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Despite not breaking a world record, 2 students still raised more than $500 for the Boys & Girls Club of Muncie this weekend

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Telecommunications major Steven Putman, left, and nursing major Carter Milleman attempt to break the world record for the longest hug at the Scramble Light. The current world record is 24 hours 33 minutes. The duo made it to 11 hours and called it quits when one of them fell ill.

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fter an attempt to break the Guinness world record for longest hug, two Ball State students ended up breaking their embrace instead — and raised money for the Boys & Girls Club of Muncie in the process.

Senior nursing major Carter Milleman and senior telecommunications major Steven Putman, had less than a day to prepare after receiving permission from Guinness World Records to try for the record. Although their attempt to hug for more than 24 hours ended after 11 hours, they raised more than $550 for the Boys & Girls Club of Muncie.

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Junior Graham McIlvaine sets up the ball for senior Matt Leske during the game against Loyola on Saturday. Ball State will play the first round of the MIVA tournament this weekend.

Cards streak longest since 1966 season After 2 weekend wins, Ball State enters tournament as No. 3 seed EVAN BARNUM-STEGGERDA CHIEF REPORTER | @Slice_of_Evan No. 15 Ball State’s win over No. 11 Loyola on Saturday — the team’s 20th of the season — transcended the win-loss column.

Ball State’s win over Loyola brings the regular season to a close, and locks the Cardinals in for the No. 3 seed for the Midwestern Intercollegiate tournament, giving the home court advantage for the quarterfinals against IPFW. Going into postseason play, Ball State could not be hotter. The Cardinals are riding a 12 match-winning streak, their longest since 1966, and that has left the team oozing confidence.

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Singers perform Rubber ducks annual show race for charity Student performers present 49th annual Spectacular concert with singing, dancing

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Epsilon Sigma Alpha hosted its 1st Adopt a Duck event Sunday afternoon

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Friends, family and curious guests packed the AMC Showplace 12 Thursday night for an exclusive screening of Ball State alumnus Kenny Stevenson’s independent film “Cheery Point.”

The film is set in a dystopian future where citizens are required by their government to inject themselves with a drug called “Torpase,” which shuts down their ability to experience emotional or physical pain.

A group of people called “Springers” refuse to use the drug and must go into hiding to keep their emotions. They rebel against the “Pasers,” the dominant group in control who use the drug and view it as vital to social stability.

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Q: The film contains a lot of religious or philosophical aspects to it. Where did the writers draw from to include these things?

A: There were four writers: myself, Adam Baily the director, and then two other writers, James Treakle and my fiancé Allison Flood. Each writer had a different spin ... I’m a big fan of the show “Lost” from ABC, so it was an experimental film where wanted to see if we could achieve what “Lost” did as a TV series in seven seasons and try to emulate that in a film form ... Adam brought the love of “Lord of the Rings” and J.R.R. Tolkien ... A lot of the inspiration came from themes like existentialism: the idea that one person’s truth is not another person’s truth. Truth becomes a person’s individualized reality based off of the experiences

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JEFF CLEVENGER 5K RUN GATHERS SUPPORT FOR MS RESEARCH Huddled together on the crisp Saturday morning, runners gathered at the starting line. Some helped each other pin on their bibs while others double checked to make sure their time chip was weaved tightly into their shoelaces.

After some announcements thanking all the people who donated and helped support the Jeff Clevenger 5K, the speaker shouted to the runners to begin the race.

The event was able to successfully use chip timing, something never done in the race’s past. This helped participants find out quickly who were the winners in the event.

The money has yet to be calculated, but Exercise Science Club president Erin Yeoman wants to reach more than $5,000. Although 200 people originally signed up, 114 people participated in the race, most likely due to the chilly weather conditions.

Before the race, Ball State students and Muncie residents met inside of Northside Middle School for a health fair put, which had booths with health and nutrition information, while others demonstrated exercises.

The goal Saturday was not only to raise money and support a good cause, but to also bring people together who care about multiple sclerosis. Ball State student Claire Wiley lost her grandmother to effects from multiple sclerosis before she was born.

Wiley walked with her mom Dana Cochran for support, but the event also served as a part of their motherdaughter day.

