Ball State Women’s Volleyball started Mid-American Conference (MAC) season play with a marathon five-set thriller against Bowling Green tonight that saw 36 tie scores and 13 lead changes.
Despite taking the first set by five points and pushing for a five-set after going 2-1, the Cardinals (7-5, 0-1 MAC) fell to the Falcons (25-20, 18-25, 28-30, 25-17, 11-15).
“I thought we had moments, we did some good things, but [we had] way too many moments of just not playing in a mature way,” head coach Kelli Miller Phillips said. “There were too many moments we were trying to do too much [and] overplaying. I think part of that is just reminding ourselves: play confident [and] do basic things.”…