SOCCER: Players using new methods to prepare for Western Michigan
September 23, 2011With Mid-American Conference play starting this weekend, most teams would hold very structured practices to make sure everything is perfectly tuned for competition.
With Mid-American Conference play starting this weekend, most teams would hold very structured practices to make sure everything is perfectly tuned for competition.
The Ball State women's volleyball team won it's Mid-American Conference opener against Toledo 3-1 Thursday night in Worthen Arena.
Ever since he was young, Andre Dawson and his family have been moving from place to place across the country. Not because he was in any trouble, but because of his father and his military obligations. He said he couldn't remember how many times he's moved.
Having lost eight in a row to Miami dating back to 2006, Ball State finally snapped its losing streak.
Currently winless in 2011, Ball State coach Beth Maddox and her team are looking to get the first victory of the season over Mid-American Conference opponent Miami.
Jahwan Edwards had heard of Ball State in high school. He had even watched the Cardinals play a game once, or maybe it was twice. One of those midweek ESPN deals. But if you had asked him to point to Ball State on a map or name what conference they played in, well, Edwards couldn't help you.
Ball State was winless in its last eight tries against Miami over a span of four years. Season after season, Miami triumphed while Ball State failed to prosper.
There will be pre-match high fives. And there might even be a few ‘good lucks' between both teams.
With the arrival of Mid-American Conference play this week, Ball State will need its entire lineup to be focused for tough battles against Toledo and Akron.
INDIANAPOLIS — Fox Sports, citing an unnamed source, reported Sunday that Manning traveled to Europe for stem-cell treatment before his latest surgery. The procedure has not yet been approved for use in the United States.
For the second time in three weeks, a Ball State defensive player was named Mid-American Conference West Division Defensive Player of the Week.
Not many teams in Football Bowl Subdivision run the triple option offense.
Ball State men's golf team continues to improve on its fall season with a fifth-place finish at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational in Colorado Springs, Colo.
It took 86 minutes for Ball State to score its first goal against Marshall on Friday and win in a dramatic fashion. In Ball State's game against IPFW Sunday, the team preferred a faster start.
Its trip to Ann Arbor, Mich., proved to be a reality check for Coach Beth Maddox and her young team.
With the help of six-under-par 138 from senior TJ Carpenter, Ball State is in fifth place out of 19 teams in the Air Force Invitational after two rounds of play Sunday.
Sophomore middle blocker Mindy Marx has been named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for her play in the Spartan Invitational this past weekend.
Ball State entered the Milwaukee Tennis Classic on Friday confident it could come away with positive results in its first tournament of the season.
When asked in early September how long it would take for Kara Bates to feel comfortable on the court for the Ball State women's volleyball team, coach Steve Shondell tossed out a few ideas. Maybe late September. Maybe sometime in October. But no matter what, Bates — an outside hitter transfer from Maryland — would be brought along slowly.
The Ball State women's golf team placed second in the 36-hole Cardinal Classic Invitational this weekend after being tied for first after the first round Saturday.