“We walked most of the time but we crossed the finish line strong,” Wiley said.

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“Cheery Point” director Adam Bailey and associate producer Andrew Bennett sign posters after the private screening of the film Thursday at AMC Showplace 12. The screening was held to raise money to enter “Cheery Point” into film festivals.

they’ve gone through.

Q: Do you have any advice for students who are attempting to develop their own startups whether they are short films or other like-projects?

A: Join Versa Studios. Dylan [Pieri], the publicist for “Cheery Point,” and the associate producer Andrew Bennett, they are the head of the expansion project for Versa Independent Productions. What they do is go around to other college campuses and set up these different groups that specialize in teaching cinema.

Q: Are there any other current projects for Versa Studios?

A: The next feature is still going to be cerebral and nature.

It’s still going to be sci-fi, it’s going to have elements of horror ... we’re going to play on the

idea of what it really means to be an alien. It’s going to be pretty neat, we’re excited and we’re looking at, already, some pretty big actors.

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Q: Stevenson said that each of the writers contributed something distinct. What was your contribution?

A: I have lots of “Lord of the Rings” interests. For this one in particular, Kenny talked about having this wide cast. Lots of different people, lots of different perspectives, lots of different backgrounds and backstories. First off, we wanted everyone to be morally gray.

This also led us to not really quite having an antagonist.

Q: There seems to be heavy use of color during certain scenes.

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What did you try to communicate through that, if anything?

A: From the outset, I wanted to be very blatant with Springers (characters who abstain from the drug Torpase) and the Pasers (characters who use Torpase) ... The good guys are in black, because black has all the colors because it absorbs all of them, while white bounces back all the colors.

I wanted there to be this heavy sense of green at different points. There’s either this eerie green when you’re in Cheery Point, or this fresh lively green when you’re out there [in the Springer camp].

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Ball State’s Annual Guitar Festival is showcasing a slew of talented classical guitar artists for its three-day event.

This year’s festival, which is celebrating its 25th year, includes performances by the School of Music’s Classical Guitar Ensemble, Paul Reilly and Daniel Lippel.

Reilly, a professor and coordinator of music performance, performed the opening night for the festival on Sunday with scores that reached from composers of the late 1600s to contemporary artists.

Reilly said he has been studying the classical guitar since he was a teenager. His office is decorated with posters and photographs of some of his favorite classical guitarists, such as Julian Bean and John Williams, and his passion for the classical guitar is a characteristic that seems to define him.

Before he took up the classical guitar, he studied jazz guitar when he was about 10 years old. In college, he worked in Chicago jazz clubs, but he eventually started to focus on classical guitar more when he realized that the jazz atmosphere was not what he was looking for. He found himself working

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Guest artist Daniel Lippel at noon at Choral Hall until getting smoked out every morning at 3 a.m. and then attending class at 8 a.m. He also felt repelled by the drug usage in the jazz scene.

“Back in Chicago, every place you went to there was drugs involved,” Reilly said.

But Reilly isn’t the only accomplished guitarist to perform in the festival. The guest artist is critically acclaimed musician Daniel Lippel, who will perform Tuesday. Lippel has been part of a few recordings under the New Focus Recordings label, based in New York City.

Practiced Ball State students in The School of Music’s Classical Guitar Ensemble will also perform a number of duets, trios and quartets today.

“It’s an important event for guitarists at Ball State,” Reilly said. “Hopefully they’re going to go to the concert and learn something from me and from the guests.”

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Service organization hosts charity event Epsilon Sigma Alpha races rubber ducks to fundraise for camp

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Rubber ducks raced, or rather floated, for a cause in the Park Hall pond Sunday afternoon.

Epsilon Sigma Alpha held the first Adopt a Duck event Sunday, which boasted an interesting, however slow, race between adopted rubber ducks.

The race took nearly 20 minutes, with the ducks slowly floating downstream, only to be pushed back by the strong wind gusts, accompanied by groans and yells by those cheering on the anonymous ducks.

Almost 700 ducks were adopted, event coordinator Ashley Noga said. Each duck raised a dollar for ESA’s philanthropy Camp Riley, a camp that allows children with physical disabilities to enjoy a summer camp experience tailored to their abilities.

