After Saturday's doubleheader, the team plays IPFW in its last match of a seven-game homestand that spanned all of February. After the remaining home matches, Ball State heads West to battle teams in Las Vegas.
The championships are slated to resume at 1:30 p.m. with the high jump and shot put.
Reliever Seth Hobbs (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless inning for the victory, and Morgan Coombs picked up the save. Blake Huddleston (0-1) gave up all four runs in the ninth and was the losing pitcher.
Stymied by UAB starting pitcher Beau Pender, Ball State dropped the first game of Saturday's doubleheader 6-0.
Ball State is led by reigning Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Year Elizabeth Milian, who is 2-1 this season with a 0.35 ERA and 35 strikeouts.
After finishing second in last week's Ball State University Quadrangular, the women's indoor track team will face tougher competition when they arrive on the campus of Central Michigan University for the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, beginning today in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
The Cardinals travel to the lowly University of Toledo — winless in MAC play at 0-14 — Saturday and then travel to Western Michigan in what could be a critical MAC West showdown to end the regular season March 4.
For freshman Alexandre Brym, settling in has been a whole new experience. On Jan. 5, Brym came to Ball State from France to play on the team. Since then, he has been just been one of the guys on and off the court.
Ball State won once in their three-game series at then-No. 15 University of Arkansas last weekend, which pleased coach Greg Beals. But now, it expects more at UAB.
Coach Amy Behrman is still hopeful Ball State will be healthy and ready to play against the Wisconsin-Green Bay on Friday at the Muncie YMCA center.
Freshman Jamion Hartley and the Ball State men's volleyball team play host to rival IPFW tonight at Worthen Arena.
Ball State could have wrapped up the No. 2 seed and the first round bye that comes with it Wednesday night, as they got help from Northern Illinois University. It defeated Central Michigan University 67-65 on a last second shot, essentially dropping the Chippewas from the race.
Coach Laura Seibold-Caudill said her confidence in her team has continued to rise over the course of the season as Ball State took the University of Toledo, Ohio University and Michigan State University to the final event of each meet before coming up short.
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Tonight, Brawley Chisholm and Terrence Watson will be honored on Senior Night before they play their final regular season home game as Ball State plays host to Eastern Michigan at 7 p.m.
Bibiana Rodriguez was named the Mid-American Conference co-Specialist of the Week on Tuesday. She is the fourth Ball State University athlete to earn an award from the MAC this week.
Junior forward Emily Maggert sported a ripe black eye and a new protective face mask for last night's game against Northern Illinois University after being elbowed attempting a steal in Saturday's win at Western Michigan University.
With the regular season coming down to its stretch run and trying to gain momentum for the Mid-American Conference Tournament, Ball State University picked up a 66-60 victory over Northern Illinois University on Tuesday night.
Over the next month, the Cardinals have eight matches to gear up for the Mid-American Conference Championships. Four of those matches happen in the next two weeks as the team finishes up their homestand.
Three Ball State University softball players on Monday were placed on the Phyllis Rafter Memorial All-Tournament Team after the Cardinals participated in the tournament in Woodstock, Ga. over the weekend.
