WOMEN'S GOLF: Ball State opens play in Arkansas tournament
March 25, 2012A two-week break with warm sunny weather has given the Ball State women's golf team ample time to improve. It's time to see if that hard work will produce results.
A two-week break with warm sunny weather has given the Ball State women's golf team ample time to improve. It's time to see if that hard work will produce results.
The Ball State women's tennis team closed out its weekend road trip on Saturday with a 7-0 loss to Akron.
After struggling to score runs all weekend at Akron, Ball State coach Alex Marconi was willing to take a gamble in the 12th inning on Sunday. After T.J. Weir tripled with one out in the inning, Marconi flashed the sign for a suicide squeeze.
The competition was too tough for the Ball State gymnastics team to handle this weekend. It came in last at the Mid-American Conference Championship hosted by Northern Illinois.
The offense has cooled so far at the 2012 Mustang Classic but the winning continued after the Ball State (18-7) softball team beat UNLV 5-1 and Cal-Poly 3-2.
The Ball State women's tennis team opened its conference play Friday afternoon with a 6-1 loss at Buffalo.
The Cardinals head into Saturday with a record of 4-8 overall and 2-4 in the MAC.
Akron used a six-run sixth inning to cruise to a 6-3 victory Saturday afternoon in Akron, Ohio.
The Cardinals managed just three hits against Akron right-hander Andrew Brown, and the Zips won the conference opener 4-0.
The Cardinals will get a chance to see what improvements they've made this weekend when they play in the 2012 Boise State Spring Break Classic in Boise, Idaho.
When Alex Marconi looks across the diamond and into the home dugout this week at Akron, he will see a familiar face.
Ball State's win over Ohio State on Sunday received appropriate attention from the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association office this week, as the team swept the conference awards.
With his team performing on all cylinders, coach Craig Nicholson is only worried about keeping the Ball State softball team playing well when conference play begins March 30.
Dominant hitting and pitching early this season has led to a flurry of individual awards for the Ball State softball team this season.
Ball State's win over Ohio State didn't fix any of its issues this season. The team made that clear in losing to Loyola 3-1 (17-25, 25-21, 23-25, 17-25) on the road Tuesday.
On Feb. 4, the Ball State women's tennis team was off to a 4-0 start, and the rest of the 2012 season looked bright.
Ball State women's basketball coach Kelly Packard has resigned from her position, effective March 30 according to athletic director Tom Collins.
Kelly Packard's inaugural season, 2008-09, as coach of Ball State women's basketball was the best in school history.
Packard's inaugural season, 2008-09, as coach of Ball State women's basketball was the best in school history. She led Ball State to its first MAC Tournament Championship and eventual 71-55 first-round upset over fifth-seeded Tennessee.
