When this season's batch of freshmen joined the Ball State soccer team, the old and the new meshed immediately in the locker room.
The Ball State men's tennis team starts the 2011-2012 season Friday with the goal to win another Mid-American Conference Title and a trip back to the NCAA Tournament.
If there was anything junior linebacker Tony Martin and coach Pete Lembo learned about the defensive unit after Saturday's 37-7 loss to No. 20 South Florida, it was that it needed to improve execution and tackling.
Ball State fought until the final whistle, constantly bombarding its opponent with pressure and shots from every direction.
TAMPA – Three members of the Ball State football team were brought to a back hallway in Raymond James Stadium on Saturday night to meet with a small contingent of reporters. They came one at a time, answered questions for a few minutes each and left. All managed to work some form of the word humbled into their remarks. As in, it was humbling to lose to No. 20 South Florida 37-7 one week after starting the season by upsetting Indiana.
They've been waiting for this moment for more than two weeks. It couldn't have come at a better time for the Cardinals.
Excuse the Ball State women's volleyball team if they're not very familiar with losing.
Ball State sophomore outfielder Sean Godfrey has been recognized by one of the most prestigious organizations in college and high school baseball.
It was just the start of a game Ball State would rather forget, as No. 22 South Florida rolled to a 37-7 rout Saturday night at Raymond James Stadium in front of 45,113 fans.
Ball State cross country brought home a second place standing this weekend in the Miami Open in Oxrod, Ohio.
For the past 22 years, Purdue senior women's volleyball manager Kyle Shondell, nephew of Ball State coach Steven Shondell, has heard the sounds of volleyballs drilled down the left and right sides of the court and dad calling timeouts to regroup his team.
TAMPA – The scene might have left a few straggling fans slightly confused. There was a South Florida player holding the football in the end zone. And there was an official signaling a touchdown with his arms straight up in the air. And the clock did say 14:52 in the first quarter.
With Ball State men's golf having high expectations coming into the Northern Intercollegiate, the team came out with a fourth place finish out of 16 teams.
In the boiling temperature of Belin Court, surrounded by a sold-out crowd of 2,830 fans and an intimidating student section, Ball State wasn't phased.
Whether by head or by foot, if Brigit Reder took a shot on goal, chances are it would end up buried in the net.
Like the men's golf team losing Eric Steger, the women's golf faces a similar predicament this Fall.
For the first time in four years, the Ball State men's golf team will not include Eric Steger on the score sheet.
