To qualify as an Academic All-MAC candidate, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA and participate in 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport. First-year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence, however, are not eligible.
The loss snapped the Cardinals' four-game winning streak and was its first loss to Indiana in five games dating back to 1998.
A four-run first inning from IPFW (20-10) pushed the game out of reach early. Ball State's (21-8) lineup did not give in as it made a last inning effort to come back, but it fell short, losing 5-4.
No. 15 Ball State travels to Lewis for a midweek MIVA match with plenty of rankings implications.
With a four-game winning streak snapped over the weekend by Miami University, Ball State University will attempt to get back on track against IPFW at home Tuesday.
Ball State heads to Indiana for a nonconference game with a four-game winning streak on the line.
Sweeping showers limited the amount of events for Ball State to participate in. It participated in only six of 20 events for Saturday's schedule.
The Cardinals had to settle on a split with the reigning MAC Tournament champion RedHawks as Ball State's offense struggled in Saturday's 5-0 defeat. The Cardinals came back with a 4-3 victory Sunday.
Yes, it's a matchup pitting a cute bulldog against a devil, America's favorite underdog against the team people love to hate.
Ball State University didn't quite show the consistency this weekend that coach Mike Fleck would have liked, but the Cardinals still played well enough to finish in second place out of 19 teams in the Hoosier Invitational hosted by Indiana University.
Ball State completed a three-game sweep of Miami on Sunday with a 17-8 victory. The Cardinals (11-15, 5-1) have won both MAC series this year and are on a four-game winning streak.
Ball State has three matches remaining with Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association schools to improve its seeding before the MIVA tournament, which is less than three weeks away.
Despite the win, doubles plagued the Cardinals' performance once again. The team lost two out of three matches and was forced to come up with four wins in singles.
A notebook from Ball State's home opening series against Miami.
Butler (33-4) will be a 6½-point underdog when it plays for its first national title — in its hometown no less — and its proud fans will be thrilled no matter what the final score is. Top-seeded Duke (34-5) is a three-time national champion, so accustomed to playing on the biggest stage that its last appearance nine years ago in the title game is considered a lifetime.
Middles attackers J.D. Gasparovic and Anders Nelson led the team in kills with eight. IPFW (9-15, 2-8 MIVA) was unable to force Ball State to use its outside attackers like it did in their earlier encounter this season in Muncie.
Rain has delayed the start to Saturday's game between Ball State University and Miami University.
One big storyline of today's matchup is Butler's status as a mid-major. Neither team, however, was willing to consider this a "small school versus big school" matchup. In fact, Butler sophomore Shelvin Mack said it was a media creation.
Playing basketball in a football stadium like Lucas Oil can be challenging. Lucas Oil Stadium will provide a much deeper background than the Bulldogs see in Hinkle Fieldhouse. Shooters often rely on depth perception to line up and make shots, and a larger arena can wreak havoc on that effort.
The Cardinals (20-6) will also look for a little respect nationally. After receiving seven votes in last week's USA Today/National Fast Pitch Coaches Association Top 25 poll, Ball State didn't receive a single vote in this week's poll, despite defeating IUPUI 11-4 in its only game of the week on Tuesday.
