FOOTBALL: Kicker named semifinalist for national award
October 1, 2010Kicker Ian McGarvey was named a semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy on Thursday.
Kicker Ian McGarvey was named a semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy on Thursday.
The Ball State field hockey team is gearing up for a busy weekend in Muncie.
The Ball State soccer team's 0-2 start in Mid-American Conference play magnifies the importance of Friday's game against Akron and Sunday's match with Ohio.
Last season, the Cardinals went 1-5 against the three Michigan-based Mid-American Conference schools.
Ball State will face Oklahoma in its final nonconference game of the 2011 season.
The weather played a factor in men's tennis preparation for the Ball State Invitational, so rain and wind gusts up to 35 mph in the first day of play was nothing unusual for the Cardinals.
Monday kicks off the Cardinal Classic hosted by Ball State. The 15-team tournament will be played on Monday and Tuesday at The Players Club.
Struggling to recover from a second major NCAA rules infraction and penalty in three years, the Ball State Athletics Department has increased internal monitoring to keep the school's teams in compliance with the complex and massive NCAA rule book.
Growing a program can be difficult. Some nights a team looks brilliant. Other nights, a team will show its flaws. Ball State experienced both in the opening weekend of Mid-American Conference action.
Ball State's offense gained just 112 yards at No. 17 Iowa, its lowest total since at least 2003.
Their 1-0 loss in overtime to Northern Illinois put Ball State's record at 0-2 in Mid-American Conference play, following a 3-0 loss to Western Michigan on Friday.
Unable to contend with No. 18 Iowa, Ball State lost its third straight game 45-0.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Fans streamed out of Kinnick Stadium at halftime, eager to get out of the pouring rain.
Ball State has just 54 yards of offense in the first half and trails Iowa 21-0.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Playing with a makeshift offensive line Saturday, Ball State will have to contend with a defense coach Stan Parrish called the best he has faced since 2006.
Mid-American Conference action begins today when the Ball State women's volleyball team (10-2) travels to Northern Illinois (13-1).
Ball State returns from a six-game road trip to open Mid-American Conference play against Western Michigan at 4 p.m. Friday.
Eight Mid-American Conference teams will take on opponents from the Big Ten this weekend, leading some to bill it as the "Big Ten-MAC Challenge."
For the first time as coach at Ball State, Christine Bader will make a homecoming trip to her alma mater, Michigan State, as the women's tennis team competes in the Spartan Invitational this weekend.
The present and the future have collided, and the result has been nothing but beneficial for the Ball State women's volleyball team.
