Cardinals defeat Redbirds 4-3 in nail-biter
By Caleb Zuver / January 27, 2023It came down to the wire, but the Ball State Men’s tennis team is 2-0 on the young season after defeating the Illinois State Redbirds (3-1) 4-3 on Friday.
It came down to the wire, but the Ball State Men’s tennis team is 2-0 on the young season after defeating the Illinois State Redbirds (3-1) 4-3 on Friday.
“I felt that we were prepared and ready to go,” said Ball State Men’s Tennis head coach Bill Richards after the Ball State Men’s tennis team dominated its home match versus the Eastern Illinois Panthers on Friday to open the 2023 spring season. After a couple of weeks off around Christmas, the Cardinals had packed a lot into the past couple of weeks to prepare for their first match, and being ready to compete was a huge emphasis in practice.
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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 winning the 2022 Mid-American Conference regular season championship, Ball State Women’s Tennis (19-4, 9-2 MAC) hosted the MAC Tournament as the no. 1 seed April 30 and May 1.
Ball State Women’s Tennis (16-3, 7-1 MAC) defeated Mid-American Conference foe Western Michigan (11-10, 3-4 MAC) 4-3 April 15 to complete the season sweep of the Broncos.
The Cardinals earned the first points of the match by winning two of the three doubles matches, but fell to Eastern Michigan 4-3 April 1. Here are three takeaways from Ball State's loss.
Going into the weekend’s slate of conference matches, the Cardinals were on a 19-match win streak and 10-0 in the Mid-American Conference. After the two victories over Miami (Ohio) and Western Michigan, the Cardinals won the MAC regular-season championship outright for the first time since 2017.
The Cardinals kept their win streak intact Sunday afternoon, as Ball State (7-2, 0-0 MAC) defeated Western Kentucky (1-6, 0-0 Conference USA) 6-1.
The Cardinals defeated the Golden Grizzlies twice, earning their sixth win of the season and fourth in the last five days.
The Cardinals (6-1, 0-0 MAC) picked up a clean sweep over the Cougars to win their sixth straight match and improve to 6-1 overall.
It had been nearly a year since the Cardinals recorded a perfect match, but that changed Friday, as they played as near a perfect match in their 7-0 victory against Eastern Illinois.
Five matches into 2021, Ball State is 4-0 in matches with a 4-3 margin — thanks in part to Friday’s victory over Xavier.
With the victories, the Cardinals improve to 3-1 — their best start since 2018.
It had been nearly 10 months since Ball State Men’s Tennis stepped onto the court against an opponent, so it was to be expected the Cardinals would look a little rusty going into their doubleheader against Notre Dame — a team that already had two games under its belt.
On March 12, the Mid-American Conference made the announcement it would be canceling regular season, championship and non-traditional competition for the rest of the 2019-20 academic school year in concern with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Here is how Ball State athletes and coaches reacted to the announcement.
After losing the doubles point to the Racers, the Cardinals were in a tight battle all the way up to the final match, before ultimately taking the 4-3 win.
Friday’s outcome between Ball States Women’s Tennis and Northern Kentucky was never in doubt, as the Cardinals were able to take the doubles point and ride to the tune of a 6-1 win over the Norse.
