PREVIEW: Ball State men's tennis vs. Northern Illinois
ByBall State men's tennis hosts Mid-American Conference foe Northern Illinois Saturday.
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Ball State men's tennis hosts Mid-American Conference foe Northern Illinois Saturday.
Senior outfielder Matt Eppers is ready for April Fool’s Day, and his teammates know it.
While the majority of alternates normally don’t see much action, there's an uncertainty that makes it difficult to prepare.
At Ball State football's Pro Day, scouts use 40-yard dash times to measure straight-line speed, three-cone drills to measure agility, vertical and broad jumps to measure explosion. All of the drills help quantify players' athleticism — and weigh heavily on prospects' draft stocks.
The record for this duo is 5-3 in first-flight doubles matches. Against nationally ranked partners, Andersen and Stutz are 1-1.
Ball State’s Mid-American Conference campaign continues with two matches which, arguably, will be the toughest tests of the season so far.
With a berth in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association tournament clinched, No. 12 Ball State men's volleyball has their eyes set on their next goal — being able to play one of those tournament matches at Worthen Arena.
This weekend, the Ball State track and field team will be traveling to the University of Cincinnati for the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational.
Both the Cardinals and the Bobcats have lost their last five games.
Ball State men's tennis team fell to Butler, losing 4-3.
Ball State softball sits at .500 with a 17-17 (2-1 MAC) record as it wraps up the non-conference portion of the season today at Indiana State.
After a weekend of Mid-American Conference play, the Ball State men’s tennis team faces a non-conference foe against Butler today.
Ball State baseball was overpowered by Butler's offense in a 7-3 loss on Tuesday afternoon.
Labrador led the Cardinals with a .571 batting average in four games last week and went 8-for-12 against Buffalo.
Ball State baseball looks to end its four-game losing streak when it hosts Butler in a mid-week non-conference game Tuesday. The Cardinals (11-13, 0-3 MAC) boast the best ERA in the Mid-American Conference (3.53), though the Bulldogs (16-7, 0-0 Big East) have a 3.15 ERA that's second in the Big East. Butler is on a five-game winning streak, including a 3-game sweep of Ohio (11-11, 0-0 MAC) over the weekend. Ball State was just swept by Kent State in its first series of MAC play. The Bulldogs hit .267 as a team, led by redshirt junior infielder Michael Hartnagel, who's on a six-game hitting streak. Hartnagel is hitting .410 on the season with 10 doubles. Ball State sophomore outfielder Roman Baisa carries a seven-game hitting streak into the matchup, hitting .275. He's also second on the team with 13 runs scored. Junior right-handed pitcher Brendan Burns (1-0) is expected to make his first start of the season for the Cardinals. He has a 2.61 ERA but has only pitched 10.1 innings. Primarily a starter last season (12 of his 14 appearances were starts), Burns went 5-4 with a 3.81 ERA. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex.
Ball State women's tennis started off the 2017 season the same way it started it's run to the 2016 Mid-American Conference title — with two wins.
Junior second baseman Maddy Labrador led Ball State softball (17-17, 2-1 MAC) this weekend as they opened up Mid-American Conference play.
The Cardinals hit under .260 in their losses to McKendree and No. 2 Ohio State this week.
The first inning of Ball State baseball's 9-4 loss to Kent State Sunday was symbolic of the entire series.
The Cardinals were in action this afternoon against Northern Illinois in their second match of the MAC and took another 6-1 victory.