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- The Ball State softball team closes the 2017 regular season this weekend when it travels to Kalamazoo, Mich., for a three-game set versus Western Michigan ... The Cardinals and Broncos are scheduled to play a single game Friday (3 p.m.) and a doubleheader Saturday (1 p.m.).
- With a 13-8 MAC record entering the final weekend of league play, the Cardinals have secured one of eight spots in next week's MAC Tournament which will be played at Firestone Stadium in Akron, Ohio ... While Ball State cannot earn the tournament's top seed, the Cardinals could fall anywhere between the No.