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.
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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.
Ball State Womens Tennis (6-1, 0-0 MAC) took to the court looking to extend a four-match win streak against Oakland (3-2, 0-0 Horizon League) Sunday. Carrying their momentum forward, the Cardinals snapped the Golden Grizzlies' three-match win streak in a 7-0 win.
Ball State Men’s Tennis saw its three-match winning streak come to an end Sunday at the hands of Illinois State. The match saw both teams find certain periods of success, but the Redbirds were able to edge out a 4-3 win over the Cardinals.
Ball State Men’s Tennis put on a dominant performance Sunday, keeping its undefeated home record intact. The team controlled the match in nearly every phase of the match, resulting in a 6-1 victory over Eastern Illinois.
Ball State Men’s Tennis split its doubleheader in East Lansing, Michigan, losing 4-2 to Michigan State and defeating Niagara 5-0.
Ball State’s Women’s Tennis couldn’t quite get things going Saturday afternoon, as Louisville ran away with a 5-2 win in the second-ever meeting between the two Cardinal squads.
The Cardinals swept IUPUI, 7-0, for the second year in a row and now lead the series over the Jaguars, 10-0. IUPUI has never scored more than one point when playing Ball State.
The loss is all too familiar to the Cardinals as the Broncos knocked the Cardinals out of the conference tournament last season.
Seniors Audrey Berger, Peyton Gollhoffer and Sarah Swiderski’s singles matches all ended with the same result. They lost the first set, won the second, then fell in the third.
As the Cardinals picked up their 14th victory of the season, head coach Max Norris was making history.
