The Ball State women's basketball 2024 regular season is one filled with success. Regardless of being top-50 in multiple categories as a team in that nation, they are left out of the NCAA Tournament due to NET ranking. A 28-5 team should be in the NCAA Tournament.
Three games later, Ball State delivered three consecutive poor pitching performances that led to three successive Bowling Green victories. The Cardinals were unable to capitalize against the Falcons, but Ball State’s pitchers can't be blamed solely for the losses, with the Cardinals’ fielders accumulating a total of 10 fielding errors throughout the three-game set.
Ball State led the meet for the first two rotations, but Eastern Michigan came back during the third event, leaving a .050 point difference between the teams’ scores. The Ball State gymnasts brought their ‘A’ game on the floor and ended the meet 196.400-195.150, bringing them 14-4 overall.
Ball State men’s volleyball opened its current win streak with a five-set victory against Lindenwood in early February. The Cardinals extended their spurt with the same matchup that started it, downing the Lions for an eighth-straight win.
Ball State collected three medals during three days of competition in Ocala, Florida. Meanwhile, for diving, sophomore Porter Brovont traveled to Louisville, Kentucky, to participate in the one-meter and three-meter events in the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships.
Wapahani senior Isaac Andrews led the Raiders with 29 points as the black and red defeated Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian win to the program's semistate championship.
This will likely be my last week ever covering this program, but no matter where I am, this group will always have my support due to a deep personal connection that spans across professional boundaries.
Associate sports editor Zach Carter attended the Mid-American Conference commissioner's press conference and gave his thoughts about what Jon Steinbrecher said.
“They were better than we were today,” Richards said. “I think that, on a given day, we're certainly capable of beating them, but couldn't come through in the clutch.”
Kent State held a commanding 14-5 lead after the first quarter, a lead Ball State could not cut into for the rest of the game. As the final buzzer rang, Kent State (20-10) defeated Ball State (28-5) 65-50.
Ball State women's basketball was plagued by struggles rebounding and finding quality inside shots in a 65-50 MAC Tournament semifinal loss to Kent State. This team, which has accomplished so much this season, will have to regroup in a week’s time and likely play in a postseason tournament that isn’t the NCAA tournament.
Whether it's the trio of Sydney Bolden, Hailey Smith and Olivia Smith or assistant athletic trainer Brad Bunten, Ball State women's basketball can always count on energy from its bench. Head coach Brady Sallee said this enthusiasm fosters wins, in which the Cardinals have 28.
No. 13 Ball State avenged its season-ending loss by defeating No. 8 Ohio State in Columbus Thursday night.
Ball State men’s basketball failed to reach the MAC Tournament for the first time since its inception. The Cardinals finished ninth place in the Mid-American Conference with a below .500 record.
Associate sports editor Zach Carter described what it's like to cover on the road and how the first two days of MAC Tournament went for the Daily News members who attended.
The former Butler Bulldog is now excelling in year two as a Ball State Cardinal, averaging 9.7 points per game and dropping double-digit scoring marks more than 10 times this season.
Sallee said it is always nice to come to Cleveland and truly know that a chance of cutting down the banner is possible. Ball State (28-4, 16-2 MAC) got one step closer with their win over Ohio (11-19, 8-10 MAC) 77-53.
The Ball State Cardinals (28-4, 16-2 MAC) opened Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament play with a 77-53 first round win against the Ohio Bobcats (11-19, 8-10 MAC) Wednesday afternoon. Tip-off for Ball State’s second round game against the winner of Northern Illinois V. Kent State is scheduled for Friday, March 15, 30 minutes after the conclusion of the game between the Toledo Rockets and Buffalo Bulls.
The No. 2 seeded Cardinals’ (16-2 MAC) first round contest is set for approximately 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, against No. 7 seed Ohio (11-18, 8-10 MAC) in the third contest of the day.
“We just hung in there,” said head coach Mike Fleck. “There were challenges everywhere, and it was tough. We just battled, and that is probably what I’m most proud of the guys for—their mentality today when it got really tough again.”
