Bradley Soccer Game Notes
Game 18 - Oral Roberts (5-9-1) at Bradley (11-4-2)
THE GAME
Bradley will play its final non-conference game of the regular season Monday night when the Braves host Oral Roberts at Shea Stadium ... With trick-or-treating going on earlier in the evening, Monday's Halloween night game will kick off an hour later than usual (8 p.m.) ... Bradley has matched its 2010 season victory total and the Braves will be shooting for a 12th regular-season victory for the first time since the 2007 squad took a 12-5-3 record into the postseason.
THE SERIES
Monday's game will be the ninth in the all-time series between Bradley and Oral Roberts ... The Braves own a 5-1-2 lead in the all-time series, including a 3-0-2 home record against ORU ... Oral Roberts won the initial meeting Oct. 1, 1989 in Tulsa, but Bradley is 5-0-2 in its last seven meetings against the Golden Eagles ... Bradley has outscored ORU 17-3 in those last seven games.
SENIOR NIGHT
As the final home game of the regular-season, Bradley will honor nine seniors in a pregame ceremony prior to Monday's game against Oral Roberts:
Tommy Fritze - D - Littleton, Colo. | Bryan Gaul - F - Naperville, Ill. | Mike Hnat - D - Venetia, Pa.
Keith Mach - M - Darien, Ill. | Christian Meza - F - Carpentersville, Ill. | Kyle Orne - GK - Phoenix, Ariz.
Bobby Smith - D - Springfield, Ill. | Luke Wasylik - M - Waunakee, Wis. | Marcus Schademann - D - Lincoln, Neb.
WINNING IN OCTOBER
With a win Monday, Bradley would pick up its sixth win of October to equal the second-most wins in any month in program history ... Bradley, which is 5-3-0 this month, has not won as many as six games in a single month since going 6-1-1 in October 2005 ... In the last four seasons Bradley has won at least six games in a month, the Braves either won the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championship (1998), earned a NCAA Tournament bid (2000 and 2002) or both (2005).
NON-CONFERENCE RESULTS
With only Monday's game versus Oral Roberts remaining, Bradley has a chance to equal the second-most, regular-season non-conference wins in program history ... Bradley will enter the Halloween game against ORU with an 8-2-2 non-conference record ... Only the 1997 (10-2-0) and 2005 (9-3-0) Braves have won more regular-season non-conference games in program history.
