VOLLEYBALL: Preseason poll picks Ball State to finish fourth
By Staff Reports / August 29, 2013Head coach Steve Shondell hopes to have more continuity on team this season, now with all the players healthy and new offensive threats on the court.
Head coach Steve Shondell hopes to have more continuity on team this season, now with all the players healthy and new offensive threats on the court.
The Mid-American Conference announced its field hockey preseason polls. Ball State was ranked sixth out of six conference teams and was given no first-place votes.
Ben Ingle and Kenneth Lee return to Ball State’s defense as the most experienced linebackers on the team after the departures of three players.
Playing against Illinois State, an FCS team, next season would mean playing just five home games compared to seven away games.
Jamill Smith, the senior wide receiver, has played in 35 games throughout his career, but he still gets just as hyped before games, no matter the opponent.
With a mix of healthy veterans and freshmen and transfers, the women's volleyball team hopes its combination of experience will be successful throughout the season.
Johnny Manziel was suspended for half of Texas A&M’s opening game against Rice for what was called an “inadvertent” violation of NCAA rules by signing autographs.
The Mid-American Conference didn’t want to take any chances on teams getting left at home from bowl games when the College Football Playoff starts in 2014.
A 5-1 goal differential, the Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Week and most importantly, two wins. Not a bad opening weekend for a team that did not have a starting lineup set until the day of its first match.
Three things to know before Ball State’s game Thursday against Illinois State
The Ball State athletic department announced today that its rewards program is returning for the second year, according to a release.
Despite losing nine seniors, 2013 looks more like a reloading year than a rebuilding one for the Ball State soccer team.
For the first 15 minutes, it was all the Ball State field hockey team could have hoped for.
Despite losing nine seniors, 2013 looks more like a reloading year than a rebuilding one for the Ball State soccer team.
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times} If there is a way to win convincingly by one goal, then Ball State’s soccer team found it in a 2-1 victory over Northern Iowa. Ball State dominated its season opener at the Briner Sports Complex in every way, except on the scoreboard.
It’s a change of pace that will allow Ball State to keep up with its Mid-American Conference opponents.
Ball State head coach Pete Lembo surveys over the empty practice field and yells “Ones up!” signifying for the starters to line up for a few snaps.
Ball State has hired the next head coach of the gymnastics team, a Ball State athletics media relations member said.
Through his first three seasons at Ball State, head coach Craig Roberts has established a system that predicates itself on passing and movement.
