Another Road Swing Begins at Cincinnati

Bradley Soccer will return to the road for two games this week, beginning with a non-conference clash Tuesday at Cincinnati

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Soccer 10/1/2018 4:35:00 PM

Bradley Soccer will wrap up a 5-game stretch to include four road games by travelling Interstate 74 from Peoria to Cincinnati for a Tuesday night game against the Bearcats. After Tuesday's non-conference clash, the Braves (5-2-2) will hit the road again for a Saturday Missouri Valley Conference showdown at preseason league favorite Missouri State.

GAME 10 | BRADLEY (5-2-2) at CINCINNATI (3-7-0)
Date:  Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Location: Cincinnati, OH | Gettler Stadium)
Video: Bearcats TV
Live Stats:  Sidearm
Tickets:  Free admission
Series History:  Tuesday's game will be the eighth meeting in the all-time men's soccer series between the Braves and Bearcats ... Cincinnati owns a 4-2-1 all-time series advantage, highlighted by a 4-game series winning streak from 1999-2006 ... Bradley earned 1-0 victories in the first series clash Sept. 21, 1997 in Richmond, VA and again Sep. 16, 2007 at Shea Stadium to snap the Bearcats winning streak ... The teams played to a 1-1 draw in the most-recent meeting Sept. 7, 2012 at the Evansville Aces ProRehab Classic.

ROAD TRIPPIN'
After playing five of its first six games at home, Bradley Soccer is nearing the end of the road-heavy portion of its schedule … Although the road trips were alleviated by the cancellation of the Sept. 16 game at Appalachian State due to Hurricane Florence, this week's trips to Cincinnati and Missouri State will cap a 5-game stretch that will have included four road games … The Braves will bus 650 miles round trip for Tuesday's game at Cincinnati, then will hop back on the bus for the 770-mile round trip to Springfield, MO for Saturday's game at Missouri State … Following Saturday's game at Missouri State, four of Bradley's final six games will be played at Shea Stadium.

NON-CONFERENCE STREAK
Bradley enters Tuesday's game at Cincinnati unbeaten (6-0-4) in its last 10 non-conference games since a 2-1 home loss to UIC Oct. 17, 2017 … The 10-game ride in non-conference games is the longest since the Braves went 8-0-2 against non-MVC competition during their program-record 15-game unbeaten streak to begin the 2002 season … The only other time Bradley has gone unbeaten in at least 10 consecutive non-conference games is the program-best 17-game (15-0-2) streak in non-league games from Sept. 21, 1997-Oct. 16, 1998 … Ironically, that streak began with a 1-0 win at Cincinnati (Tuesday's opponent) and ended with a 1-0 MVC Tournament loss to Missouri State (Saturday's opponent).

INJURY BUG BITING
The injury bug took two more bites out of the Bradley roster last week … So far this season, the Braves have suffered three potential season-ending injuries – third-year sophomore forward T.J. Rea (preseason hamstring), fourth-year junior goalkeeper Nathan Wisbey (Sept. 4 broken arm) and senior defender Alex Ciaramitaro (Sept. 14 ACL) … Two more Braves were unavailable for Saturday's Homecoming game versus Loyola Chicago due to injury – last year's scoring leader, junior forward Roman Schindler (lower body); and freshman reserve forward Malte Winkler (foot) … Three Bradley reserves totaled just 78 minutes in Saturday's overtime loss to the Ramblers, the fewest reserve minutes logged by the Braves this season.

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