PEORIA, Ill. – Two coaches with 41 combined years of collegiate head coaching experience and 14 NCAA Tournament appearances will be the featured speakers when the Bradley Soccer program hosts its fourth-annual Gameday Luncheon Oct. 3 at the Lariat Steakhouse.

Bradley head coach Jim DeRose will be joined by Northwestern head coach Tim Lenahan as the featured speakers at the Gameday Luncheon in advance of Wednesday night's clash between the Braves and nationally-ranked Wildcats at Shea Stadium.  

Now in his 17th season at Bradley, DeRose boasts a 185-126-35 career record and has accounted for 78.4 percent of the all-time wins in the program's history while leading the Braves to all of their six NCAA Tournament appearances.  Lenahan is in his 24th year as a collegiate head coach and his 12th year at Northwestern, where he has led the Wildcats to six NCAA Tournaments in the last eight years.  The defending Big Ten Conference regular-season and tournament champion, Northwestern begins this week with a 6-0-2 overall record and the Wildcats are ranked as high as 12th in the national polls.

Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. at the Lariat for the Gameday Luncheon and the speaking program, which will be emceed by Voice of the Braves Dave Snell, will begin at noon.  Tickets are $20 for Braves Club members, $25 for non-members and may be purchased by contacting the Braves Club Office at 309-677-2667.