Ball State baseball (15-11, 2-1 MAC) fell behind against Valparaiso (8-14, 4-2 Horizon League), but came back to win 3-2 on the road. Ball State trailed 2-0 in the top of the sixth when junior second baseman Sean Kennedy hit a two-run home run off Valparaiso right-handed pitcher Ellis Foreman to tie the game. Junior right fielder Alex Call led off the top of the seventh with a single to centerfield and then stole second.
As the Ball State Athletics Department begins their search for a new head women’s volleyball coach, former coach Steve Shondell looks forward to the much-needed time off he will now have. After nearly 40 years of coaching volleyball, the son of legendary Ball State men’s volleyball coach Don Shondell decided it was time to be finished.
The Ball State softball team was swept in three games last weekend against Miami University.
Two Ball State juniors swept this week's Mid-American Conference West Division Player and Pitcher of the Week awards. Right-handed pitcher Zach Plesac earned the Pitcher of the Week award after throwing a two-hit complete game shutout Saturday against a Miami (Ohio) squad that averaged 6.7 runs per game entering the series. Plesac (2-1, 3.03 ERA) racked up 11 strikeouts without giving up a walk in the 9-0 win. Alex Maloney, the Cardinals' starting shortstop, earned the Player of the Week award after hitting .438 with five runs scored.
Ball State women's basketball senior forward Nathalie time was selected as an All-America honorable mention by the Associated Press. Fontaine only one of 10 non-power five conference players and one of 42 players recognized. "We are very excited and appreciative of this recognition for Nathalie," head coach Brady Sallee said in a statement.
Men's volleyball Ball State played its final two regular-season matches at John E. Worthen Arena this past weekend. Since the Cardinals cannot drop lower than fourth in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, however, they guaranteed at least one more home match in the MIVA quarterfinals.
The Ball State men’s volleyball Senior Night victory over McKendree marked its last home match of the regular season, but it will not be the final time the Cardinals will play at Worthen Arena this year.
Sophomore right-handed pitcher Zach Plesac led the Ball State’s pitching staff this weekend, striking out 11 in a two-hit complete game shutout over Miami (Ohio).
Steve Shondell, head coach of the Ball State women's volleyball team for the last six season, has announced his retirement effective immediately. Shondell was the 2010 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year and led the Cardinals to a 119-68 (64-32 Mid-American Conference) record during his time at the school. “The past six years coaching the Ball State women's volleyball team have been six of the best years of my life,” Shondell said.
All three of Ball State men’s volleyball seniors were on the floor at the start of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Senior Night matchup against McKendree.
Worthen Arena was filled with red and white March 25 as No. 9 Ball State men’s volleyball (17-6, 9-2 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) hosted No. 1 Ohio State (19-3, 10-1 MIVA).
Ball State track and field athletes won three individual events in the Polar Bear Invitational March 24 in Marion, Ind.
Ball State football players each had the opportunity to impress 17 different talent scouts from the NFL and Canadian Football League during their Pro Day March 24.
The women’s tennis team traveled to Wright State University on Friday night to play their final non-conference match.
Ball State baseball (12-10) kicks off its Mid-American Conference schedule March 25 when it takes on the Miami Redhawks (8-10) in Oxford, Ohio.
The Ball State softball team will kick off its Mid-American Conference play this weekend against Miami University. The team's schedule up to this point has been one of the toughest Ball State has ever played, and all 28 of its games have been on the road.
Two made free throws at the end of Ball State's quarterfinal game in the CollegeInsider.com Invitational Tournament could have forced its third straight overtime game.
Five members of the track and field team are headed to Marion, Ind., on March 24 to compete in the Indiana Wesleyan Polar Bear Invitational.
Ball State football's second spring practice has been moved to March 25 after forecasts of afternoon thunderstorms. Originally scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on March 24, Friday's practice will start at the same time.
