No. 1 seed Ball State Baseball (39-17, 32-7 MAC) defeated No. 4 seed Ohio (29-23, 21-15 MAC) 6-4 after freshman designated hitter Hunter Dobbins hit a walk-off home run to end a game that began over 24 hours earlier, with constant weather delays and postponement pushing the game back a full day.
Five Delaware County Sectional or Regional events were set to take place May 25 and three have been officially postponed, while Wapahani Baseball and Softball each finished their games.
Ball State Baseball's (38-17, 32-7 MAC) first Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship Tournament game against Ohio (29-22, 21-15 MAC) has been postponed in the bottom of the first inning as the Cardinals lead 1-0. The contest has been tentatively rescheduled for 10 a.m. May 26 at Ball Diamond at First Merchant's Ballpark Complex in Muncie, Indiana.
It is state tournament time for high school sports. With a packed schedule, check out the roundup from last night's matchups and events.
Ball State Baseball (38-17, 32-7 MAC) won the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Regular Season Championship, thus earning the right to host the MAC Championship Tournament. The winner of said tournament earns an automatic bid at the NCAA Regionals. The Cardinals are scheduled to face Ohio (29-22, 21-15 MAC) May 25 at 4 p.m. in their first game of the tournament.
The Daleville Broncos (6-12) defeated the Southern Wells Raiders (5-19) 8-7 and the Cowan Blackhawks (13-8) defeated the Liberty Christian Lions (9-14) 9-0 in their respective first-round softball sectional matchups.
Former Ball State Baseball pitcher Devin Wilburn is in his first season as head coach of Delta High School Baseball and his biggest goals are to establish personal connections with his players and help them become men of greater character.
There have been a sizable amount of pinch me moments in my young career in sports journalism, but very few, if any, have come close to what I have felt while covering volleyball.
For the first time since 2014, Ball State Baseball (38-17, 32-7 MAC) are Mid-American Conference (MAC) Regular Season Champions, after sweeping Miami (Ohio) (23-33, 18-22 MAC) in four games.
May 17, the Orlando Magic won the NBA Draft Lottery, meaning they will select first overall in the 2022 NBA Draft held June 23. However, is the NBA right for holding a lottery or should the worst team automatically be given the first pick?
Ball State Baseball (34-17, 28-7 MAC) split their series against Ohio (26-21, 18-14 MAC) 2-2. The May 13-15 series saw the Cardinals win 11-5 and 16-6, and lose 5-3 and 15-10, with the latter loss coming on Senior Day.
Round two and three of the 2022 Delaware County Baseball Tournament took place May 14, with the Yorktown Tigers (15-7) coming out as champions.
Mid-American Conference (MAC) Softball Awards were announced May 11, as voted by the head coaches of each team in the conference, where Ball State took home five awards.
The more I shot sports, the more I seemed to find myself. When I came to college I felt lost. Not because I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life, but because I didn’t really know who I was anymore. I lost myself in high school and being at the Daily News helped me find my place and my people.
In game one, Wapahani (17-3) defeated Cowan (9-8) 12-1 and in game two, Delta (5-14) defeated Wes-Del (10-8) 4-2. Wapahani goes on to face Yorktown (13-7) 10 a.m. May 14 and Delta faces Daleville (3-15) approximately 40 minutes after game one. The championship is scheduled for 7 p.m. May 14.
Ball State Baseball (32-15, 26-5 MAC) win the first three games of their series against Kent State (18-26,13-17 MAC), but drop game four in walk-off fashion.
In the last series of the year, Ball State Softball wins its series 2-1 against Akron, however each team misses out on the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
364 days after winning the NCAA National Championship, Hawai'i Men's Volleyball (27-5, 7-3 BWC) is back on top of the collegiate game. The Rainbow Warriors are now consecutive champions and have appeared in three of the last four NCAA Tournament finals (no tournament held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic).
Ball State Women's Tennis (19-4, 8-2 MAC) traveled to Austin, Texas for the first-round NCAA Tournament against the University of Texas (21-4, 8-1 BIG12) May 6 as the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Tournament Champions. The Longhorns swept the Cardinals in the doubles and singles matches to end Ball State's postseason run.
After a five-set thriller at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, Ball State Men's Volleyball's (23-4, 12-2 MIVA) 2022 season came to an end at the hands of the University of Hawai'i (26-5, 7-3 BWC).
