Ball State’s women’s volleyball Cardinals will face Michigan in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, Friday, in Louisville.  Ball State has the second-best record in among the NCAA’s 340 NCAA Division I women’s volleyball teams, with a 29-and-3 record.  Michigan owns an 18-and-11 record out of the Big 10.

First serve is Friday at 4 p.m. at the L&N Federal Credit Union Arena in Louisville. Should the Cards win, they will take on the winner of the Louisville-University of Illinois Chicago match.  Louisville’s Cardinals are the tournament’s top seed with an undefeated 28-and-0 record.