Senior speech-language pathology major Erica Johnson took home the first place prize of $200.

“I was shocked to actually win,” said Johnson, who is also an officer of ESA. Johnson said she actually bought six ducks to help out her sorority. She said she wasn’t sure what she would do with the money.

“I may just put it back and buy something neat for my apartment,” she said.

Second and third place winners won $100 and $50, respectively.

Sophomore communications major and ESA mem-

Putman said the amount they raised made their effort worth it, despite not breaking the record.

“We were really proud; that was one of the kickers,” he said. “If we don’t get the record, we’re still raising money for Boys & Girls Club.”

They stopped at 12:43 a.m.

Saturday morning, more than 13 hours shy of the record as the effects of the cold and exhaustion became too much.

Milleman was experiencing back pain that became an issue. Putnam said they didn’t realize it going in, but their arm configuration was not set up for success.

“If we had more time to plan [we would have done it differently],” Putman said. “[Milleman] is an inch taller than me and I would have hugged him on inside because [he would not have had] to bend down whole time.”

The pair received permission from Guinness on Thursday, nine weeks after they originally filed an application on Feb. 6 to try to break the record. They had less than 24 hours to prepare for their run at the longest-hug record.

Putman said when they came up with the idea and submitted the paperwork, they didn’t know if it would come to anything serious.

“We were just sitting on the couch one time and it started out as a sarcastic joke,” Putman said. “We looked up obscure records and we got to talking we should actually do it. We wanted the easiest record to do; this was one of the less strenuous. There are some pretty hard records.”

Going into the event, Milleman said the lack of time to prepare prevented them from accounting for a number of factors.

“We haven’t really been preparing because we didn’t know if we were going to get approved for it,” Milleman said during the hug. “We are just hoping we don’t have to defecate. If we do have to pee or anything we are going to have to figure something out

MAN SHOOTS SELF AT NASCAR RACE FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A medical examiner says a man who died in the infield during a NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway shot himself in the head.

The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office on Sunday said the death of 42-year-old Kirk Franklin of Saginaw was a suicide.

Fort Worth police have said a man who was camping in the infield died of a “self-inflicted injury” after getting into an argument with other campers. The incident happened late in the Spring Cup race.

Police spokeswoman Cpl. Tracey Knight has said alcohol may have been a factor. Knight said several people witnessed the incident, but nobody was in danger.

Track spokesman Mike Zizzo say the death occurred “in or around a pickup truck” in part of the infield near the middle of the backstretch.

AREA POLICE TO PAY FOR DOG SURGERY

MUNCIE (AP) — Police in Muncie are paying a family more than $2,000 after an officer shot their dog when it charged him.

The Star Press reports the money is for the dog’s veterinary bills.

Police Chief Steve Stewart said officers were called to the neighborhood April 3 for a report of gunshots that turned out to be unfounded, and heard a dog barking aggressively. Police say the homeowner put the pit bull in a back room so she could speak with the officers, but it escaped and charged Officer Ryan Yeager.

Authorities say Yeager then fired several shots at the dog.

Emergency surgery for the animal cost about $4,500, and the city is paying $2,100 of that.

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GUNS: Pence has started new task force for bill

Students register ducks for the Epsilon Sigma Alpha duck race Sunday. The money from the duck race benefitted Camp Riley.

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ber Haley Miller said she wanted to support the event and Camp Riley because she wanted her college career to be remembered.

“I want people to be like, ‘She did something more than just go to class,’” she said. “[Adopt a Duck] was a great way to meet people and make friends, as well as make a difference.”

The event was more than just a way to raise money for a worthy cause, Noga said; it also served as a way to invite the Munice community to campus and show kids that school can be more than tests and homework.

“I think it was a really family-friendly event, not only can

The proposal to arm teachers, principals or other school employees after they’ve undergone training was shelved Thursday by the Indiana House amid questions about the training, cost of the program and whether having armed civilians would be effective in the event of an attack.

Lawmakers are still considering a bill that aims to establish a statewide school safety board and start a new state grant program to help school districts buy safety equipment and hire police officers trained to deal with students to become school resource officers.

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CURRENT HUGGING RECORD The current record for the longest hug is held by Ron O’Neil and Theresa Kerr of Canada who hugged for 24 hours and 33 minutes, according to Guinness World Records.

