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Big Ten Road Trip

Bradley Baseball closes out its season-opening, 18-game road swing by visiting Iowa Wednesday

Luke Mangeiri greeted in dugout after scoring the 1st ru

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Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Baseball 3/22/2017 7:44:00 AM

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IOWA CITY, IA - Bradley Baseball will wrap up its season-opening, 18-game road swing Wednesday evening when the Braves visit Iowa for the first of its five games against Big Ten Conference competition.

GAME DETAILS
Who - Bradley Braves (6-11) at Iowa Hawkeyes (10-8)
When - Wednesday, March 22 (4:05 p.m. CT)
Where - Iowa City, IA (Duane Banks Field)
Tickets - Adults $7, Youth (6-18) $3, 5 and under Free | Buy Online
Social Media - @BradleyBaseball | @UIBaseball
Watch - BTN Plus ($9.95)
Listen - Hawkeye All-Access
Live Stats - StatBroadcast

SERIES HISTORY
Game 85 - Iowa leads 42-40-2
At Iowa - Bradley leads 19-16-2
Bradley Head Coach Elvis Dominguez vs. Iowa - 5-2
Iowa Head Coach Rick Heller vs. Bradley - 31-17, 2-3 with Iowa
Current Streak - Iowa W1

STARTING PITCHERS
Bradley - Ryan Hodgett, Fr., RHP, 0-1, 11.57 ERA
Iowa - Grant Judkins, Fr., RHP, 1-0, 8.25

OPENING PITCH
• Bradley will complete its 18-game, season-opening road swing Wednesday when the Braves visit Iowa for a 4:05 p.m. game to be broadcast on BTN Plus.
• Wednesday's game will be the 85th meeting in a tight series.
• Although Iowa owns a 42-40-2 all-time lead in the series, Bradley is 19-16-1 all-time at Iowa and the Braves have won six of the last eight meetings.
• Braves head coach Elvis Dominguez was an assistant coach at Iowa for four seasons (1998-2001) and he is 5-2 all-time against the Hawkeyes as Bradley's head coach.
• Bradley began the week ranked 66th in the RPI, aided by the nation's No. 5 strength of schedule.
• Following Wednesday's game at Iowa, the Braves will open their home schedule with three non-Division I games this weekend, then will hit the road for five more games next week.
• Wednesday's game will be the first of five games scheduled against Big 10 Conference teams this year - Iowa (2), Illinois (2), Northwestern (1).

TOUGH START
• Not only is Bradley playing its first 18 games of the season away from home, but the seven NCAA Division I teams the Braves will face in 17 of those 18 games have combined for a 89-41 (.685) record through Tuesday.
• Those seven opponents have helped Bradley rank 58th in the RPI (warrennolan.com), second best in the Missouri Valley Conference, despite its 6-11 start.
• Bradley leads The Valley with a non-conference strength of schedule that ranks 15th (Missouri State is second with a SOS ranked 47th).
• The other seven Valley teams own an average 183.3 SOS ranking.
1st Seven D1 Opponents W-L
at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 7-14
at Tennessee Tech 16-6
at Sam Houston State 16-5
at Mercer 18-4
at UCF 18-4
at North Florida 14-8
at Iowa 10-8

FOUR YEARS AWAY FROM HOME
• Since the start of the 2014 season, Bradley ranks second in the Missouri Valley Conference by accumulating 69 wins away from home.
• Bradley's 69 road (39) and neutral (30) wins away from home the last four seasons represent 72.6 percent of the team's 95 total wins the last four years.
• Bradley is scheduled to play at least 32 games away from home this season, including the first 18 to start the season.

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Players Mentioned

#20 Ryan Hodgett: RHP; 6' 0"; Freshman; R/R

Players Mentioned

#20 Ryan Hodgett
: 6' 0"; Freshman; R/R
: RHP

Big Ten Road Trip

Bradley Baseball closes out its season-opening, 18-game road swing by visiting Iowa Wednesday

Players Mentioned

#20 Ryan Hodgett

Players Mentioned

#20 Ryan Hodgett