Alex Pia named MIVA Defensive Player of the Week
By Staff Reports / February 17, 2016Ball State men's volleyball junior middle attacker Alex Pia was named the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association player of the week.
Ball State men's volleyball junior middle attacker Alex Pia was named the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association player of the week.
The No. 12 Ball State men’s volleyball team will play host to the National Collegiate Athletic Association reigning champions as well as the runner-up at Worthen Arena Feb. 17 and 18.
Senior setter for the men's volleyball team, Hiago Garchet, is ranked tenth in Ball State history in career assists-per-set with an average of 7.69.
After another 2-0 week, the Ball State men's volleyball is the only team in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association that remains undefeated in conference play.
Ball State men’s volleyball improved its win streak to six on Feb. 12 as the 13th-ranked Cardinals (9-3, 3-0 MIVA) swept the Barton College Bulldogs (6-3, 4-2 Conference Carolinas) in three sets, 25-20, 25-17 and 25-17.
In the old I-69 rivalry, as announcer and women's volleyball coach Steve Shondell deem it, No. 13 Ball State swept Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in three straight sets.
Ball State men's volleyball team has won its past four games and sits 2-0 in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. While the team has been playing winning as of late, it's in big part to junior outside attacker, Brendan Surane.
After three consecutive weekends on the road, the 13th-ranked Ball State men’s volleyball team returns home for six consecutive matches.
During a five-hour bus ride to McKendree University, a brown blanket stretched across the aisle between four seats, forming a makeshift card table for four Ball State men's volleyball players.
More than 700 miles outside of Worthen Arena, sophomore middle attacker Matt Walsh and sophomore outside attacker Mitch Weiler saw a familiar face on the other side of the net.
After losing their first two sets to McKendree University, the men’s volleyball team brought it back to win the match. Their match with George Mason University started off the same way — losing the first two sets, then winning the last three for an overall win.
No. 15 Ball State Men’s volleyball is on the road for the second straight weekend. The Cardinals will travel to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)(0-3) Jan. 29 and to George Mason (1-4) Jan. 30.
No. 14 Ball State Men’s volleyball team hits the road this Friday and Saturday for the first two games of a six-game road trip.
Ball State men’s volleyball alumnus Jeff Aucoin returned to Worthen Arena on Jan. 15, but as a coach for the opposing team.
The No. 15 Ball State men's volleyball team got off to the hottest start of the year at Worthen Arena on Jan. 15 against Harvard, scoring nine out of the first 10 points in the match.
No. 15 Ball State men’s volleyball defeated the Sacred Heart Pioneers Thursday night at Worthen Arena.
Ball State men’s volleyball returns to action this weekend, hosting Sacred Heart on Jan. 14 and Harvard on Jan. 15 at Worthen Arena. Currently the Cardinals are 1-1 and look to improve their record against the 0-3 Pioneers and the 1-2 Crimson. Sacred Heart may have a losing record, but it already played two teams ranked in the top 10 of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches poll. Coach Joel Walton believes that Sacred Heart’s record may be deceptive, and that they are a very capable team. “I’ve watched Sacred Heart on video, they’ve got a couple of attackers that get up and crack the ball pretty well,” Walton said.
With temperatures challenging records over Winter Break, some Ball State athletes were challenging — and breaking — records themselves.
Since the beginning of competitive men’s volleyball at the Division I level in 1970, West Coast schools in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Conference have historically dominated the competition.