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To break the current record of 24 hours and 33 minutes, Milleman and Putman would have had to stay in the embrace without sitting or sleeping in a public place. The University Police Department checked on them periodically, serving as a witness. Friends took shifts to watch the pair and guard the jar of money, while a video camera documented the entire attempt.

The pair continued their effort even after Milleman’s parents offered to write them a check to the Boys & Girls Club in order to encourage them to give up.

“We decided we want to do it for a cause and people are giving money to us for more motivation to keep fighting through,” Milleman said during the event. “It’s going to kids less fortunate than us, trying to help others.”

At one point during the night, someone parked at the Scramble Light and sprinted toward the pair, trying to knock them over. A friend tackled the charging man before he could reach the pair.

Overall, Putman said it was harder than he imagined, but he appreciated the support they received.

“The hardest thing for us was our back and our knees; those were sore the whole time. You don’t think about it but standing up for that long just kills,” he said. “I was flattered by people telling us to keep going and people walked by to say they were tweeting about us or taking pictures of us.”

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students participate but kids wanted to see the ducks and play the games,” Noga said.

“The main goal was to show kids that college is fun.”

Muncie resident Shelbi Morgan brought her 8-year-old son Dane to the event because she wanted to support the university.

She said it is good for ESA to plan events with children friendly activities and themes because it allows the Muncie community to be a part of what happens on campus.

“It is hard to find something for [my son] to do sometimes, but this was great,” Morgan said.

John and Haley Chope came from Camby, Ind., because

their daughter helped organize the event. They said it was beneficial to have an event to invite families.

“It’s great to have stuff like [Adopt a Duck]; you help out the kids at Riley, which is the point, but you also get to see what Ball State is all about,” John Chope said.

Taya Ashley, an early child education and special education major, said she enjoyed seeing so many families at the event, and there should be more events like it.

“They did a great job of bringing out the community,” she said “You see lots of little children running around.”

Republican Gov. Mike Pence, Democratic state schools superintendent Glenda Ritz and other state agency officials have also started a new task force to suggest school security improvements.

Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, said one of the best steps would to have more police officers in school. He had expressed support for the armed employees concept as a cost-effective way to provide a possible deterrent to attackers.

The bill that the House is expected to vote on would put more emphasis on hiring police officers who work full-time in schools and are known as school resource officers.

University Singers perform in 49th annual Spectacular Organization director says tour of China influenced shows ARIC CHOKEY STAFF REPORTER | aachokey@bsu.edu Music, singing and dancing saturated the atmosphere of John R. Emens Auditorium this weekend as the Ball State University Singers performed its 49th annual Spectacular concert.

This year’s show displayed the organization’s repertoire of songs that it performed on its tour of Guangzhou, China, said Alan Alder, University Singers producer and director.

“I’ve never been to China, so I thought, ‘How about we just go ahead and run over there?’” Alder said.

The 15-piece band and the 20 vocalists that make up University Singers performed 44 different songs in front of a backdrop of shining stars that mimicked the global-

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The University Singers rehearse for their 49th Annual Spectacular on Saturday. The show consisted of the chorus performing a wide array of pieces from different genres.

university theme of the show, “Reaching Across Earth.”

Violet Murff, a sophomore telecommunications major, performed a piano and vocal solo of “If I Ain’t Got You.” This is Murff ’s first year in University Singers.

Other popular songs performed included “Born this Way,” “Man In the Mirror,” “If

I Were a Boy” and a Christian piece University Singer Anita Rogers peppered with her gospel growl.

The diversity of the music selection had the audience clapping and singing during most of the performances.

Kim Martin, a freshman music education major, said the show kept her and her friends jump-

drawn on the wall. The routes along the wall also had pirate themed titles such as “Pirates of the Caribbean.”

“They went all out. The staff did a great job on setting up the routes. I think everyone had a really good time,” Michael Gray, a junior nursing major, said.

During the first two hours of the competition, climbers bouldered through different routes to accumulate points. In the boulder portion of the event, competitors climbed to a certain height without a harness. Each route was marked with different colors and was worth different amounts of points. Each climber needed to have two witnesses sign their point form in order to obtain all possible points.

