Ball State men's volleyball wins 3-1 on Senior Night
March 26, 2016All three of Ball State men’s volleyball seniors were on the floor at the start of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Senior Night matchup against McKendree.
All three of Ball State men’s volleyball seniors were on the floor at the start of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Senior Night matchup against McKendree.
Worthen Arena was filled with red and white March 25 as No. 9 Ball State men’s volleyball (17-6, 9-2 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) hosted No. 1 Ohio State (19-3, 10-1 MIVA).
After recording 35 kills last week, junior outside attacker Brendan Surane was named Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association's offensive player of the week. Surane led the Cardinals in kills during both of the team's games against Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and the University of California Irvine. In his first match against in-state rival IPFW on March 16, Surane had 13 kills and three block assists along with five digs.
Ball State men's volleyball took on its seventh ranked opponent of the season in No. 13 University of California Irvine.
Ball State moved into a tie for first place in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association with a 3-1 victory over Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne on March 16.
The 10th-ranked Ball State men’s volleyball team will travel to Fort Wayne Wednesday night to take on Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne in the “old I-69 rivalry.” In the last game between the two schools on Feb. The Cardinals (15-5, 8-1 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) swept IPFW (5-12, 0-7 MIVA) in three sets. In the win, junior outside attacker Mike Scannell led the Cardinals with 10 kills.
In order to gain its No. 10 national ranking, the Ball State men's volleyball team swept the first round of conference matches in the tough Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.
The Ball State men’s volleyball team dropped its match against the No. 4 UCLA Bruins 3-0 at Pauley Pavilion on March 7. UCLA ran a two-setter offense, a system that many college offenses do not run anymore. “We haven’t seen that in a long time, in men’s volleyball period,” head coach Joel Walton said.
The Ball State men’s volleyball team is ranked eighth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association and will head west for three straight matches after finishing its six-match home stand. The Cardinals (13-3, 7-0) didn't lose in the entire month of February and are on a 10-match winning streak.
Ball State men’s volleyball sophomore middle attacker Matt Walsh was named Defensive Player of the Week by the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.
The Ball State men’s volleyball team's win streak is now at 10 matches — the recent success has come from a variety of players in the starting lineup.
Ball State men’s volleyball swept Lindenwood University Lions Friday, 25-14, 25-21, 25-15. It was the ninth-ranked Cardinals' 10th consecutive victory, but senior setter Hiago Garchet said they won't get complacent. “The fact that we’ve won 10 matches doesn’t mean anything," he said.
The men’s volleyball team has one of the deepest rosters since 2002, and with that comes the opportunity to have an aggressive strategy. In matches, head coach Joel Walton is able to sub players in and out depending on who he thinks is needed at any given time.
The ninth-ranked Ball State men’s volleyball team continued its winning ways after defeating Quincy at Worthen Arena in a three-set sweep. Each of Ball State's set wins came by at least 7 points (25-16, 25-18, 25-18), as the Cardinals extended their win streak to nine.
About eight minutes before a match against Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne is set to begin, the men's volleyball team lines up at the edge of the court. “We can't start until 7:35,” a graduate assistant reminds Steve Shondell from the court-side seats.
rivals Quincy (8-12, 2-5 MIVA) on Feb. 25 and Lindenwood (2-9, 0-5 MIVA) on Feb. 26.
The last time the Ball State men’s volleyball team won the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association regular season championship was in 2002. That season was also the last the time Ball State defeated Loyola, Lewis and Ohio State in the first matchup against each team in a single season until this year. After defeating No. 11 Loyola and No. 14 Lewis last week, No. 9 Ball State moved its way into the NCAA men’s volleyball top-10 rankings.
Shane Witmer has always made his teammates laugh. A jokester, he calls himself. Witmer was a four-year starter for the Ball State men’s volleyball team.
Ball State men’s volleyball was able to escape Worthen Arena with a 3-2 win on Feb. 18 against No. 14 Lewis.
On Feb. 17, No. 12-ranked Ball State took down No. 8 Loyola 3-1 at Worthen Arena and will turn around to play No. 14 Lewis University on Feb. 18.
