One game, two records. When Ball State soccer beat Northern Illinois 2-0 Sunday, senior defender Leah Mattingly broke the school record for minutes played and head coach Craig Roberts tied the Cardinals’ record with his 70th win with the program.
Neal's second interception ended the comeback attempt, as Central Michigan ran the clock out on a 24-21 win over Ball State (3-3, 0-2 MAC).
Quarter updates from Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Mich. as Ball State (3-2) takes on Mid-American Conference opponent Central Michigan (3-2) on Oct. 8.
Ball State's men's golf hits the road during Fall Break but will not have to leave the state. The Cardinals play in the Fighting Irish Classic in South Bend starting Sunday.
Coming off a runner-up finish at the Kzoo Classic this week, Ball State women's golf will be on the road again next week at the Rocket Classic in Ohio.
With the season winding down, Ball State (6-9, 1-2 MAC) field hockey had hoped that their 2-1 win over Longwood (7-8, 1-3 MAC) on October 9 would catapult the team into a winning streak with two straight home games coming after.
When Mike Neu and John Bonamego shake hands before the game on Saturday, it won't be the first meeting between the two. It'll be more like a reunion.
Jake Fox, the Daily News football writer, is traveling to the game and offered up some insight on the key positional matchups:
The gymnastics team has released its schedule for the 2016-17 season. The team will face off against three teams who broke the top 25 NCAA polls last season.
Ball State soccer head coach Craig Roberts doesn’t refer to his substitute players as "subs." He calls them game changers.
It will only take one win for Ball State field hockey (5-7, 0-1 MAC) to finish with a better Mid-American Conference record than it did last season. The Cardinals finished the 2015 season 0-6 in the MAC (2-16 overall), and first-year head coach Christy Longacre has been looking forward to the team's first conference win since Oct. 11, 2014.
Former Ball State fullback Geoff Donner filed a class-action lawsuit against the Mid-American Conference and National Collegiate Athletic Association earlier this week. Donner played for the Cardinals from 1993-95 and also alleges that he tried to sit out a practice to recover from a concussion, only to be threatened with having his scholarship pulled if he didn't participate.
Defending conference champions. Ball State soccer is off to a 3-0-1 Mid-American Conference record (8-2-2 overall) start in its defense of its MAC regular season title, but on Oct. 6 they'll play Western Michigan, a team that takes exception to Ball State's title claim.
The Ball State Women's Golf Team finished in second place at the Kzoo classic on tuesday. The team finished their final round with a total 309 strokes.
Rush, a four-year starter, is the active FBS leader in passing with 10,891 career yards and carries a 3.86 grade point average as an actuarial science major.
Down two sets to none and trailing 20-15 in the third set to Youngstown State, junior outside hitter Sabrina Mangapora stepped on the court for her first regular season match in nearly two years. She contributed a kill and back-to-back service aces to help bring Ball State back within two in a crucial third set.
Next on the schedule is a road trip to Central Michigan, who comes in at 3-2 (0-1 MAC). The Chippewas lost to Western Michigan last week, but are one of the most talented teams in the league.
The Cardinals need three wins in the final seven games to attain bowl eligibility for the first time in the last three seasons.
Coming off a fourth-place finish at the Cardinal Classic a week ago, Ball State women's golf heads north to Michigan to play in the Kzoo Classic Oct. 3.
After being on the road for over a month, Ball State field hockey will play its first regular season home game Oct. 3 against Ohio State.
