“We love our fans here in Worthen; we love playing here,” fourth-year middle blocker Marie Plitt said. “Everyone is so supportive, especially our Men’s team and other sports teams and the Muncie community in general.”
Ball State women's volleyball, now winners in seven straight matches, knocked off Toledo to take sole possession of Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division after a career-high 19 kills from third-year outside hitter Cait Snyder.
Ball State Women’s Volleyball (14-6, 6-2) handed Mid-American Conference (MAC) opponent Northern Illinois (13-6, 6-3) their second straight loss, closing the Huskies out in three sets.
Ball State Women’s Volleyball (13-6, 5-2) took down the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division leader Northern Illinois (13-5, 6-2) in four sets on the road.
Ball State's five-person roster consisted of first-year Sarah Gallagher, first-year Jasmine Driscoll, second-year Payton Bennett, first-year Madelin Boyd and graduate student Peyton Broce. “One of the keys is always to try to minimize any doubles or worse off the card and you know, we still made a few too many of those,” head coach Cameron Andry said. “The golf course just kind of reveals where we are.” Monday - Round One
“I’m so proud of her,” second-year setter Megan Wielonski said. “She’s just been killing it recently. She’s really someone I can rely on, on the court and I really trust now. It’s just awesome to see her development and our connection grow.”
After a much closer match the evening before, Ball State Women’s Volleyball (10-6, 2-2) was not looking for more than three sets as it swept (25-17, 25-19, 25-16) Mid-American Conference (MAC) opponent Eastern Michigan (1-15, 0-4) and sealed back-to-back home wins in the second week of conference play.
Webster’s Dictionary defines “loud” as “Having a great sound; high sounding; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as a loud voice; a loud cry; loud thunder." Or a way to describe Worthen Arena anytime third-year outside hitter Cait Snyder smashed a kill against Eastern Michigan Sept. 30.
In its first two Mid-American Conference (MAC) matchups of the 2022 season, Ball State Women’s Volleyball (8-6, 0-2 MAC) dropped a pair of games to Central Michigan (9-4, 2-0 MAC).
Ball State Women’s Volleyball (8-2, 0-0) fell in its final non-conference home game of the season to Dayton (6-4, 0-0) in five sets (25-17, 21-25, 17-25, 25-23, 12-15).
Coming off of two wins in the Ball State Tournament Sept. 9, Ball State Women’s Volleyball (8-1, 0-0) turned around and survived a five-set (25-22, 25-12, 25-23, 25-17, 17-15) thriller against Green Bay (5-4, 0-0) to be crowned tournament champions Sept. 10.
In their first home series of the 2022 season, Ball State Women’s Volleyball (7-1, 0-0) came out victorious in their Friday matches.
Following the conclusion of their historic season that included a Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship and a first NCAA Tournament win since 1995 in the 2021 season, Ball State Women’s Volleyball saw a transition period that included the departure of two assistant coaches, Tiffany Koors and Fritz Rosenberg, as well as four players.
Ball State Women’s Volleyball (5-1, 0-0) went 2-1 over three games in the Lipscomb Tournament with two wins Friday against Oklahoma (3-2, 0-0) and the host Bison (2-3, 0-0).
The Cardinals came away with a 3-2 win over Ohio in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament Friday despite 66 kills by the Bobcats.
After 29 matches, Ball State Women’s Volleyball has cranked up its preparation for the Mid-American Conference Tournament this week, awaiting the winner of Northern Illinois and Ohio.
Ball State (20-8, 11-4 MAC) bounced back from last weekend’s losses with a sweep of Toledo (9-17, 4-11 MAC) Thursday. Sound defense led by junior Kate Avila resulted in the Cardinals’ first 20-win season since 2013.
Coming off consecutive losses, Ball State Women’s Volleyball will finish the road portion of its regular season in Toledo against the Rockets Thursday before returning home Saturday to complete the season against Akron.
Ball State Women’s Volleyball (19-8, 10-4 MAC) fell for the second straight night Saturday, this time on the road against Eastern Michigan (16-12, MAC 8-6).
It was a tough night for Ball State (19-7, 10-3 MAC) as it lost to Central Michigan (6-19, 3-10 MAC) 3-0, snapping another Cardinal three-game win streak.
