WOMEN'S TENNIS: MAC play continues with NIU match
April 14, 2012Currently sitting on a seven-game losing streak, the Ball State women's tennis team will take on Northern Illinois on 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.
Steven Ward and Andrew Mishler sit down once again to talk about Ball State's losses to IPFW and Lewis this past weekend and where that puts them in the MIVA Tournament standings.
Right-hander Cal Bowling will likely miss his scheduled start Friday at Ohio and possibly the rest of the season, coach Alex Marconi said in a text message.
After missing out on win No. 600 against Notre Dame and Mid-American Conference foe Northern Illinois, Ball State coach Bill Richards got it on the third try Sunday as Ball State defeated Chicago State 7-0.
IPFW rolled from the start, winning the first two sets before Ball State stole the third. The Mastadons closed out the match in the next game, winning 3-1 (25-21, 27-25, 21-25, 25-21).
