With Family Weekend wrapped around Ball State football's home opener, a confident air spread across the Cardinals' sideline. The swagger started with head coach Mike Neu — he said he told the players they wouldn't leave the field unless the Cardinals beat Eastern Kentucky to improve to 2-1.
It was an emotional week for Ball State soccer, with two goalkeepers competing for playing time and a surprise visit for one of the seniors on Senior Day.
In the final match of the two-day Active Ankle Challenge, Ball State women’s volleyball (4-10) fell to the No. 19 Ohio State Buckeyes (10-2) in three sets (25-21, 25-17,25-14) Sept. 17.
The defense got to the quarterback eight times on Saturday, as Ball State (2-1) jumped out to an early lead and trounced Eastern Kentucky 41-14 in its home opener at Scheumann Stadium. The Colonels mustered just 298 total yards in defeat.
For the most part, Ball State's Family Weekend game against Eastern Kentucky went exactly as expected.
Eastern Kentucky vs. Ball State quarter updates.
Ball State (1-1) will take on Eastern Kentucky (1-1) on Sept. 17 at Scheumann Stadium, the first meeting between the two schools since 1970.
The Ball State women’s volleyball team continued play in the 2016 Active Ankle Challenge this evening at Worthern Arena.
The Ball State women's volleyball team started off strong and finished even stronger in a five-set victory (25-12, 21-25, 25-22, 20-25, 15-11) over the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
After an 80-minute rain delay, Ball State soccer (5-1-2) came out firing to win the game against Morehead State (3-4-1) 4-0.
The 2016 cross country season marks the third straight year that Maritza and Meliza Rodriguez have been running side by side.
Ball State (1-1) will take on the Colonels (1-1) at Scheumann Stadium on Sept. 17 for the team's home opener and annual Family Weekend game. After a loss at Indiana last weekend, Neu is making sure his guys stay focused on the task at hand.
Bryce and Beth Barnes have a lot in common.
After practice Thursday, senior defender Lorina White was sitting on the floor of the locker room, listening as coach Craig Roberts stalled for time. Finally, a knock on the door.
Most Ball State athletics teams spent the last couple weeks on the road, but Family Weekend will feature home games from football, women's volleyball and soccer. Cross country and field hockey, however, will hit the road again.
Ball State’s Code Red dance team maintains their fitness while perfecting their dance moves. Not only do they have to memorize dance routines and smile constantly, they also have to stay in shape to stand up for an entire football game. Senior dancer, Amy Beckwith, says the conditioning has been different each year.
Consistency will be the goal for women's volleyball when the Cardinals (2-9) host the Active Ankle Challenge Sept. 16 and 17. Head coach Kelli Miller said it's the reason why the Cardinals lost their first nine games. “One match will look great, and one will be very average," she said. "This is one thing we have been consistently talking about. We need to keep a consistent level of play and consistent energy so that we don’t have to hope that things happen — we want to know that we can make things happen." Miller said the Cardinals displayed that improved consistency last weekend, when Ball State won its first two matches of the season against Morehead State and Appalachian State. “It was nice to finally get the monkey off our back and be able to finally get a win," she said.
When the Cardinals toe the starting line in Bloomington Sept. 16, they’ll get a chance to see where they stand in the hierarchy of Indiana cross country.
Ball State head coach Mike Neu knows a thing or two about the quarterback position.
If it didn't get tipped, KeVonn Mabon thinks it would've gone for a touchdown. With 11 minutes left in the second quarter of Saturday's loss to Indiana, Mabon ran an out-breaking route with the defender playing inside of him.
