ATHLETICS: Ball State introduces Bill Scholl as new athletic director
April 16, 2012A press release sent out by the university this morning said the announcement will come at 2 p.m. in Worthen Arena.
A press release sent out by the university this morning said the announcement will come at 2 p.m. in Worthen Arena.
Ball State defeated Bowling Green 121-36 in its only outdoor home meet of the year. Saturday's meet was also Senior Day.
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In spite all of the history and emotion Bill Richards has for his alma mater, Western Michigan, the Ball State men's tennis team was unable to pick up a win for its coach on Saturday. The Cardinals lost to the Broncos 6-1 and their record fell to 2-2 in the Mid-American Conference.
So you thought you were done with brackets for a while once the NCAA men's basketball tournament was over? Not this year.
In a matchup of the Mid-American Conference's best offense against the conference's best pitching staff, the offense won handily.
The Ball State women's track team celebrated its Senior Day on Saturday by hosting its first outdoor meet at home in 9 years.
After news surfaced that senior Cal Bowling broke his pitching hand last week and would miss Friday's series opening start against Ohio, coach Alex Marconi shuffled his starting rotation for Sunday's series finale doubleheader.
Loyola had defeated IPFW 3-1, meaning Ball State had leaped ahead of the latter in the conference standing on the last possible day, locking itself into the fifth seed in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament.
The Ball State women's tennis team hasn't won a conference match all season, and that streak didn't end on Saturday.
Rain in Athens, Ohio, this afternoon forced Ball State and Ohio to postpone the second game of their series, which had been scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday.
Currently sitting on a seven-game losing streak, the Ball State women's tennis team will take on Northern Illinois on Saturday.
Ball State held a one-run lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning at Ohio, only to give six runs in the next two innings and lose 6-1.
In order to win the No. 5 seed in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament, Ball State came through with step one on Friday.
Splitting a double header with Purdue was something coach Craig Nicholson would have gladly taken on Friday. But he probably didn't want it to feel eerily similar to the Cardinals double header last week against Ohio.
Ball State took on Purdue in what would be a split for the softball team after the evening game.
Coach Alex Marconi will not write Cal Bowling's name on his lineup card Friday as his starting pitcher that night when Ball State opens a three-game series at Ohio
The Ball State men's tennis went into its matchup with Toledo on Thursday knowing it was going to have a fight on its hands.
It's always a big week for the Cardinals when it plays the Boilermakers. But having to follow up Purdue with Mid-American Conference East Division leader Miami may be an even bigger challenge.
It's been almost a year since the Ball State men's tennis team defeated Western Michigan and Toledo in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