Hill has been climbing for five years and participated in the first Boulder Ball last year.

“The atmosphere was different compared to last year. It was a little less competitive but more fun, and everyone seemed to en-

joy themselves more,” Hill said.

After the bouldering, competitors began to speed climb and dyno which is jumping to designated spots on the wall for about one hour.

“We were all eyeballing these three dyno problems. The first one wasn’t too bad, the second one ­— no one got it. This last one, we were like, ‘Dude no way!’ I got and stuck with it,” said Gray, who won the dyno competition. “I was kind of surprised with myself.”

Winners from each contest and level had the opportunity to select prizes ranging from climbing equipment to gift certificates to area restaurants.

After the competition, climbers covered their faces with glow paint and black light illuminated the facility until midnight.

Normal climbing wall hours resumed on Saturday.

Other winners included Lance Winkler and Jackie Heath for speed climbing;

ing and clapping in their seats.

“I love it. It’s so energetic and upbeat,” Martin said.

Aside from students, Spectacular also drew in some alumni.

Alumnus Bradley Kieper said he was impressed by the show.

“This is actually my first show back since graduating,” Kieper said. “It’s awesome to see how much it’s grown and how much the talent level has gone up. This group is very extraordinary.”

Kieper was a vocal performance major and a cast member in the glee club for two years.

The show closed out with a performance of “Edge of Glory.” Even with the conclusion of their biggest show of the year, the University Singers have a lot ahead of them.

Alder said Interculture, the organization that hosts international festivals and the group’s tour in China, invited University Singers to another competition that will be held in the United States in the fall.

“We hope to come back in the top five,” he said.

CLIMBERS RACE WITHOUT RESTRAINTS Rec center hosts bouldering event for public, students GARCIA STAFF REPORTER | RAYMOND ragarcia@bsu.edu

Heading into Friday’s bouldering competition, senior Ethan Hill said he didn’t have high hopes for his performance in the Boulder Ball due to a back injury.

Hill, a natural resources major, won the advanced bouldering competition with 7,000 points.

“It was crazy because last year I didn’t even place,” Hill said. “...

I pushed through and felt good.”

More than 40 climbers ascended upon the Student Recreation and Wellness Center’s rock wall to compete in various events. All levels of experienced climbers were welcomed to the Boulder Ball on Friday.

The event had a pirate theme, with skulls and a ship

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Sophomore Alex Dils looks for a foothold while climbing on the rock wall at the Boulder Ball. The event on Friday featured free climbing contests and black light climbing.

Heath for advanced bouldering for females; Brandon Tomlins and Victoria Roser for intermediate bouldering; and Acie Eoff and Melissa Rohrssen for recreational bouldering.

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TUESDAY Baseball steps out of Mid-American Conference play to host NAIA opponent Indiana Tech at 3 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Softball goes on the road for a game against the Big Ten’s Ohio State, starting at 6 p.m.

SATURDAY Ball State football concludes 2013 spring practice with the Spring Game at 3 p.m.

STREAK: Ball State has beaten 4 ranked opponents during team’s 12-match run | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “When we’re settled in and playing our game, we’ve been playing so well,� senior outside attacker Greg Herceg said. “There’s nobody that can beat us.�

The last loss Ball State suffered was against Loyola on Feb. 23, which put the Cardinals on a five-game skid. After the match Ball State had two weeks off, but that was not a time of relaxation.

In an effort for more offensive potency, coach John Walton moved Herceg, who was third in the nation in kills per set at the time, to the right-side, and inserted senior Jamion Hartley into the lineup.

“The switch was a little bit weird at first, but we’ve lost what, like four sets since we made it,� Herceg said.

Only dropping four sets in the last 12 matches, the Cardinals have been nearly as dominating statistically. The Cardinals’ hitting percentage since the change is the best in the MIVA. Though the change was for more offense, the Cardinals are still anchored by their defense.

This season the Cardinals are the best in the MIVA in opponent hitting percentage, second in blocks and digs per set, and have touted four MIVA Defensive Players of the Week.

During the winning streak the Ball State has beaten four nationally ranked opponents in

then-No. 10 Penn State, then-No. 8 Ohio State, No. 9 Lewis and No. 11 Loyola. The victories have earned Ball State a spot in the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s poll for the first time in two years.

