WOMEN'S TENNIS: Wild named to first team All-MAC
April 27, 2012The Cardinals will have a member of the first-team All-MAC for the remainder of the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
The Cardinals will have a member of the first-team All-MAC for the remainder of the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
A typical freshman athlete carries a deer-in-headlights look. The pressures of playing a collegiate sport combined with a heaping amount of schoolwork, keeping up with friends and just managing to get a few hours of sleep can be overwhelming.
After months of preparation for the NFL Draft, former Ball State safeties Sean Baker and Joshua Howard will learn this weekend if their hard work has paid off.
It's a position the Ball State men's tennis team is all too familiar with.
It was quick, but not necessarily painless. In what seemed to pass with only a few serves and bounces of a volleyball, Ohio State easily swept the Ball State men's volleyball team 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-15) in St. John Arena on Wednesday night.
In January, women's tennis head coach Christine Bader said her team could surprise some teams in the Mid-American Conference this year.
In a long season nearing its end, a long road trip after a doubleheader can be a worry for Ball State (32-12, 10-2), who are trying to continue a seven-game win streak as the Mid-American Conference tournament nears.
Ball State Men's Volleyball took on Ohio State as part of the MIVA tournament. The team would walk away with a loss of 3-0.
Rebuilding isn't a word Jamion Hartley is willing to apply to this season for the Ball State men's volleyball team.
Men's volleyball live blog: Ball State vs. Ohio State
Two weeks ago, Purdue showed Ball State just how explosive its offense is. The Boilermakers turned a one-run game into a blowout with a 12-run sixth inning as they cruised to a 15-2 victory at Ball Diamond on April 11.
INDIANAPOLIS - Now that the Indianapolis Colts have decided who their new quarterback will be, the team can start filling in other holes.
When word spread of Tom Collins' decision to resign as the Ball State athletic director, there was a long sigh of relief across campus, almost as if the entire student body collectively said, "It's about
Joel Walton isn't shying away from the obvious.
Matt Hitt stood up out of his catcher's stance and stuck his left arm straight out. With the score tied at four and two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning Sunday, Ball State had runners on second and third. The play for Eastern Michigan was to intentionally walk Blake Beemer to create a force out at any base. Four easy tosses from right-hander Joe Battistelli to Hitt and it would be up to Billy Wellman to bring home the winning run.
No matter what type of day it is, it seems the Ball State lineup can always score runs.
Hosting its only home event of the 2011-2012 season, the Ball State men's golf team placed third out of 15 teams this weekend in the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational at the Delaware Country Club.
Ball State's home course advantage is proving useful so far.
There haven't been many games recently where Ball State's (31-12, 9-2) offense has been held to six consecutive scoreless innings. But a first inning grand slam from sophomore third baseman Audrey Bickel was plenty of offense for senior pitcher Kim Mazzapica in the 4-0 win over Central Michigan (21-21, 6-8).
Among the deep passes from Ball State quarterback Keith Wenning to a variety of his wide receivers in Saturday's Spring Game, a newcomer made himself a name to wrap up the spring season.
