Ball State Sports Link, in partnership with Ball State Athletics, opens its Spring Semester 2025 broadcast schedule tonight (Jan. 16) with a Top 10 men’s volleyball contest between No. 5 Brigham Young and No. 6 Ball State.
The TableX PreMatch Studio show opens the coverage at 6:45 p.m. with AJ Swiatek and Zander Woods live from Studio A on Ball State’s campus, leading into the broadcast at 7 p.m. with Dom Liacone, Jordan Klimes and Brayden Carroll on the call.
Ball State head coach Donan Cruz and outside Patrick Rogers will join the PreMatch report live, along with BYU Head Coach Shawn Olmstead.
The TableX team, under the direction of founder and owner Jim Skillman, crafted a new custom studio anchor desk for the students in Sports Link. The studio show is produced by Maddy Howell and directed by Daniel Sullivan, while the broadcasts are produced Rachel Henderson with Brian Short directing.
Ball State, the repeating three-time regular season MIVA Champions, has been picked to win the conference in the preseason poll. The Cardinals also have three players named to the preseason All-MIVA team including Rajé Alleyne, Tinaishe Ndavazocheva and Patrick Rogers.
Sports Link’s coverage of men’s volleyball is the most comprehensive of any men’s program in the nation, with multiple E+ match broadcasts, feature stories and unprecedented season-long access with the follow documentary, Setting The Standard.