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Swimming and diving team hosts match at Lewllen

By Staff Reports / November 20, 2013

The Ball State women’s swimming and diving team is back in action at 6 p.m. Friday as the Cardinals host the Doug Coers Invitational in the Lewellen Aquatic Center. The Cardinals enter their first invitational of the season with a record of 0-4, but head coach Kristy Castillo is still happy with the way her team has performed. “We are still seeing season-best times, and we are still seeing lifetime-best times, so when they are going best times you can’t argue with that,” Castillo said.

Jacqui Seidel, Mindy Marx and Kylee Baker set up a three-person defensive wall against Bowling Green State University's offense Oct. 25 at Worthen Arena. Bowling Green would take Ball State 3-1. DN PHOTO COREY OHLENKAMP
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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: With tournament approaching, mental changes occur

By David Polaski / November 19, 2013

When the lights turn on in the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, the Ball State women’s volleyball team can’t afford to make mistakes. Not when one error could make the difference between a Mid-American Conference championship and leaving empty handed. As the pressure builds, so does the energy that seniors Jacqui Seidel and Kylee Baker play with.

Senior forward Chris Bond attempts the layup against Southeast Missouri on Monday at Worthen Arena. Bond scored a career-high 20 points in the win. DN PHOTO MARCEY BURTON
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MEN'S BASKETBALL: Berry, Bond, set personal bests

By David K. Jones / November 19, 2013

As Ball State beat Southeast Missouri 87-83 Monday, seniors Chris Bond and Jesse Berry achieved new personal bests as they led their team to a 2-1 record on the year. Bond, who was last year’s Mid-American Conference leader in steals, scored a career-high 20 points, grabbed three rebounds and handed out an assist and as he carried his team to victory. “I was just playing throughout our offense, trying to stay in attack mode and crashing the offensive boards,” Bond said about his performance.

Mindy Marx, a senior middle hitter, goes up to hit the ball against the University of Toledo on Nov. 7 at Worthen Arena. Marx had 18 kills. DN PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY
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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Varied attack gives Ball State advantage

By David Polaski / November 18, 2013

By the end of Saturday’s match against Western Michigan University, Lauren Grant had 10 kills. That would normally put a player at or near the top of the kill lead in a match. Not this time, though, not when four other players finished with even more in one of the strongest offensive performances of the season by the Ball State women’s volleyball team. But it wasn’t holes in the defense that Ball State was seeing that spurred the offense, said sophomore middle blocker Hayley Benson. “[It was] a lot of determination,” she said.

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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Ball State faces off against Northern Illinois

By David Polaski / November 14, 2013

Ball State has seen its fair share of strong outside hitters lately. It doesn’t get any easier Friday, when the Ball State women’s volleyball team travels to Northern Illinois University in the final weekend of the regular season. After facing Lauren Rafdal, who leads the Mid-American Conference in kills, the Cardinals will take on Mackenzie Roddy.

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