Ball State came back to knock off Princeton University Saturday night after dropping the first two sets and winning in five (21-25), (19-25), (22-20), (26-24), (15-4).
Cardinals outside attacker Marcin Niemczewski set a new career-high in kills with 25, adding seven digs.
The offense struggled as a whole during the first two sets, hitting .000 partway through the second set.
With the third set tied at 16, Ball State went on a 4-0 run spurred by kills on behalf of Niemczewski and Matt Sutherland. Leading 24-20, middle attacker Kevin Owens threw down an attack that ended the match.
Owens finished the match with seven kills and 8 total blocks.
Princeton called a timeout in the fourth set, trailing 22-24. They scored the next two points before finishing kills from Ball
State’s Matt Leske and Niemczewski closed the set and tied the match at two sets apiece.
Ball State jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the fifth set and controlled the match, going on to win 15-4.
Ball State improved to 5-3 overall.
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