BASEBALL: Ball State getting hits but not runs
March 11, 2012For the first three weekends of the season, Ball State struggled to get much of anything going on offense. It was ranked 256th in the nation with 59 hits, an average of 7.375 per game.
For the first three weekends of the season, Ball State struggled to get much of anything going on offense. It was ranked 256th in the nation with 59 hits, an average of 7.375 per game.
After being swept twice to open its West Coast trip this weekend, Ball State managed to secure a 3-2 (21-25, 29-27, 25-23, 23-25, 15-12) win over Grand Canyon to avoid falling behind its Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association rivals.
Ball State gymnastics went to Lexington, Ky., for a three-team meet and left with a second-place finish. The host Kentucky won the event while Ball State defeated George Washington.
Coach Craig Nicholson picked up a victory for the Ball State softball team that gave him his 900th career collegiate victory on Sunday in a 9-5 win over Northern Colorado at the Stetson Classic.
The Ball State women's tennis team's spring break trip to Orlando was spoiled on Wednesday as it lost to James Madison, 5-2.
Ball State lost 7-4 at Middle Tennessee State on Saturday, falling to 3-8 this season.
Ball State came out hot with the start of the Stetson Classic to pick up two wins in both its games on Friday.
The Ball State men's volleyball team out-hit, out-dug and out-blocked Grand Canyon on Friday. And it still wasn't enough.
Ball State beat Middle Tennessee State 5-4 Friday afternoon, snapping a three-game losing streak.
Cal State Northridge swept away Ball State 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-20) in its home court, The Matadome, to hand the Cardinals one of their worst losses of the season.
The Ball State softball team built off two wins to end last weekend with a two dominating wins over North Florida on Thursday.
After losing to Michigan State last Saturday and breaking an 11-match winning streak, Ball State couldn't shake its demons on Thursday against UNLV.
Laura Seibold-Caudill has raised about 600 student-athletes as head coach of the Ball State women's swimming and diving team. They weren't actually her own kids, but for past and current swimmers, it certainly seemed that way.
Tennessee beat Ball State 9-7 in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday.
Players have been able to rest and recuperate since their last match against Park on Feb. 25, knowing they wouldn't play for another 11 days until facing No. 12 Cal State Northridge (6-10) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Even though its a little bit past the middle of the season, there isn't a better time to do an awards blog than during spring break. If you'd like to see any other award categories that I didn't cover, let me know and I'll add them.
Heading into this season, six wins in Mid-American Conference play and a ninth seed in the MAC Tournament were hardly what Ball State coach Billy Taylor envisioned.
All the struggles Ball State faced during the season could be nullified with a deep run in the Mid-American Conference Tournament. That was, at least, the Cardinals mindset going into Monday's game at Western Michigan.
