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OUTRIGHT MAC CHAMPS; Women’s Volleyball Tops EMU in Four Friday Night
November 07, 2025 | Women's Volleyball
YPSILANTI, Michigan - - Thursday night the Ball State women's volleyball team secured at least a share of its 11th Mid-American Conference regular season championship. Friday night, the Cardinals (19-9; 15-1 MAC) assured it would be a sole title, earning a 3-1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 25-21) victory over Eastern Michigan at the Gervin GameAbove Center.
"It truly feels great to clinch the MAC title outright," head coach Kelli Miller Phillips exclaimed! "I'm so proud of this team. They have been working so hard to earn this championship and I cannot say enough about their willingness to keep getting better each and every single week. We still have a lot more work to do this season, but I want to take a day to enjoy this first title and then get back to work to focus on the MAC Tournament."
Leading the way was another spectacular performance from sophomore outside Carson Tyler who recorded her 16th double-double of the season with a match-high 20 kills and a solid 15 digs. It was her seventh match this season with at least 20 kills, upping her career total to 13 which is sixth in program history.
Tyler also served up one of BSU's five aces in the match and was perfect in serve receive on a match-high 39 attempts. She also threw in a pair of block assists to round out her stat line.
Also reaching double-digit kills for the Cardinals was junior middle Camryn Wise who blasted 10 markers on 20 swings with no errors for a .500 attack percentage. The MAC's leading attacker by percentage, Wise raised her season mark to .399 and her league total to .441.
Overall, Ball State finished the night with a .267 (60-17-161) attack percentage against the Eagles (12-17; 4-12 MAC) with junior middle Gwen Crull also going errorless with nine kills and a .500 (9-0-18) rate of success of her own. Crull also served up two aces and was credited with a match-high seven total blocks.
The Cardinals also received nine kills from graduate outside Noelle VanOort, seven kills from sophomore opposite Tiffany Snook and five kills from graduate opposite Christyn Ashby.
Guiding the offense were junior setter Lindsey Green and freshman setter Reese Axness with 32 and 17 assists, respectively. Green also collected eight digs and served up an ace, while Axness added seven digs.
In the backcourt, sophomore libero Sophie Ledbetter collected a team-high 17 digs, while sophomore defensive specialist Elizabeth Tabeling added eight. Tabeling also served up an ace.
Along with the solid attacking numbers, the Cardinals finished the match with 12.0 total blocks which helped limit the EMU offense to a .225 (63-27-160) attack percentage. Along with Crull's seven total blocks, Snook and Wise each collected four.
On the Eastern Michigan side of the net, Ava Siefke registered a team-high 16 kills to go along with a match-high 18 digs.
The Ball State women's volleyball team closes the 2025 regular season next week, when it welcomes Central Michigan to Worthen Arena for a pair of matches. The teams will battle at 6 p.m. both Thursday and Friday, with the later serving as the program's senior night.
"It truly feels great to clinch the MAC title outright," head coach Kelli Miller Phillips exclaimed! "I'm so proud of this team. They have been working so hard to earn this championship and I cannot say enough about their willingness to keep getting better each and every single week. We still have a lot more work to do this season, but I want to take a day to enjoy this first title and then get back to work to focus on the MAC Tournament."
Leading the way was another spectacular performance from sophomore outside Carson Tyler who recorded her 16th double-double of the season with a match-high 20 kills and a solid 15 digs. It was her seventh match this season with at least 20 kills, upping her career total to 13 which is sixth in program history.
Tyler also served up one of BSU's five aces in the match and was perfect in serve receive on a match-high 39 attempts. She also threw in a pair of block assists to round out her stat line.
Also reaching double-digit kills for the Cardinals was junior middle Camryn Wise who blasted 10 markers on 20 swings with no errors for a .500 attack percentage. The MAC's leading attacker by percentage, Wise raised her season mark to .399 and her league total to .441.
Overall, Ball State finished the night with a .267 (60-17-161) attack percentage against the Eagles (12-17; 4-12 MAC) with junior middle Gwen Crull also going errorless with nine kills and a .500 (9-0-18) rate of success of her own. Crull also served up two aces and was credited with a match-high seven total blocks.
The Cardinals also received nine kills from graduate outside Noelle VanOort, seven kills from sophomore opposite Tiffany Snook and five kills from graduate opposite Christyn Ashby.
Guiding the offense were junior setter Lindsey Green and freshman setter Reese Axness with 32 and 17 assists, respectively. Green also collected eight digs and served up an ace, while Axness added seven digs.
In the backcourt, sophomore libero Sophie Ledbetter collected a team-high 17 digs, while sophomore defensive specialist Elizabeth Tabeling added eight. Tabeling also served up an ace.
Along with the solid attacking numbers, the Cardinals finished the match with 12.0 total blocks which helped limit the EMU offense to a .225 (63-27-160) attack percentage. Along with Crull's seven total blocks, Snook and Wise each collected four.
On the Eastern Michigan side of the net, Ava Siefke registered a team-high 16 kills to go along with a match-high 18 digs.
The Ball State women's volleyball team closes the 2025 regular season next week, when it welcomes Central Michigan to Worthen Arena for a pair of matches. The teams will battle at 6 p.m. both Thursday and Friday, with the later serving as the program's senior night.
Team Stats
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EMU
Kills
60
63
Errors
17
27
Attempts
161
160
Hitting %
.267
.225
Points
77.0
69.0
Assists
53
55
Aces
5
3
Blocks
12
3
Game Leaders
Kills
20
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
9
Aces
2
Blocks
7
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
1
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