First half struggles lead to defeats for Ball State men's basketball
By Anthony Fletcher / February 9, 2015Ball State men’s basketball is now 2-8 in the MAC after starting off 2-0.
Ball State men’s basketball is now 2-8 in the MAC after starting off 2-0.
The Ball State gymnastics tied a school record on the beam, but suffered another loss Sunday against Bowling Green, continuing its slide to begin the season.
Taking on its second straight nationally ranked opponent, the Ball State men's tennis team fell 7-0 to No.
The Ball State softball team scored five runs in the first inning on they way to its most dominant win of the weekend, a 14-2 six-inning victory over Lipscomb on Sunday.
The Ball State women's tennis team responded from Friday's loss to Xavier to defeat in-state opponent Evansville 6-1.
At the beginning of the season, the Ball State women's basketball team struggled on the road, losing its first five road games before beginning play in the Mid-American Conference.
In its two past two home matches, the Ball State men's volleyball team lost six total sets, three more than the previous four home matches combined in which it was 4-0.
The Ball State Men's Volleyball team took on non -conference foe, George Mason, Saturday night at Worthen Arena.
After a comeback victory in its first game of the Belmont/Lipscomb Music City Classic on Friday, the Ball State softball team competed in two close games, finishing 1-1 on Saturday.
With an explosive offensive attack led by Nathalie Fontaine, Ball State picked up a 69-61 road victory over Toledo for the first time since 2009 in Savage Arena.
The Cardinals couldn’t find the end of the basketball today at Worthen arena shooting under 40 percent to suffer yet another conference lost to Toledo at 72-61. Head coach James Whitford feels today’s game had his players not focus and credited Toledo as being zoned in and came out on a mission. “I thought they really were locked in and jumped out on us in a huge way,” said coach Whitford.
The Cardinals' fierce comeback in a six-run seventh inning led to an exciting 11-8 victory in the ninth inning.
An emotional start at the beginning of the match between the Ball State men's volleyball team ended in excitement as IPFW came from behind to win 3-2.
With high expectations and young talent, the Ball State softball team heads to Nashville, Tenn., this weekend for the Belmont/Lipscomb Music City Classic to open its season.
Five different players finished in double-figures, but Ball State still couldn’t overcome Buffalo in an 82-78 loss, its seventh straight. “I thought it was a really hard fought game,” said head coach James Whitford.
The Ball State football team officially inked several commitments on signing day. Here's what they're saying on Twitter. [View the story "Ball State football signees recognized on #NationalSigningDay " on Storify]
Twenty-four players put pen to paper on National Signing Day on Wednesday and signed a national letter of intent to play football at Ball State next season.
Most of Ball State's sports facilities will receive a makeover now that the university has reached its $20.6 million funding goal.
When Polish native Marcin Niemczewski arrived at Ball State as a freshman in 2012, he found himself buried on the men's volleyball team's depth chart behind senior outside attackers Jamion Hartley and Greg Herceg. Niemczewski learned the meaning of hard work and leadership from the duo, who combined for 532 of the Cardinals' 1,222 kills that season. "[Marcin] was watching these two guys play his position who were everything that we would want a college men's volleyball player to be," head coach Joel Walton said.
Injuries, academic eligibility and off-the-court issues have all been concerns around Ball State’s men basketball program this season, but transfer Ryan Weber is looking to change all of that for their next season.
