WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Freshmen to have impact for Ball State women’s volleyball
August 20, 2013Most college freshmen only have to worry about getting to class on time and making a few friends.
Most college freshmen only have to worry about getting to class on time and making a few friends.
When Ohio scored its final point against Ball State in the Mid-American Conference tournament last season, Jacqui Seidel thought about what could have been.
The Ball State athletic department is announcing the installation of video boards in Scheumann Stadium and Worthen Arena on Sunday.
After spending eight seasons as a volunteer assistant coach with the Ball State men’s volleyball team, Jim Palilonis has been promoted to a full-time, paid position.
A recruitment class featuring seven players, along with the addition of a second full-time assistant head coach will help to strengthen an already successful program.
Lopes provides readers with an in-depth look at the volleyball program’s history which is coming off of one of the most successful seasons in recent program history.
Junior Kevin Owens and Senior Matt Leske were named to the 2013 Volleyball Magazine NCAA All-American third team for the first time.
Chicago – For two months No. 9 Ball State had brazenly beaten all of its competition, the latest coming on Saturday.
No. 9 Ball State’s semifinal match with No. 12 Loyola will culminate by ending a streak and extending another one.
Ball State won its 13th match in row in straight sets (25-21, 25-17, 25-20) against I-69 rival IPFW on Saturday night. Another win against a conference opponent, all that changed was the stakes.
Ball State won its 13th match in row in straight sets (25-21, 25-17, 25-20) against I-69 rival IPFW. Another win against a conference opponent, all that changed was the stakes.
Ball State athletics will soon announce a plan for a new volleyball and basketball practice facility, along with the possibility of other improved sports facilities.
In the preseason polls, Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association coaches did not give Ball State much of a chance to compete in the upper tier of the conference.
By ending 2012 with a 14-12 overall record, the Ball State men’s volleyball team extended its fall from being one of the elite programs in the country that began after the 2002 season.
No. 15 Ball State’s win over No. 11 Loyola on Saturday — the team’s 20th on the season — transcended the win-loss column.
No. 15 Ball State’s 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 27-25, 25-19) win over No. 11 Loyola was more than just Ball State’s 20th win and ninth conference victory.
In the midst of its now 11 match-winning streak, Ball State has played the underdog role twice to opponents ranked higher in the national standings. But from the start of the match against No. 9 Lewis, Ball State brought an onslaught of torpedoing attacks and impermeable defense.
Six weeks ago Ball State men’s volleyball slunk out of Loyola in a weekend where it was swept at, then-No. 12, Lewis and Loyola.
Since early January, before the season even started, No. 15 Ball State men’s volleyball coach Joel Walton stressed the amount of parity in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.
