Soccer looks for motivation after double OT draw
ByBall State Soccer traveled to Macomb, Illinois, Sunday and tied with Western Illinois 1-1 after double overtime.
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Ball State Soccer traveled to Macomb, Illinois, Sunday and tied with Western Illinois 1-1 after double overtime.
Ball State Football faced a heavy task today in taking on No. 8 Notre Dame. Not only was this the first time both teams have met, but this is the first time in three season that the Cardinals have faced a ranked opponent. While the score may have not favored the Cardinals, the team was able to limit one of the top offenses in college football for the majority of the game.
Ball State Women’s Volleyball (5-4, 0-0 MAC) concluded the Active Ankle Challenge play with a hard-fought defeat against in-state rival, Indiana (6-2, 0-0 MAC).
Ball State Football (1-1, 0-0 MAC) fell to Notre Dame (2-0) 24-16 in its first meeting with the Irish in school history.
Ball State (5-3, 0-0 MAC) fell 3-1 in a hard-fought battle against Northern Illinois (4-4, 0-0 MVC) in the first match of the 2018 Active Ankle Challenge. The Cardinals would follow with a 3-0 sweep of North Dakota State (2-7, 0-0 Summit).
In its first of two games this weekend, Ball State Field Hockey (0-5, 0-0 MAC) picked up its fifth straight loss of the season falling to Ohio State (3-2, 0-0 Big 10), 6-0.
Back on the road again, Ball State Soccer (3-1, 0-0 MAC) will head just over the border to take on Western Illinois (1-3, 0-0 Summit).
Ball State Women’s Golf will get its fall season going Sunday in Normal, Illinois, this weekend at the Redbird Invitational. The Cardinals got a round of golf in against Dayton last week, but this will be the first official tournament round of the fall season.
Ball State Field Hockey (0-4, 0-0 MAC) will match up with the Ohio State Buckeyes (2-2, 0-0 Big Ten) Friday and the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (0-3, 0-0 Patriot League) Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.
After heading due south for the Butler Twilight meet last weekend, Ball State Cross Country will be heading just up the road to Marion, Indiana for the IWU Twilight meet.
After a 2-1 weekend at the Mary Jo Wynn Invite in Missouri, Ball State Women’s Volleyball (4-2, 0-0 MAC) prepares for the third tournament of this season, this time at home for the Active Ankle Challenge.
It has been booming through the speakers at Scheumann Stadium all week at practice. It can be heard down the halls and throughout the building from the weight room. The melody is engraved in the minds of Ball State Football players leading up to their Saturday showdown with Notre Dame. It’s “Victory March,” the fight song of the Fighting Irish.
In the sea known as the FBS, 130 schools are battling for the top spot in their respected conference. However, 12 schools are looking to fly the crescent of the Jolly Roger among their rivals in mark of a dominant performance on the field.
After the Conference of Midwestern Universities (CMU) disbanded in 1972, the Ball State Cardinals were left without a home.
Four Ball State teams were in action this weekend from Missouri to Scheumann Stadium. Here's what you missed.
After falling in the first set against Oral Roberts (2-4, 0-0 Summit), junior Sydnee VanBeek would record a career-high 20 kills and led Ball State Volleyball (4-2, 0-0 MAC) on the way to a 3-1 victory.
In its second game of the weekend, Ball State Field Hockey (0-4, 0-0 MAC) dropped their fourth straight match of the season to Iowa (3-1, 0-0 Big 10), 7-1.
After dropping their first two games of the season, Ball State Field Hockey (0-3, 0-0 MAC) was looking to get into the win column for the first time this season against Dartmouth (1-1, 0-0 Ivy League). The Cardinals found the back of the net for the first time this season, but would eventually fall to the Big Green, 5-1.
In its final weekend away series of the season, Ball State Soccer (3-1, 0-0 MAC) headed down south to take on College of Charleston (2-3, 0-0 CAA). An 18 minute onslaught by the Cardinals in the second half gave them the 3-0 win.
