After news surfaced that senior Cal Bowling broke his pitching hand last week and would miss Friday's series opening start against Ohio, coach Alex Marconi shuffled his starting rotation for Sunday's series finale doubleheader.
Loyola had defeated IPFW 3-1, meaning Ball State had leaped ahead of the latter in the conference standing on the last possible day, locking itself into the fifth seed in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament.
The Ball State women's tennis team hasn't won a conference match all season, and that streak didn't end on Saturday.
Rain in Athens, Ohio, this afternoon forced Ball State and Ohio to postpone the second game of their series, which had been scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday.
Currently sitting on a seven-game losing streak, the Ball State women's tennis team will take on Northern Illinois on Saturday.
Ball State held a one-run lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning at Ohio, only to give six runs in the next two innings and lose 6-1.
In order to win the No. 5 seed in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament, Ball State came through with step one on Friday.
Splitting a double header with Purdue was something coach Craig Nicholson would have gladly taken on Friday. But he probably didn't want it to feel eerily similar to the Cardinals double header last week against Ohio.
Ball State took on Purdue in what would be a split for the softball team after the evening game.
Coach Alex Marconi will not write Cal Bowling's name on his lineup card Friday as his starting pitcher that night when Ball State opens a three-game series at Ohio
The Ball State men's tennis went into its matchup with Toledo on Thursday knowing it was going to have a fight on its hands.
It's always a big week for the Cardinals when it plays the Boilermakers. But having to follow up Purdue with Mid-American Conference East Division leader Miami may be an even bigger challenge.
It's been almost a year since the Ball State men's tennis team defeated Western Michigan and Toledo in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
Only days before the two-year anniversary of his hiring as the Ball State women's volleyball coach, Shondell confirmed in an interview Tuesday that he plans to stay on as coach past his current contract, which expires next January.
With two weeks worth of spring practice for a defensive unit that is only returning five starters, Ball State coach Pete Lembo said there's a lot more work to get done.
Ball State is playing its final two matches of the regular season on the road this weekend, and it has no choice but to get used to it.
For five innings Wednesday afternoon, Ball State played a close game with No. 16 Purdue. The Cardinals trailed the Boilermakers by one run going into the sixth inning.
If there's ever a time for a team to have an injury crisis, the offseason would be best.
Despite its best offensive inning of the season, Ball State's bullpen imploded, allowing Butler to rally back and capture an 8-6 win at Victory Field Tuesday.
Things were going great for one of Ball State's best players, but a complicated leg injury would put Morrison in an unfamiliar situation - on the sidelines for an entire season.
