Fielding errors cost Ball State softball in loss to Kent State
By Jack Williams / April 7, 2018Splitting the doubleheader Friday, Ball State softball wrapped up its weekend series against Kent State.
Splitting the doubleheader Friday, Ball State softball wrapped up its weekend series against Kent State.
After having its first home game of the season rained out and this week’s matchup rescheduled due to weather, Ball State softball opened up its series with Kent State Friday.
Ball State softball (23-10, 5-1 MAC) opens play at home against Kent State (17-13, 3-3 MAC) this weekend. After sweeping Akron on the road last weekend and combining for 30 runs in a two-day span, the team looks forward to competing at home.
After playing its opening 33 games on the road, Ball State softball (23-10, 5-1 MAC) will have to wait at least another three days to play its first home game of the 2018 season.
Four home runs in the first game gave the Cardinals an 9-1, and an offensive explosion in the fourth and fifth innings of the second game gave the Cardinals the sweep with a 16-5 win.
Looking to stay hot in conference play, Ball State softball (21-10, 3-1 MAC) headed out for its second conference road match of the season against Akron (1-24, 0-4 MAC).
Aeshia Miles proved to be clutch once again, allowing four hits over the course of the game and striking out three along the way.
Opening up conference play, Ball State softball (19-10, 1-1 MAC) headed east to take on Bowling Green (16-11, 1-1) in a Friday afternoon double header.
This week, senior Maddy Labrador joined the likes of teammates Aeshia Miles, Kennedy Wynn and Haley Dominque in being named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week.
The Cardinals closed out the weekend with a record of 4-1, improving to 18-9 on the season. Over the course of the weekend, the Cardinals scored 46 runs and ended three games by mercy rule.
At the end of their spring break campaign, the Cardinals improved to 15-8 on the season and went 6-6 over the course of the week.
Starting a 12-game stand over spring break, Ball State softball kicked off play in the Citrus Classic II at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
With the team coming up on a lot of competition in the next week, it is focused on doing what it has been doing for the past three weeks, which is playing and working as a team.
A main reason for the Cardinal's success this season can be credited to sophomore Haley Dominique, who has been named Mid-American Conference West Softball Player of the Week.
Ball State softball closed out the ECU Pirate Invitational this morning with a 11-4 victory over Canisius to mark the team's fourth win of the tournament.
Looking for redemption from a 4-1 loss to Saint Francis earlier today, Ball State softball faced host East Carolina this afternoon.
Starting off the ECU Pirate Invitational 2-0, Ball State softball opened up its Saturday schedule with a matchup against Saint Francis.
Ball State softball (7-2, 0-0 MAC) opened play in the ECU Pirate Invite Friday afternoon with a pair of wins over Canisius and East Carolina.
Coming off a rainy but successful weekend in New Mexico, Ball State will head east this weekend to take on Canisius, East Carolina and Saint Francis in the ECU Pirate Invitational.
Seeking to escape the wet and cold weather in Indiana, the Ball State softball team headed to New Mexico for the Troy Cox classic, only to be met with the same exact weather conditions.
