GYMNASTICS: Ball State finishes in 5th place in MAC Championships
March 27, 2010BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Ball State University gymnastics team finished in fifth place in today's Mid-American Conference Championships.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Ball State University gymnastics team finished in fifth place in today's Mid-American Conference Championships.
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.
Kolbrin Vitek's phenomenal performance gave Ball State University a 4-0 victory at Ohio University in game two of a doubleheader.
Gauntlett Eldemire hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning to give the hosts a 4-2 win in Game One against Ball State. Reliever Scott Brothers (1-1) served up the long ball and took the loss.
Ball State's team won't be the only one looking for a repeat in the event. Last season, as an individual, junior Anthony Novak earned medalist honors in the Cardinal Collegiate, carding a 144. Fellow junior Eric Steger counted as the best Ball State team finisher in the tournament, finishing in third place with a 146.
Ball State travels to Ohio for a three-game series, ready to start playing MAC competition.
No. 3 California State University Northridge has not loss to school out of the rankings all year, but Ball State University coach Joel Walton still has high hopes tonight at Worthen Arena.
The Ball State University gymnastics team will find out what it is capable of when it travels to Bowling Green, Ohio, at 2 p.m. Saturday to compete in the MAC Championships. The seven MAC schools with gymnastics programs will come together to vie for the championship. Although Ball State has not competed with more than four teams in a meet this season, the team is trying to remain focused on its performance.
Cal State Northridge (15-6) was No. 1 in the country earlier in the season. Ball State (12-7) is looking to win its first match against a ranked team this year. Everyone on the Cardinals agrees that a raucous crowd will be needed to knock off the Matadors.
Ball State (17-6), which received a vote in Tuesday's ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top-25 poll, heads into today's doubleheader at the University of Dayton a winner of 15 of its last 17 games.
Pavia has also excelled as the Cardinals' No. 1 singles player; he defeated Butler University's Ben Raynauld in a barnburner, 6-7 (5), 6-4 (14-12), Saturday at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center. In all this season, Pavia is 11-2 at both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles.
The Ball State University women's golf team is keeping their spring season consistent, finishing another tournament in sixth place.
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The Ball State University softball team kept on rolling Wednesday evening, taking care of business with a doubleheader sweep at the University of Dayton. With the win, the Cardinals improve to 19-6 and have now won 17 of their last 19 games.
Here are some of the story lines to follow as Ball State works towards its spring game on April 17.
A sloppy start spiraled out of control for Ball State University Tuesday afternoon as it lost 11-5 at the University of Notre Dame.
Ball State University will travel to the University of Notre Dame and take on another Big East opponent Tuesday afternoon. The Cardinals are looking for their first win against the Fighting Irish since 2005.
Ball State University is in fifth place at the John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate tournament after the first round Monday.
Center Jarrod Jones was named first team All-District 14 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches on Monday.
According to boydsworld.com, Ball State has played the 27th hardest schedule in the country. Ball State is 2-6 against the top-15 teams of University of Arkansas, Coastal Carolina University and Louisville.
