Ball State has added five newcomers to its roster, four of which will be eligible to play in the 2015-16 season. Whitford said his staff did a nice job of adding competition for playing time and insurance for the inevitable, such as injuries.
This time it was Ball State facing a battle. Headed to the ninth inning, Akron held on to an 8-5 lead. A four-run rally led Ball State to the win and a berth in the MAC Championship game on Sunday, where it later fell to Ohio.
The Cardinals added Tayler Persons, a Kokomo native and last season's Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year, to next season's roster. Persons led Northern Kentucky with 13.1 points and 3.7 assists per game last season.
The changes will include a new grandstand, press box, concessions and restrooms, as well as new landscaping. Ball Diamond featured an all-turf surface and new dugouts for this season.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Extra! Extra! Juan Pablo Montoya still had to pay $2 to read all about it. On a gray and blustery Monday morning, the Colombian spent more than two hours on the Yard of Bricks taking the customary Indianapolis 500 winner photos.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne will receive the key to the city, presented by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard.
INDIANAPOLIS — Juan Pablo Montoya insisted he had the best car in the Team Penske stable — even to his three teammates, who all believed they were legitimate contenders to win the Indianapolis 500. With the same confidence he showed 15 years ago when he routed the field, Montoya sliced his way through the field twice and won his second Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. "This is too much," he said in victory lane, the winner's wreath around his neck and the traditional bottle of milk in his hand.
INDIANAPOLIS — David Letterman has a new No. 1 on his personal Top Ten list of reasons he loves the Indianapolis 500. The freshly retired Letterman was all grins early Sunday as his IndyCar team paid tribute to the former "Late Show" host by putting a gap-toothed, smiling caricature of his face and #thanksdave on driver Oriol Servia's yellow car for the big race. "With everything that's happened, it's the highlight of my career," Letterman said.
Ball State football's head coach, Pete Lembo, saw his salary increase $14,250.00.
The Cardinals earned the first NCAA Regional victory in school history with a win over No. 16 Notre Dame in the South Bend Regional. Ball State got there with its first Mid-American Conference Tournament title since 2010, capping a 29-23 regular season.
The current floor has been in use since the doors to the gym opened in 1991. Ball State is putting in a new maple floor as part of a repair and replace system in which the university saves money for athletic facilities.
Ball State sophomore Alex Call has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District Five Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
The Cardinals enter the Mid-American Conference Tournament as the No. 5 seed, and will take on No. 4 Toledo in the first round.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe was taken to a hospital after crashing his car into the wall Monday — the fourth frightening wreck at practice for the Indianapolis 500. The Canadian drive slammed into the wall going into turn three at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Hardin spent two years at Ball State as the Deputy Athletics Director for External Affairs. He graduated from Marquette in 2002, and joined Scholl's staff at Ball State from Notre Dame in 2013.
Shortstop Selena Reyna got things started with a solo home run to lead off the first, and Ball State never looked back as it defeated No. 16 Notre Dame 6-3 in its opening game of the South Bend regional.
Watts was battling an illness the week before the tournament, but became the third Ball State golfer in history to win the MAC individual championship and the first Cardinal freshman to win it.
Patterson became the final member of the group to make his dream a reality, as he signed a deal with the defending champion New England Patriots on May 8.
The Baltimore Ravens have cut former Ball State quarterback Keith Wenning to make room for three undrafted free agents, according to the team's official site.
The Cardinals will travel May 15 to South Bend to take on the No. 16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first round of regional play as part of the NCAA Division I Softball Championships.