The win against Loyola gives Ball State a win against every team in the MIVA, and Walton thinks that the hot-streak has alerted teams.

Ball State has seemingly eschewed any chance of being a dark horse, and that is more than OK with junior setter Graham McIlvaine. “This is a shout out to the nation that we are one of the best teams in conference, if not one of the best teams in the Midwest, East Coast and even the West

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Despite how impressive this streak is, and all the eye-popping statistics, Ball State is still considered by the seedings the third best team in the MIVA. The 12-match winning streak, isn’t what Ball State is concerned with. “It’s not going to get any easier,�

Walton said. “Teams have now seen us, and are putting together tactics to take advantage of what we’re doing.

The goals are still bigger, winning the MIVA tournament and going the Final Four. “I need a ring,� Hartley simply said. “We want to go to L.A.�

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Chippewas beat Cards in ninth Ball State leaves 10 men on base, fall 6-3 at home POLASKI STAFF REPORTER | DAVID @DavidPolaski

Leading 3-2 going into the top of the ninth, the Ball State baseball team was in position to win its second straight series, this time over Central Michigan.

Roughly 40 minutes later, the team watched Cody Campbell fly out to right field, falling to Central Michigan 6-3 and losing the series 2-1.

“We were right there to win it, one pitch if you think about it,” coach Rich Maloney said. “We didn’t execute when we had our opportunities and we didn’t get the job done.”

For the third straight game, Ball State jumped out early on Central Michigan in the first inning. Blake Beemer was hit by a pitch and then advanced to third on Campbell’s single to right.

Billy Wellman hit a hard groundball through the hole between third and shortstop, bringing

Beemer home for the first run of ing when we could have put a the game. number on the scoreboard.”

A wild pitch brought Campbell Jordan Adams for Central home, extending Ball State lead Michigan cut the lead to one to 2-0 at the end of in the top of the the first. fourth, rocketCentral Michigan ing a home run threatened in the over the fence top of the third. to left center.

After Ball State’s TEAM COMPARISON After a walk, Central Mich. Central MichiT.J. Weir struck out Ball State Final 6 gan stole secthe first two bat- 3 ters, two singles 6 HIts 10 ond and came put runners on 0 Errors 0 home on a sinfirst and third. 3 Walks 6 gle to left field With a full count to 10 LOB 9 to tie the game Central Michigan’s at two.

Pat MacKenzie, Weir threw a Ball State took the lead back in backdoor curveball that MacK- the bottom of the seventh when enzie swung and missed, ending Sean Godfrey unleashed on a the threat. pitch to deep left field over the Ball State loaded the bases in outfielder’s head, scoring Wes the bottom of the third on three Winkle to make the score 3-2. walks, and Central Michigan’s Ball State drew a walk to load starter Rick Dodridge left the the bases, but couldn’t bring any game with an apparent injury. more runs in, ending an inning Kevin Schlotter pinch hit for that could have blown the game freshman Sam Tidaback, but wide open. grounded out to end the inning “Momentum could have rewithout any damage done. ally been on our side, but it fell “It really hurt that we couldn’t apart,” Maloney said. “We batput any runs on the board [in tled hard, but they came up with the third inning] after we loaded the big hit in the right moment, them up there,” Maloney said. that’s the story of the game.”

“Instead, we came up with nothThe game was tied in the top of

BSU sweeps, stays unbeaten in MAC Cardinals winners in 8 of last 9 after victory on Sunday

the ninth, when Joe Houlihan hit a bloop single into center, bringing in a Central Michigan run and tying it at three. Central Michigan loaded the bases later in the inning and knocked a double to deep right to clear the bases, giv-

BSU outscores Ohio 17-11 during weekend games

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Dalton Albertin and Alexandre Brym celebrate after winning a long rally against Xavier on March 17. The team’s record is currently 15-7 overall and 4-0 in the MidAmerican Conference.

