SWIMMING AND DIVING: Ball State looks to repeat success at meet
November 11, 2010The Ball State men's and women's swimming and diving teams both enter this weekend's House of Champions Invitational having dominated the event in recent years.
The Ball State men's and women's swimming and diving teams both enter this weekend's House of Champions Invitational having dominated the event in recent years.
Ball State defeated Toledo 25-18, 25-17, 25-19 to win the MAC championship outright.
Thursday's 25-18, 25-17, 25-19 win for Ball State (23-4, 13-2 MAC) was just another step in a longer journey.
AMHERST, N.Y. – Memories from the last time Ball State and Buffalo took the field together remain fresh for those associated with the Cardinals.
As we gear up for another season of Ball State basketball, I can't help but be ecstatic.
The schedule for coach Alex Marconi's first season as Ball State's head coach features visits to Ball Diamond by Indiana and Purdue and a Spring Break tournament at Coastal Carolina.
Wide receiver Jack Tomlinson was named MAC West Offensive Player of the Week and kicker Ian McGarvey was named MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week.
Ball State clinched at least a share of the Mid-American Conference regular season championship for the first time since 2002 with Saturday's win at Central Michigan.
The Cardinals swept the next three sets to clinch at least a share of the regular season Mid-American Conference championship for the first time since 2002.
The path from Muncie to the NFL was once so unthinkable that Tim Brown, the first Cardinal ever drafted, seriously considered not going to training camp.
The aftermath of Ball State's 37-30 double-overtime win against Akron was more depressing than the game was exciting.
Tomlinson's magical reception gave Ball State (3-7, 2-4) the momentum it needed to finish the game, and come away with a 37-30 victory in front of 5,377 fans at Scheumann Stadium.
Appearing to use an injury to linebacker Tony Martin as motivation, Ball State rallied to take a 13-7 lead into halftime against Akron.
Three turnovers in the first 10 minutes by Ball State allowed Akron to take a 7-0 lead after the first quarter.
Akron stopped Ball State's streak of 16 unanswered points and scored 10 straight points of its own to enter the fourth quarter tied at 16.
But it was just what Ball State needed, a 37-30 victory in double overtime Saturday against Akron.
As the Cardinals' offensive linemen start to comeback from their injuries, Hansel will have to fight to keep his starting job.
Every player on the Cardinals' roster saw the floor and scored in Ball State's 105-56 rout of St. Joseph's.
After two tough road losses, Ball State returns home Saturday for a game against winless Akron at 1 p.m.
It just might be Ball State's year. Facing second-place Eastern Michigan on the road and making mistakes by the truck load, it appeared to be Eastern Michigan's night.
