First To 20; Women’s Volleyball Sweeps CMU in Thursday Night #MACtion

Thursday, November 13

Muncie, IN

6 p.m.

Ball State University

20-9,16-1MAC

Central Michigan

9-20,6-11MAC

Central Mich.

Ball St.

Ashby and Crull celebrate a point vs. CMU

First To 20; Women’s Volleyball Sweeps CMU in Thursday Night #MACtion

November 13, 2025 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Box Score: Ball State 3 - CMU 0

MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State women's volleyball team became the first program from the Mid-American Conference to reach 20 overall wins this season with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-18) sweep of Central Michigan Thursday evening at Worthen Arena.

It marks the 31st time the Cardinals (20-9; 16-1 MAC) have reached the 20-win mark in the storied history of the program which secured its 11th MAC regular season championship last week at Eastern Michigan.

In Thursday's victory over the Chippewas (9-20; 6-11 MAC), sophomore outside Carson Tyler led all players with 14 kills marking the 27th time this season she has reached double figures. She also collected 10 digs for her 17th kill/dig double-double of the year, while serving up a match-high three aces.

Right behind Tyler was graduate outside Noelle VanOort with nine kills, while sophomore opposite Tiffany Snook and junior middle Camryn Wise added eight apiece. Wise, the league's top attacker by percentage, also hit a match-best .385 (8-3-13).

In another solid split setting performance, junior Lindsey Green and freshman Reese Axness ran the Ball State offense at a .246 (47-18-118) rate of success. Green dished out a match-high 22 assists, to go along with a match-high tying 11 digs for her seventh double-double of the season. Axness added 14 assists and six digs.

Graduate opposite Christyn Ashby led the Cardinals at the net with three total blocks, while chipping in four kills. Tyler and Wise also had a pair of blocks each, while junior middle Gwen Crull added one and four kills.

In the Ball State backcourt, sophomore libero Sophie Ledbetter tied for match-high honors with 11 digs and sophomore defensive specialist Elizabeth Tabeling added nine.

For Central Michigan, Natalia Rejment and Taylor Cripe tied for team-high honors with seven kills apiece, with Cripe also tying for match-high honors with 11 digs. Overall, the Ball State defense limited CMU to a .130 (33-19-108) hitting mark, including a .083 (10-7-36) effort in the second stanza.

For the year, Ball State is 16-0 when holding the edge in attack percentage and 19-0 when holding opponents under a .249 rate of success.

The Cardinals close out the home portion of the 2025 regular season Friday, when it hosts Senior Night at 6 p.m. versus the Chippewas. After the conclusion of the match, Ball State will honor seniors Katie Egenolf, Ashby and VanOort.