Cards improve record to 6-0 for first time since 1965
by Ryan Wood
After each win this season, Ball State University football coach Brady Hoke has downplayed the importance of his program earning its first national ranking. That milestone was reached Sunday when the Cardinals received 97 votes to jump to No. 25 in The Associated Press Poll.
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Ball State defense gets its first shutout since 2000 season
by Ryan Wood
TOLEDO, OHIO - In years past, three points in a first half spelled defeat for Ball State University's football team. Times have changed. While the offense struggled against a University of Toledo scoring defense that ranks last in the Mid-American Conference, the Cardinals' defense provided one of the most dominating performances in school history.
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Coach, player says victory is greatest in program history
by Vinnie Lopes
When Kirsty O'Connor left the United Kingdom to attend Ball State University in 2006 she said she did not think the Cardinals women's golf team would be able to beat against schools from the Big Ten.
After this weekend though, the junior has eliminated that notion.
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by Jessica Tharp
This weekend was a homecoming of sorts for the Ball State University soccer team.
After a 3-0 win Sunday against Kent State University, last year's team was awarded its Mid-American Conference championship rings by Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins and President Jo Ann Gora.
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Numbers to know 0 - Toledo points 157 - MiQuale Lewis rushing yards 3 - MiQuale Lewis rushing touchdowns 242 - Nate Davis passing yards 28 - Second-half points 0 - Ball State turnovers 1965 - First time since 1965 Ball State has started a season 6-0 28 - Career wins for Brady Hoke 1 - Amount of teams still undefeated in the MAC 97 - Amount of votes Ball State received in the AP Poll 25 - Ball State's ranking in the AP Poll 0 - Wins needed for Ball State to become bowl eligible 6 - Wins needed for Ball State to finish the regular season undefeated Weekend milestonesFirst national rankingBest start to season since 1965Best start to the MAC since 1993Back to back six-win seasons for the first time since 1995-96Bowl eligibleFirst shutout since 2000 All-time rankings The football team became the seventh Ball State sport to be nationally ranked.
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by Kyle Shaner
The Ball State University soccer team proved this weekend it does not want to play in close games. The Cardinals (7-5, 3-1 Mid-American Conference) won both of their games this weekend by three goals. They beat the University at Buffalo (4-5-2, 0-4 MAC) 4-1 Friday and then beat Kent State University (5-6, 2-2 MAC) 3-0 Sunday at the Ball State Soccer Field.
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Coach says team "fortunate" to win after serving and passing woes plague Ball State
by Andrew Walker
With a little help from Northern Illinois University and Central Michigan University, the Ball State University women's volleyball team is tied for first in the Mid-American Conference Western Division after defeating the University at Buffalo 3-1 (25-21, 26-28, 25-23, 25-20) Saturday.
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by Nathan Pace
The Ball State University men's tennis team wanted to gain experience for its younger players this weekend, but it wasn't the type of experience it wanted Friday.
Ball State was on the short end of the stick on several third-set tiebreaking matches during the Ball State Fall Invitational causing some quick exits on Ball State's roster.
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A Ball State University cheerleader who left practice Thursday night in an ambulance is doing OK.
Allison Richards fell from a cheerleading pyramid a little after 10 p.m. Thursday while practicing with the all-girls cheerleading squad in Worthen Arena, according to a report from the Ball State University Police Department.
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by David Downham
The match scores from the Queen City Collegiate Invitational in Cincinnati this weekend were nothing to boast about, but Ball State University women's tennis coach Kathy Bull found some positive points.
"We didn't have a great weekend overall," Bull said.
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by Teddy Cahill
The Ball State University field hockey team knew its weekend slate would be difficult when it was visited by Mid-American Conference favorites Ohio and Kent State universities.
The visitors showed why they are now perched atop the conference in a three-way tie with Miami University, as each shut out the Cardinals on successive days.
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