FOOTBALL: Orsbon named Academic All-American
December 7, 2011Wide receiver Briggs Orsbon was named a first team Academic All-American on Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Wide receiver Briggs Orsbon was named a first team Academic All-American on Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
When the word came Sunday afternoon that Ball State would be left out of a bowl game this year, the 2011 season officially ended for the Cardinals.
After dropping its first two games of the season, Ball State pushed its winning streak to five games Tuesday night, defeating SIU-Edwardsville 76-55 on the road.
The sun shone brightly on the unseasonably warm fall afternoon. If it weren't for the leaves' changing colors, the day could have been plucked out of June, not October.
Ball State women's volleyball officially signed its first member of the 2012 recruiting class on Monday. Jenna Spadafora signed a national letter of intent to play at Ball State next season.
Since the beginning of the season, coach Billy Taylor preached the importance of execution on Ball State's performance.
After eight days of tense waiting and scoreboard watching, Ball State finally learned it will not play in a bowl game this year.
It was a game defined by sheer will. Playing on just one day of rest, Ball State battled visiting Stetson as a unit until the final buzzer to come out victorious in double-overtime, 78-73.
Things looked optimistic for Ball State as sophomore guard Brandy Woody hit two free throws to give the Cards a 65-62 lead with five seconds left in overtime. On the ensuing possession, with Woody defending, Stetson's Victoria McGowan ran to the three-point line and fired a shot toward the hoop.
After eight days of tense waiting and scoreboard watching, Ball State finally learned it will not play in a bowl game this year. It and Western Kentucky are the only two teams that are eligible to play in a bowl, but will instead watch from the couch.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — With Ball State's primary goals completed, a 0-3 loss to Louisville in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday to end its season came with an articulated feeling of accomplishment from coach Steve Shondell.
A huge 26-6 second half run propelled Ball State to 71-48 victory over Tennessee-Martin Saturday afternoon.
After a disappointing 87-68 defeat to Detroit Mercy on Thursday, Ball State will look to improve to .500 as it plays Stetson of the Atlantic Sun conference in a 1 p.m. tip off this afternoon.
After Ball State dropped the first set to Louisville in its first-round match in the NCAA Tournament, an immediate turnaround in play was needed in order for Ball State to stay alive.
Following Tuesday night's road victory at Evansville, coach Kelly Packard acknowledged that the Cardinals' next opponent wouldn't be an easy task.
A winning streak has been like trying to find a diamond in the rough for Ball State over the last couple of seasons. Its last successful spurt came in the 2008 season when then first-year coach Kelly Packard headed Ball State to 12 straight victories, including an upset over the No. 5 seeded Tennessee Volunteers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
When Ball State players walked off the court after beating St. Louis last Saturday, a sense of uncertainty filled the air between the cheers of celebration.
At times, the Ball State offense is hard to figure out.
Alyssa Rio is headed to the NCAA Tournament. It just might not be in the way she always expected.
