FOOTBALL: Ball State recruiting wrap-up
February 8, 2010Stan Parrish signed 21 recruits on National Signing Day last week. Here are the top-five gets for Parrish and the five most likely to make an impact next year.
Stan Parrish signed 21 recruits on National Signing Day last week. Here are the top-five gets for Parrish and the five most likely to make an impact next year.
Put away those paper bags forever. Drew Brees and the Saints are NFL champions, rallying to upset Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Sunday night in one of pro football's most thrilling title games.
Defensive coordinator Doug Graber announced Monday he will retire after one year at Ball State University, citing family issues as the reason for his departure in a press release.
Ball State outscored Bowling Green 36-18 in the paint but was unable to overcome the Falcons at the line and beyond the arc. The Cardinals went 5-for-15 from downtown, with four of the 3-pointers belonging to Audrey McDonald.
Defensive coordinator Doug Graber announced Monday he will retire after one year at Ball State University.
The Cardinals' doubles teams, however, showed improvement after struggling coming into the match. They won all three of their matches to earn the doubles point. Dena Boulieris and Georgina Thompson led the drive with a 8-1 victory at the No. 1 spot.
Purdue alum Drew Brees and the Saints are NFL champions, rallying to upset Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Sunday night in one of pro football's most thrilling title games.
Even as preseason accolades roll in, Ball State is trying to remain focused on Opening Day at Arkansas in less than two weeks.
Junior Hayley Hall led the charge with a two-set victory, 6-2, 6-0, in the No. 1 singles match as all Ball State singles players won in straight sets. The closest UW-Milwaukee got to forcing a third set was at the No. 2 singles spot, as sophomore Dena Boulieris won 6-3, 7-5.
This season, Ball State has taken last year's second and third place teams, Ohio University and the University of Toledo, down to the last event, but fallen short each time. Coach Laura Seibold-Caudill said that even though the Cardinals weren't able to pull off those defeats, this year's Ball State team is not the same one that finished last in last season's MAC Championships.
For the Cardinals to have a good chance at a win, the team will bank on another strong performance from junior Eduardo Pavia. Pavia won in straight-sets at No. 1 singles against Purdue University last Saturday.
The Cardinals had eight first-place performances in last week's Indiana Wesleyan Invitational, and they hope to continue that trend today. Three of those first places came from sophomore Janae Taylor, who won the 60-meter dash, the 200-meter dash and was the anchor leg in Ball State's 4x200 meter relay team.
Davis led the way for the Cardinals (12-9, 6-3 Mid-American Conference) with a game-high 18 points and four assists to just one turnover in 33 minutes of action. Three other Ball State players scored in double-digits: Watson had 14 points and nine rebounds, sophomore center Jarrod Jones earned a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds and Scaife added 10 points.
Sporting its longest winning streak in six years, Ball State University will host the University of Akron, the defending Mid-American Conference champion, Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals (12-9, 6-3) have won four straight and five of their last six games to reassert themselves in the MAC race.
Today's games are being telecast regionally by Fox Sports Net. The last time the channel hosted a men's-women's Ball State basketball double-header was Jan. 17, when the Cardinals swept the University of Toledo; the men's team won 71-43, while the women's team squeaked by with a 73-69 victory.
This will be the first meet of the season for Ball State not on a Sunday. Coach Nadalie Walsh said that she thinks the short week will not affect her team, adding that the gymnasts have been efficient in practice to be prepared for the meet.
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. In gymnastics, close is the difference between winning and losing. The Ball State University gymnastics team learned that lesson the hard way yet again. The team was one fall on the balance beam short of a perfect meet – being able to count 20 clean routines – as it lost to Illinois State University (194.15-193.925) Friday night.
Ball State (6-1, 1-1 MIVA) is on a six-match winning streak. The Cardinals' winning streak is tied for the nation's longest active streak with Loyola University, who defeated Ball State in both teams' season opener.
It's a major turnaround for a team that ended last season poorly, finishing 5-13 overall and 0-8 in the MAC. While coach Amy Behrman wasn't with the team last year, she's quick to point out that health has played a big role in the team's recent resurgence.
Ohio State has now won 13 of their 16 matches with Ball State, and coach Joel Walton believes that recent history is giving the Buckeyes a mental edge.
