FIELD HOCKEY: Team aims for conference title
By Mallory Weil / August 26, 2014As she enters her final season on the Ball State field hockey team, Tarel Teach longs for a Mid-American Conference title.
As she enters her final season on the Ball State field hockey team, Tarel Teach longs for a Mid-American Conference title.
The Ball State field hockey team traveled to Bloomington, Ind., on Sunday to face IU in the final nonconference match of its season. The Hoosiers beat the Cardinals 6-1 to improve to 9-8 overall with a 1-4 Big Ten record.
Ball State scored in the 59th minute to beat Ohio University 1-0 and earned its first Mid-American Conference win since 2011. Today, the Cardinals won its sixth game this season at the expense of the Bobcats for the fourth and final spot in the MAC tournament. “We have been working hard for a long time, and to finally see the reward of all of our hard work means a lot,” Ball State head coach Beth Maddox said about snapping its six-match losing streak. Ball State earned 11 penalties and four player cards in the game.
Cardinals fall to Kent State, drop fifth straight Inconsistency has proven to be the Ball State field hockey team’s Achilles’ heel all season.
The Ball State field hockey team is in the second half of the regular season with a 5-6 record. On the season, one freshman leads in goals.
After building a comfortable lead, the Ball State field hockey team shut out Vermont 3-0 on Saturday. The Cardinals improved their record to 5-4.
The Ball State Cardinals got off to a strong start against UC Davis (1-6), finding their rhythm and scoring early.
Ball State capitalized off a 10-day rest with a 3-2 win Saturday afternoon at Lindenwood University, dropping the Lions to 1-4.
The Northwestern Wildcats started out the gate in rhythm, striking early and never looking back in its 3-0 win against Ball State.
A group of individuals muddled through the scoreless first half. A team worked to win in the second.
Anna Pryde has been with the Ball State field hockey team since the beginning of the season. ‘
After an 8-1 loss to open its season, head coach Beth Maddox said improvement would require a collective belief in the team’s system.
In light of an 8-1 loss to open the season, Ball State head coach Beth Maddox said her field hockey team must buy into “the system.”
The Mid-American Conference announced its field hockey preseason polls. Ball State was ranked sixth out of six conference teams and was given no first-place votes.
For the first 15 minutes, it was all the Ball State field hockey team could have hoped for.
It’s a change of pace that will allow Ball State to keep up with its Mid-American Conference opponents.
After spending five years around the Ball State field hockey team as a player, Gretchen Lulow returned in 2012 as an assistant coach.
