The Ball State men’s volleyball team is ranked eighth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association and will head west for three straight matches after finishing its six-match home stand. The Cardinals (13-3, 7-0) didn't lose in the entire month of February and are on a 10-match winning streak.
Ball State men’s volleyball sophomore middle attacker Matt Walsh was named Defensive Player of the Week by the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.
The Ball State men’s volleyball team's win streak is now at 10 matches — the recent success has come from a variety of players in the starting lineup.
Ball State men’s volleyball swept Lindenwood University Lions Friday, 25-14, 25-21, 25-15. It was the ninth-ranked Cardinals' 10th consecutive victory, but senior setter Hiago Garchet said they won't get complacent. “The fact that we’ve won 10 matches doesn’t mean anything," he said.
The men’s volleyball team has one of the deepest rosters since 2002, and with that comes the opportunity to have an aggressive strategy. In matches, head coach Joel Walton is able to sub players in and out depending on who he thinks is needed at any given time.
The ninth-ranked Ball State men’s volleyball team continued its winning ways after defeating Quincy at Worthen Arena in a three-set sweep. Each of Ball State's set wins came by at least 7 points (25-16, 25-18, 25-18), as the Cardinals extended their win streak to nine.
About eight minutes before a match against Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne is set to begin, the men's volleyball team lines up at the edge of the court. “We can't start until 7:35,” a graduate assistant reminds Steve Shondell from the court-side seats.
rivals Quincy (8-12, 2-5 MIVA) on Feb. 25 and Lindenwood (2-9, 0-5 MIVA) on Feb. 26.
The last time the Ball State men’s volleyball team won the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association regular season championship was in 2002. That season was also the last the time Ball State defeated Loyola, Lewis and Ohio State in the first matchup against each team in a single season until this year. After defeating No. 11 Loyola and No. 14 Lewis last week, No. 9 Ball State moved its way into the NCAA men’s volleyball top-10 rankings.
Shane Witmer has always made his teammates laugh. A jokester, he calls himself. Witmer was a four-year starter for the Ball State men’s volleyball team.
Ball State men’s volleyball was able to escape Worthen Arena with a 3-2 win on Feb. 18 against No. 14 Lewis.
On Feb. 17, No. 12-ranked Ball State took down No. 8 Loyola 3-1 at Worthen Arena and will turn around to play No. 14 Lewis University on Feb. 18.
The 12th-ranked Ball State men’s volleyball team (10-3, 4-0 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) defeated the reigning NCAA champions, No. 8 Loyola University (8-4, 3-2 MIVA), in four sets.
Ball State men's volleyball junior middle attacker Alex Pia was named the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association player of the week.
The No. 12 Ball State men’s volleyball team will play host to the National Collegiate Athletic Association reigning champions as well as the runner-up at Worthen Arena Feb. 17 and 18.
Senior setter for the men's volleyball team, Hiago Garchet, is ranked tenth in Ball State history in career assists-per-set with an average of 7.69.
After another 2-0 week, the Ball State men's volleyball is the only team in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association that remains undefeated in conference play.
Ball State men’s volleyball improved its win streak to six on Feb. 12 as the 13th-ranked Cardinals (9-3, 3-0 MIVA) swept the Barton College Bulldogs (6-3, 4-2 Conference Carolinas) in three sets, 25-20, 25-17 and 25-17.
In the old I-69 rivalry, as announcer and women's volleyball coach Steve Shondell deem it, No. 13 Ball State swept Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in three straight sets.
Ball State men's volleyball team has won its past four games and sits 2-0 in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. While the team has been playing winning as of late, it's in big part to junior outside attacker, Brendan Surane.
