Soccer Visits Purdue Fort Wayne Friday

Riding the nation's third-longest, active unbeaten streak, the Braves will try to extend their hot start during an abbreviated road trip

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Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Soccer 9/13/2018 3:27:00 PM

FORT WAYNE, IN – Riding the nation's third-longest, active unbeaten streak (11 games, 7-0-4 dating to last Oct. 21), Bradley Soccer will try to continue its hot start to the 2018 campaign when the Braves (4-0-2) visit Purdue Fort Wayne (3-2-0) Friday night at Hefner Soccer Complex. The game against the Mastodons was supposed to kick off a 3-game road swing for the Braves, but Hurricane Florence has forced the cancellation of Sunday's game at Appalachian State.

GAME 7 | BRADLEY at FORT WAYNE
Date:  Friday, Sept. 14, 2018
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Location: Fort Wayne, IN | Hefner Soccer Complex
Live Video: YouTube
Live Stats:  Sidearm
Series History:  Friday's meeting will be the sixth in the all-time men's soccer series between Purdue Fort Wayne and Bradley and the Braves enter the game with a 4-1-0 overall series lead ... Beginning with a 3-0 victory in the first series meeting in 2005, Bradley owns a 4-1-0 edge against the Mastodons ... In Bradley's lone trip to Hefner Soccer Complex, the Braves earned a 1-0 victory Sept. 28, 2011 ... Most-recently, Bradley earned a 3-0 victory Sept. 16, 2017 at Shea Stadium ... Purdue Fort Wayne's lone series result was a 4-3, overtime victory Sept. 9, 2016 at Evansville's tournament.

BRADLEY'S UNBEATEN STREAK
Bradley enters Friday's game at Purdue Fort Wayne riding the second-longest unbeaten streak in program history ... The Braves have not suffered a loss since a 2-1 setback Oct. 21, 2017 at Loyola Chicago when the host Ramblers scored the game-winner with just 1:40 remaining in regulation ... With a 7-0-4 record in its last 11 games, Bradley's 11-game unbeaten streak is tied for the third-longest active unbeaten streak in the nation and is the longest by any team east of the Rocky Mountains:
1. 19 - Stanford (14-0-5 since Sept. 23, 2017)
2. 13 - Denver (9-0-4 since Oct. 10, 2017)
3. 11 - BRADLEY (7-0-4 since Oct. 21, 2017)
3. 11 - UC Davis (8-0-3 since Oct. 18, 2017)
5. 9 - Saint Mary's, CA (7-0-2 since Oct. 21, 2017)
5. 9 - Michigan State (7-0-2 since Nov. 5, 2017)

HOT STARTS
Bradley is unbeaten (4-0-2) through its first six games for the first time since 2011 and just the fourth time in the program's 32-year NCAA Division I history ... In the three previous years the Braves went unbeaten through their first six games, they went on to win at least 14 games overall, posting the best W-L percentage in program history in 1998 and earning at-large selections to the NCAA Tournament in 2002 and 2011.
2002 - 15 games (11-0-4) - Finished 14-6-4 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament
1998 - 9 games (7-0-2) - Finished 14-2-2, the best W-L record in program history, and won the program's first MVC regular-season title
2018 - 6 games (4-0-2) - TBD
2011 - 6 games (4-0-2) - Finished 15-6-2 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament 2nd Round

AGAINST THE HOOSIER STATE
In hs 23rd year as head coach at Bradley, Jim DeRose has enjoyed his share of success against teams from the state of Indiana ... Heading into Friday's game at Purdue Fort Wayne, DeRose is 33-16-3 (.663) in his career against Indiana's seven NCAA Division I programs ... While Indiana is the only Hoosier state team DeRose has not defeated, the Braves won a penalty kick shootout against IU in the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament in the only meeting between the teams ... Making DeRose's record against Indiana teams more impressive, he is 17-4-3 (.771) alltime in true road games against the Hoosier State ... DeRose's Bradley teams are unbeaten (7- 0-1) in their last eight true road games in the state of Indiana, dating back to a 2-1 loss at Evansville to end the 2009 season ... Bradley earned a 1-0 win at IUPUI Aug. 31 and the Braves still have home matches versus Missouri Valley Conference rivals Valparaiso (Oct. 13) and Evansville (Nov. 3) remaining on the 2018 schedule.
School Overall Road
Butler 1- 2-0 1-0-0
Evansville 16- 8-2 8-3-2
Indiana 0- 0-1 0-0-1
IUPUI 4- 0-0 2-0-0
Notre Dame 2- 3-0 1-1-0
Purdue Fort Wayne 4- 1-0 1-0-0
Valparaiso 6- 2-0 4-0-0
7 Schools 33-16-3 17-4-3
.663 .771

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