Weekend Pitching Matchups
Friday
Bradley: 39 David Koll, So., LHP, 1-3, 6.62 ERA
Creighton:  10 Tommy Strunc, RFr., RHP, 4-0, 3.55 ERA

Saturday
Bradley:  TBA
Creighton:  21 Nick Musec, Sr., RHP, 0-3, 5.14 ERA

Sunday
Bradley:  TBA
Creighton:  TBA
 

Leading Off
•  Bradley and Creighton will face off as Missouri Valley Conference rivals in a regular-season series for the last time when the Braves visit Omaha for a 3-game series this weekend.
•  The weekend series starts an 11-game stretch that will see the Braves play eight road games.
•  On the bright side of this 11-game stretch, the Braves have won five consecutive true road games.
•  The weekend series features the top two offensive teams in The Valley: Bradley leads the league with a .313 team batting average and 168 runs scored (7.0 runs/game), while Creighton is second with a .298 team batting average and 6.5 runs per game.
•  Bradley is 0-5 all-time at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha and the Braves have lost 14 straight games overall in Creighton's home city, including a 5-1 loss to Southern Illinois in the second round of the 2011 MVC Tournament.
•  The Braves have scored no more than three runs in 10 of the last 11 road games against Creighton with only a 16-6 loss May 1, 2011 the exception to the low-scoring road trend against the Bluejays.

Series Notes
Creighton leads 72-46
•  The Bradley-Creighton series dates to 1948 and the last 112 meetings have been played as Missouri Valley Conference rivals.
•  Creighton has won 28 of the last 35 meetings since the Braves won the first three games of the 4-game series in 2003.
•  The Bluejays have won 13 consecutive home games in the series and the Braves have not won in Omaha since a 6-1 victory May 16, 2003.
•  Creighton has won the last six season series versus Bradley.
•  Fifth-year Bradley head coach Elvis Dominguez is a 1986 Creighton grad and is 2-11 against his alma mater.