Athletes get locked in for their competitions in different ways. An iPod full of Chiddy Bang, Young Jeezy and Tupac Shakur does the trick for Ball State sophomore swimmer Michael Weber.
The odds coming in were not in Ball State's favor.
The defeats are beginning to form the base of a mountain that's virtually impossible to climb. The inconsistencies are becoming common.
The setter is Graham Mcllvaine. The libero is Tommy Rouse. The middle blockers are J.D. Gasparovic and Anders Nelson.
Despite the ice storm that slowed campus this week, the Ball State gymnastics team managed to avoid letting the weather affect its preparation.
It's been a wild finish to recruiting for coach Pete Lembo.
Tommy Rouse is off to a great start.
Nicole Allen was honored as the Mid-American Conference Gymnast of the Week, the league announced Monday.
Victory after victory during December and early January overshadowed any mistakes that the Ball State men's basketball team was making.
After an unsuccessful trip to Buffalo, Ball State resumes Mid-American Conference play tonight when it hosts Ohio at 7 p.m. in Worthen Arena.
ESPNU announced Monday that Ball State will travel to Spartanburg, S.C. to face Wofford on Feb. 19 for the 2011 Bracketbuster games.
The losing streak climbs to four games for Ball State, three straight in the Mid-American Conference.
Ohio's DeVaughn Washington, Morehead State's Kenneth Faried and Eastern Michigan's Brandon Bowdry have three things in common.
Overwhelmed by options, the Mid-American Conference is trying to decide on a possible format change for the women's volleyball conference tournament.
Junior Cliff Morrison didn't just beat Jimmy Roebker of Xavier at No. 2 singles, he got inside his head.
It's only fitting the pass Jarrod Jones received before he hit the 1,000 point-mark was from his long-time friend and teammate, Randy Davis, someone he's been playing with years before they came to Ball State.
For the past 15 years the Cincinnati Reds have taken part of a Reds Caravan, traveling around Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia to promote the team.
Nothing evokes questions, concerns or fear like change.
Change appears to be certain for women's volleyball in the Mid-American Conference.
Year in and year out coaches swarm high schools across the nation in search of the most talented athletes the country has to offer.
