Ball State bounces back, dominates East Carolina
By Jack Williams / February 24, 2018Looking for redemption from a 4-1 loss to Saint Francis earlier today, Ball State softball faced host East Carolina this afternoon.
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.
Everything that happened in Ball State sports over the weekend, all in one place.
Ball State will face a big challenge in its first game of the weekend as it will take on defending national champion Oklahoma on Friday.
With spring sports starting up and winter sports moving deeper into conference play, it's hard to keep track of everything that's going on in Ball State athletics. Here's everything that happened the weekend of Feb. 9-11 for Ball State's athletic teams.
Ball State softball wrapped up its first of five early-season tournaments Sunday afternoon.
After a 1-1 start on the first day of the season, Ball State softball dominated both North Carolina State and Georgetown to sweep Saturday's doubleheader in Fort Myers, Florida.
Ball State (1-1) had five different players drive in runs in its 10-2 rout of LIU-Brooklyn (0-2) on Friday evening to earn its first victory in 2018.
Molly Smith got the win for the Tigers, going all seven innings and allowing seven hits. Junior Aeshia Miles took the loss for the Cardinals (0-1), giving up all four earned runs over six innings pitched.
While there may be snow on the ground in Muncie, the Ball State Softball team is kicking off their 2018 season down in sunny Florida in the Florida Gulf Coast University kick-off classic.
Ball State softball opens its eight game fall schedule this Sunday with a trip to Westfield, Indiana to take on IUPUI and Western Kentucky in the State of Indiana Tournament.
In preparation for the 2018 season, Ball State softball has announced the addition of two new assistants to round out head coach Megan Ciolli Bartlett's staff.
A pair of timely hits in the second inning pushed No. 4 Kent State (28-25, 16-9 MAC) towards an early lead that they only continued to extend. Dropping the first game of the Mid-American Conference Tournament 4-1, No. 5 Ball State softball (30-27, 14-11 MAC) failed to get their bats going.
Now that Mid-American Conference league play has ended, the Ball State softball squad has more to celebrate than entering the MAC tournament seeded No. 5 with an overall record of 30-26 (14-10 MAC. They also have four players that have earned spots on All-Conference teams. Junior second baseman Maddy Labrador became the 31st player in program history to be named First Team All-Mid-American Conference.
Central Michigan exploded in the third inning, earning three runs off of three hits to give the team an early 3-0 lead. Finding no luck in the number three, Ball State softball (29-22,13-6 MAC) fell to Mid-American Conference foe Central Michigan (32-13,14-4 MAC) this afternoon with a final score of 6-1.
Thursdays are travel days for the Ball State softball team as they prepare to play three-game series, with games on Friday, Saturday and sometimes even Sunday.
Right-handed pitcher junior Carolyn Wilmes cracked open Ball State's softball history book this afternoon by recording her first career no-hitter to lead the team to a 2-1 victory over Toledo (20-30, 8-9 MAC) in the first game of today's double-header.
