SOCCER: Cardinals split games in weekend tournament
August 22, 2011It took one 15-minute stretch of play in Sunday's 3-1 loss to Western Kentucky to show the growing pains of a young soccer team.
It took one 15-minute stretch of play in Sunday's 3-1 loss to Western Kentucky to show the growing pains of a young soccer team.
The impression created a week ago was that the defense was ahead of the offense.
After shots glanced off the crossbar and other missed opportunities in the first half, Ball State changed tactics to get more space up front.
After winning the Mid-American Conference Tournament in April as a four seed, Ball State looks to build off of its tournament successes and make a return trip to the NCAA Tournament this season.
Ball State is ranked second in the Mid-American Conference West Division in a preseason poll voted on by the league's coaches.
Construction on the new soccer field at the Briner Sports Complex was completed early this month, just in time for the start of practice for the 2011 season.
Following Alyssa Rio's incredible 2010 season that ended with the CVU.com Libero of the Year award, she considered coming back to Ball State as a student assistant.
Craig Roberts doesn't like the word aggressive because people associate it with dirty play. He prefers to call his team intense.
Considering the state of Ball State soccer after the 2009 season, rebuilding the program seemed like a four-year challenge.
DETROIT – At media day in 2009, the Mid-American Conference welcomed five new coaches and a commissioner into the fold. It was the most turnover in the conference's coaching ranks since 2003 and gave the gathering the feeling of a meet-and-greet.
As a first-year head coach, Steve Shondell faced the monstrous challenge of taking over a Ball State team in turmoil following the resignation of Dave Boos and turning into a winner.
Despite the departure of graduate Eric Steger, Ball State's men's golf team looks to improve on last season's success.
Every new school year means a new athletic season and with the No. 18 ranked recruiting class, a second-year coach Christine Bader, the Ball State women's tennis team looks to improve on last season's record of 8-17.
Beth Maddox's inaugural season as the Ball State field hockey coach wasn't one to remember as her team finished with an overall record of 6-14.
When coach Pete Lembo was hired in December, he knew the task of rebuilding the Ball State football program would not be easy.
DETROIT – During the search for Stan Parrish's replacement last winter, a popular name among fans was former Ball State assistant and then-Michigan State offensive coordinator Don Treadwell. While Ball State picked Pete Lembo as its new head coach, Treadwell also landed a job in the Mid-American Conference.
A feel-good story of the summer in Indianapolis and at Ball State has come to an unfortunate end.
INDIANAPOLIS — Paul Menard became NASCAR's newest first-time winner Sunday with an upset victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a track steeped in tradition for his family.
INDIANAPOLIS — Peyton Manning has a new long-term deal in time to report to training camp.
