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Men's Tennis Faces Western Michigan At 2017 MAC Tourney Friday
April 27, 2017 | Men's Tennis
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State men's tennis team will be the No. 3 seed for the second-straight season in this weekend's 2017 Mid-American Conference Tournament which will be hosted by No. 2 Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Mich.
The Cardinals will play their first tournament match Friday at 2 p.m. against the Broncos. Ball State enters the tournament with a 13-12 overall mark and a 2-5 conference ledger while Western Michigan owns a 15-7 record for the year and finished 5-2 in the MAC. The Broncos defeated the Cardinals 5-2 in Kalamazoo on March 24 and by a score of 4-3 in Muncie on April 16.
Ball State last won the MAC Tournament in 2014 where the Cardinals won the title after defeating Buffalo, 4-3, at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center. Ball State head men's tennis coach Bill Richards is in his 45th season at the helm of the Cardinals, having led the program to 22 MAC titles, including 17 undefeated MAC seasons. Ball State has participated in the MAC for the last 36 years, claiming 38 regular season and or tournament championships. Since the MAC tournament format started in 1997, the Cardinals have won it seven times (1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011 and 2014).
The last two times the Cardinals have played in the MAC Tournament in Kalamazoo was in 2006 and 2011 where the Cardinals won the title match over Western Michigan (2006) and Toledo (2011). Â
You can follow the Ball State men's tennis team if you click on the provided link:Â 2017 Mid-American Conference Men's Tennis Tournament
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The Cardinals will play their first tournament match Friday at 2 p.m. against the Broncos. Ball State enters the tournament with a 13-12 overall mark and a 2-5 conference ledger while Western Michigan owns a 15-7 record for the year and finished 5-2 in the MAC. The Broncos defeated the Cardinals 5-2 in Kalamazoo on March 24 and by a score of 4-3 in Muncie on April 16.
Ball State last won the MAC Tournament in 2014 where the Cardinals won the title after defeating Buffalo, 4-3, at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center. Ball State head men's tennis coach Bill Richards is in his 45th season at the helm of the Cardinals, having led the program to 22 MAC titles, including 17 undefeated MAC seasons. Ball State has participated in the MAC for the last 36 years, claiming 38 regular season and or tournament championships. Since the MAC tournament format started in 1997, the Cardinals have won it seven times (1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011 and 2014).
The last two times the Cardinals have played in the MAC Tournament in Kalamazoo was in 2006 and 2011 where the Cardinals won the title match over Western Michigan (2006) and Toledo (2011). Â
You can follow the Ball State men's tennis team if you click on the provided link:Â 2017 Mid-American Conference Men's Tennis Tournament
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