WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Do-or-die weekend arrives for Ball State
November 2, 2011With one of the most important weekends in deciding the Mid-American Conference champion lying ahead, Ball State has been presented with a simple situation.
With one of the most important weekends in deciding the Mid-American Conference champion lying ahead, Ball State has been presented with a simple situation.
In one of its most hyped seasons in recent memory, Ball State has been picked to finish second in the Mid-American Conference West Division preseason poll, the league announced Wednesday morning.
With fall sports seasons starting to wrap up, the student population is starting to look towards the winter season, the most popular of which being basketball.
Its regular season is history. Its about to embark on a journey full of adversity and challenges, starting with a familiar foe.
For his entire life, Willie Snead has been around the game of football. Born in Winter Park, Fla., he grew up about two hours away from the University of Florida, where his father Willie Snead III played as a wide receiver in the late 1980s.
The preseason poll for the Mid-American Conference 2011-2012 women's basketball season was announced Tuesday by head coaches and media members.
Away from the mass of reporters that converges upon the Mid-American Conference favorite each year at Media Day, Ron English bided his time.
With two conference wins each weekend becoming the norm for the Ball State women's volleyball team, the national panel of coaches is beginning to take more and more notice of the team's exceptional season.
As senior midfielder Abby Milillo went in for a tackle against Bowling Green on Oct. 2, everything went wrong.
When the freshmen joined practice in early August, it was clear some of them would play significant time for the Ball State soccer team.
In the wake of an ankle injury to senior middle blocker Jennifer Boyd, Ball State needed a player to assume her role versus Buffalo on Saturday.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – With less than a minute left on the clock Saturday afternoon, Ball State found itself with a fourth-and-goal from the Western Michigan five-yard line, down 10 points.
In its final fall competition this weekend at the Alabama Fall Invitational in Tuscaloosa, Ala., the Ball State men's tennis team looked to finish on a high note going into its spring schedule.
With a chance to earn a higher seed and enter the Mid-American Conference tournament with some much needed momentum, the Ball State field hockey team couldn't match the firepower of Missouri State, dropping its conference finale in Springfield, Mo., on Sunday afternoon.
Ball State finished eighth over all at the Mid-American Conference Cross-Country Championships on Saturday.
On the doubles side, Ball State went 1-2 overall. Doherty and Elliott provided the lone victory for the Cardinals with their 9-7 win over Southern Mississippi in the second round of the White Draw.
Even with losing senior middle blocker Jennifer Boyd to a "day-to-day" ankle injury, the Ball State women's volleyball team came out strong Saturday night in a sweep against Buffalo, 25-19, 25-19 and 25-17.
Sophomore middle blocker Mindy Marx made sure an injury to Jennifer Boyd didn't derail Ball State on Saturday night.
Sports editors Andrew Mishler and Mat Mikesell discuss their predictions for this weekend's football matchup against Western Michigan.
Ball State visits Western Michigan needing just one victory to secure bowl eligibility for the first time since 2008.
