South Carolina Upstate, Ball State sent its ace, junior Scott Baker, to the mound.
Ball State’s matchup against Akron was the second one of the season, but the result was no different.
Ball State knew that height would play a factor in its Wednesday evening loss against Eastern Michigan, but it came in an unconventional way. Eastern Michigan’s center Da’Shonte Riley dominated the game without attempting a single field goal.
During a match, the current play is the only thing on a player’s mind. That can change when the team is on a bus, traveling to or from an away game. For the second time in a week, the Ball State men’s volleyball team will be loading onto a bus and traveling to road matches, missing class in the process. For some players, keeping their grades up when they can’t be in class isn’t always easy. “It’s been rough, this year especially because I’m in anatomy,” outside attacker Matt Sutherland said.
Season-high’s are being set, but the win’s aren’t accumulating. Ball State Gymnastics had another season-high team score of 193.175 and a season’s best on the vault with a score of 48.725, though they still came up short against Western Michigan in Mid-American Conference play last weekend. The vault score the team produced was close to breaking the school record on team vault with 48.9.
With Ball State baseball’s 2014 season just around the corner, the team sees reasons to be optimistic. “We are expected to compete with the top teams in our league,” head coach Richard Maloney said.
Tyler Koch is close to returning Koch is medically allowed to return to play, and it’s just a matter of time before he returns to the court.
One year after making the NCAA Finals, the Ball State men’s golf team opened 2014 with a victory. Ball State’s No.
There’s nothing left to hold back during a fifth set. Ball State has proven that recently. Over the men’s volleyball team’s last three games, two of them have gone to a fifth set. Both times, Ball State slammed the door in its opponents face. “You don’t want to be passive because it’s not a game where you approach hoping to win points or waiting to see what happens,” head coach Joel Walton said.
Ball State is having a difficult time finding ways to prepare for its next two opponents. The 4-17 Cardinals have not had a height disparity since facing Utah in November, which can cause challenges for Ball State’s offense.
