BRAVES DROP THIRD STRAIGHT
? The Bradley soccer team dropped a pair of Missouri Valley Conference matches last week, extending its season-long losing streak to three games and dropping to 6-8-1 overall.
? Valley leader Drake used a fast start to defeat the Braves Wednesday night, 4-1.
? Missouri State scored a pair of goals late in the second half to earn its second league win of the season, defeating the Braves 2-0 Saturday night at Shea Stadium.
NON-CONFERENCE FOE ON DECK
? The Braves will take a brief break from Missouri Valley Conference play with a non-conference match against Butler this Tuesday night at Shea Stadium.
? The 7 p.m. kickoff against the Bulldogs is the final regular season match at Shea Stadium this season.
? With two non-conference opponents remaining the on the Bradley schedule, the Braves have gone 5-5-1 in non-conference matches this season, including a 1-3-1 mark at Shea Stadium.
? The Braves are 1-2-0 all-time against Butler, most recently dropping a 1-0 decision to the Bulldogs on Sept. 3, 2005 at Shea Stadium.
BRAVES CLOSE MVC PLAY SUNDAY
? Following Bradley's non-conference match against Butler this Tuesday, the Braves will play their fifth and final Missouri Valley Conference match this Sunday, visiting Evansville at 1 p.m.
? The Purple Aces, picked to finish second in The Valley in a preseason coach's poll, are just 1-2-0 in league play as of Monday, tied with Bradley for fourth place with three points.
? The trip to Evansville will be Bradley's second of three this season.
? The Braves went 1-1-0 during the ProRehab Aces Soccer Classic last month, dropping a 1-0 match to Valparaiso before defeating North Florida, 2-0.
? Evansville's Arad McCutchan Stadium will play host to the 2008 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Nov. 12-16.
CUTSHAW SETS CAREER-HIGH
? Bradley junior Chris Cutshaw converted a second half penalty kick at Drake last Wednesday night for his ninth goal of the regular season.
? Nine goals is a new single-season career-high for Cutshaw, who scored eight goals as a sophomore in 2007.
? Cutshaw shared the team lead for goals last season with then-senior Drew DeGurian with eight.
? The junior forward needs four more goals this season to record one of the top-three single season goal-scoring efforts in Bradley history.
? Former Braves Gavin Glinton (1998, 2000) and Bryan Namoff (2000) own the single-season school record for goals scored with 15.
Bradley Single Season Goals Records
Player Year Goals
Gavin Glinton 2000 15
Bryan Namoff 2000 15
Gavin Glinton 1998 15
Chad Clift 1992 14
Three players 13
BU MILESTONE WATCH
? Midway through his 13th season as head coach, Jim DeRose need one more victory to reach 150 for his coaching career.
? Through his first 12 seasons as head coach, DeRose has averaged better than 11.9 wins per season and has won at least 14 games in a season on five different occasions.
? DeRose's 149 victories ranks third all-time among Missouri Valley Conference coaches, trailing only Missouri State's Jon Leamy (173) and Creighton's Bob Warming (165).