SINGLES COMPETITION

DOUBLES COMPETITION

1. ALBERTIN DEF. MURESAN 4. BRYM DEF. JONES

6-1, 6-0

6-1, 6-2

2. ARCONADA DEF. NOBOA

5. SMITH DEF. YEREMIA

3. ELLIOTT DEF. CHAVEZ

6. SANSONE DEF. ULLOA

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6-0, 6-1

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matches. The lone loss came on April 1 against then-No. 27 Notre Dame. The team’s record in the MAC is now 4-0.

Ball State has one match

1. MURESAN/NOBOA DEF. ARCONADA/BRYM: 9-7 2. ALBERTIN/SANSONE DEF. JONES/CHAVEZ: 8-6 3. ELLIOTT/SMITH DEF. ULLOA/YEREMIA: 8-4

remaining — on the road against Buffalo — before the start of the MAC Championship in DeKalb, Ill., on April 25-27.

ing the visitors the lead 6-3 that wouldn’t be relinquished.

Ball State was sent down in order in the bottom of the ninth with no chance of a rally.

The loss sent Ball State to 5-7 in conference play and ninth in

the overall Mid-American Conference standings.

“We have to learn how to win, that’s part of the journey,” Maloney said. “We’ve won some and we’ve lost some; we just haven’t gotten over the hump.”

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After a 7-0 win over Chicago State at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center on Sunday, Ball State still has a perfect record in MidAmerican Conference play.

Ball State easily took care of the visitors with the sweep as the closet matches came during doubles play to start the match.

At No. 1 doubles, Chicago State’s pairing of Sergiu Muresan and Mario Noboa defeated Ball State’s pairing of Imanol Arconada and Alexandre Brym 9-7. That would be the lone victory for Chicago State in the match.

The two other Ball State doubles teams, Dalton Albetin and Austin Sansone at No. 2 and Patrick Elliott and Austin Smith at No. 3, both won their matches, 8-6 and 8-4, respectively.

By winning two doubles matches, Ball State took the doubles point to start the match 1-0.

The Cardinals swept the singles competition easily, with the closest match coming at No. 4 singles in a match up between Brym and Jean Paul Jones. Brym defeated Jones 6-1, 6-2.

In the singles competition overall, Ball State had four scores of 6-0 and six scores of 6-1 to win at all six positions.

It’s the third consecutive win for Ball State, and eight wins in the last nine

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T.J. Weir pitches against Central Michigan on Sunday. The afternoon game was the third that the Cardinals played in a weekend series against the Chippewas.

Ball State softball went into its two-game series at Ohio having won seven consecutive games and a perfect Mid-American Conference record of 10-0.

Ball State looked primed to extend both streaks as they jumped out to a 9-2 lead over Ohio on Saturday.

Despite the quick start, the Bobcats clawed their way back to within two runs.

The team had to rely on solid close-out pitching from Nicole Steinbach, and went on to seal a 9-7 victory.

Coach Craig Nicholson said Ball State never changed its approach, rather the “solid hitting” of Ohio was able to get them back in the game.

The teams played their second game Sunday. Ball State was able to score eight runs on 11 hits, knocking off the Bobcats who brought in

four runs on the day. Sophomore outfielder Hanne Stuedemann had three RBIs on two hits. Her three-run hit gave Ball State a 4-2 lead in the fifth inning.

Sophomore shortstop Selena Reyna added an additional threerun hit in the top of the seventh making Ball State’s lead 8-2. Ohio would gain two runs in the bottom of the seventh, but it wasn’t enough as Ball State won 8-4.

Senior catcher Sadie Robert-

son picked off two runners attempting to steal bases on the day. Robertson’s solid defense paired with Kelsey Schifferdecker’s pitching was enough to hold the Bobcats to just six hits.

In her third complete game of the season on Sunday, Schifferdecker improved to 10-2 on the season.

“We set out to win a MAC Championship,” Nicholson said. “We’ve absolutely been tested, and we found different ways to win different types of ball games.”

Ball State now holds a 12-0 record in the MAC, with a ninegame win streak in its back pockets. Overconfidence is no issue though. The team has their goals in place, and has yet to miss a step in reaching them.

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1,3,6,9, & 12 Month Leases • Close to Campus • Large Closets Laundry Facilities • Free Bus to Campus • Ample Free Parking Pet Friendly • Furnished Apartments from $1,000 - $2,000

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405 S. Morrison (765) 289-0565

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