Ball State Women's tennis looks to live up to its legacy of success
By Trinity Rea and Lauren Graham / January 24, 2024Ball State women’s tennis looks to live up to its legacy of success. The Cardinals are coming off of two MAC Championships.
Ball State women’s tennis looks to live up to its legacy of success. The Cardinals are coming off of two MAC Championships.
The Cardinals defeated the Bulls behind five double-digit scorers and one double-double.
The excited screams of high-pitched little girls filled the air at the Ball State Gymnastic team’s first home meet of the season. Ball State’s unofficial cheerleading team could be seen standing in the front row of the bleachers, responding to different performances, with extra cheers for high-scoring routines from seniors Suki Pfister and Victoria Henry.
While being on CBS Sports Network, the community showed up, the students showed up, the band and all, it was the whole package for head coach Brady Sallee, he said.
Here are some results from Delaware County high school sporting events from 1/15-1/20.
The Ball State Cardinals (16-2, 6-0 MAC) came away with a 65-51 statement win over the MAC preseason favorite Toledo Rockets (12-4, 5-1 MAC).
Multiple Cardinals had career days including a program record at the Bob Parks Memorial Invitational.
The 14th-ranked Cardinals were unable to avenge their prior loss, however, as they fell to No. 8 Stanford (6-0) in four sets (25-9, 21-25, 30-28, 25-18).
Ball State (9-9, 1-5 MAC) lost a thrilling and heated 87-80 contest against Miami (OH) (9-9, 3-3 MAC). The Cardinals return to action Tuesday, Jan. 23 when they travel to Buffalo (2-15, 1-4 MAC) for a 7 p.m. contest.
The success in court 2 spread across Ball State's home courts propelling them to sweep their first home meet against Eastern Illinois, 7-0.
After going into overtime, Ball State fell to Miami 87-80 for the Cardinals’ fifth MAC loss of the season.
Ball State came in first place at the Tennessee Collegiate Classic after three Cardinals recorded perfect scores.
The Blackhawks started the game by hitting their first five 3-pointer attempts. They quickly jumped out to a 15-5 lead and led the rest of the game. At the end of the 1st quarter, they led 20-9. They also led 48-22 at halftime.
In doubles play, the Cardinals had a rocky start, conceding a point to Butler from two of three doubles teams.
Despite his momentum and preseason accolades, the junior outside hitter was unable to play in Ball State’s first nine matches. Ndavazocheva made his long-awaited return against No. 13 USC on Friday in the First Point Collegiate Challenge, hosted in Austin, Texas.
The Pacers gave the Raptors Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora, and three first-round picks to bring the all-star forward to Indiana.
While most collegiate student-athletes have enough on their plates as is, these Ball State athletes are also proud parents.
Wapahani senior Isaac Andrews was voted as the Ball State Daily News Delaware County Athlete of the Week for the week of 1/3-1/10.
The pregame talk from associate head coach Audrey McDonald-Spencer to junior Ally Becki was a simple one – but one that resulted in a career night for the junior.
Ball State (9-8, 1-4 MAC) defeated Eastern Michigan (8-9, 1-4 MAC) 76-62 for the Cardinals' first win since Dec. 10, 2023. Ball State returns to action Saturday, Jan. 20, for a 2 p.m. contest against Miami (OH) (8-9, 2-3 MAC) in Muncie, Indiana.
