VOLLEYBALL: Preseason poll picks Ball State to finish fourth
By Staff Reports / August 29, 2013Head coach Steve Shondell hopes to have more continuity on team this season, now with all the players healthy and new offensive threats on the court.
Head coach Steve Shondell hopes to have more continuity on team this season, now with all the players healthy and new offensive threats on the court.
With a mix of healthy veterans and freshmen and transfers, the women's volleyball team hopes its combination of experience will be successful throughout the season.
Last August, Ball State’s Alex Fuelling was a volleyball assistant at Wapahani High School, wishing she was the one running around the court.
The Ball State athletic department announced today that its rewards program is returning for the second year, according to a release.
Despite an injury-riddled 2012 season, the Ball State women’s volleyball team may have the luxury of redshirting some freshmen players this season.
Most college freshmen only have to worry about getting to class on time and making a few friends.
When Ohio scored its final point against Ball State in the Mid-American Conference tournament last season, Jacqui Seidel thought about what could have been.
The Ball State athletic department is announcing the installation of video boards in Scheumann Stadium and Worthen Arena on Sunday.
After spending eight seasons as a volunteer assistant coach with the Ball State men’s volleyball team, Jim Palilonis has been promoted to a full-time, paid position.
A recruitment class featuring seven players, along with the addition of a second full-time assistant head coach will help to strengthen an already successful program.
Lopes provides readers with an in-depth look at the volleyball program’s history which is coming off of one of the most successful seasons in recent program history.
Junior Kevin Owens and Senior Matt Leske were named to the 2013 Volleyball Magazine NCAA All-American third team for the first time.
Chicago – For two months No. 9 Ball State had brazenly beaten all of its competition, the latest coming on Saturday.
No. 9 Ball State’s semifinal match with No. 12 Loyola will culminate by ending a streak and extending another one.
Ball State won its 13th match in row in straight sets (25-21, 25-17, 25-20) against I-69 rival IPFW on Saturday night. Another win against a conference opponent, all that changed was the stakes.
Ball State won its 13th match in row in straight sets (25-21, 25-17, 25-20) against I-69 rival IPFW. Another win against a conference opponent, all that changed was the stakes.
Ball State athletics will soon announce a plan for a new volleyball and basketball practice facility, along with the possibility of other improved sports facilities.
In the preseason polls, Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association coaches did not give Ball State much of a chance to compete in the upper tier of the conference.
By ending 2012 with a 14-12 overall record, the Ball State men’s volleyball team extended its fall from being one of the elite programs in the country that began after the 2002 season.
No. 15 Ball State’s win over No. 11 Loyola on Saturday — the team’s 20th on the season — transcended the win-loss column.
