Valley Home Stand Kicks Off Saturday

Bradley Soccer will host nationally-ranked, unbeaten and untied Missouri State Saturday night to kick off a 3-game Missouri Valley Conference home stand

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Soccer 10/18/2019 7:47:00 AM

BRADLEY BRAVES (4-4-3, 3-2-1 MVC)
vs.
#14 Missouri State Bears (11-0-0, 5-0-0 MVC)

Date: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019
Time: 7:00 p.m. CT
Location: Peoria, IL
Venue: Shea Stadium (natural grass)
Tickets: $6 adults, $4 youth; FREE Bradley students, faculty and staff; FREE active military and immediate family | Information
Promotion: FREE vuvuzelas for the first 100 students
Live Stats: SidearmStats via BradleyBraves.com

BRADLEY SOCCER TICKETS
Single-Game Adult: $6
Single-Game Children (K-8th grade): $4
Kaboom!'s Club: FREE (with $10 annual membership) | Click HERE for information
Bradley students, faculty and staff (with valid ID): FREE
Active Military and Immediate Family (with valid ID): FREE
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BRADLEY SOCCER TICKET BANK
• Supporters of the Bradley Soccer program, led by the Friends of Bradley Soccer, have made more than 5,000 complimentary tickets available for not-for-profit organizations, youth teams, schools and individuals who otherwise may not be able to attend Bradley Soccer home games.
• If you or your organization would like to request tickets from the Bradley Soccer Ticket Bank to utilize during the 2019 season, CLICK HERE and complete the request form and you will be contacted by a representative of the Bradley Soccer program.
• Please submit requests at least 48 hours prior to the selected game.

ROAD HEAVY START = 10 POINTS
•   Despite playing five of its first six Missouri Valley Conference games on the road, Bradley emerged from its league road travels with 10 points in The Valley standings.
•   While Bradley has played just one Valley home game, each of the other five men's soccer teams in the league enter the weekend having played three MVC home games.
•   Despite its road-heavy conference slate to date, Bradley enters the weekend tied for second in the Missouri Valley Conference standings with 10 points.
•   The Braves will close the season by playing all of their final four Valley games at Shea Stadium.

PERFECT VISITOR
•   Missouri State (11-0-0) enters Saturday's game as the only team in the nation still sporting a perfect record.
•   The Bears also are ranked as high as No. 14 in the various NCAA Division I men's soccer national polls.
•   Missouri State becomes the highest-ranked opponent to visit Shea Stadium since #6 Cal State Northridge claimed a 1-0 victory against the Braves in Peoria.
•   Bradley has lost five straight games to nationally-ranked opponents since dumping then-No. 3 Northwestern, 3-2, in overtime Oct. 2, 2013 in Evanston.

3 HOME GAMES IN 9 DAYS
• Tonight's game against Missouri State opens a 3-game home stand for the Braves.
• The three games against the Bears, Loyola Chicago (Wednesday) and Valparaiso (Oct. 27) will be played in a span of just nine days.

WINTERMEYER CRACKS TOP 10 LISTS
•   Junior forward Gerit Wintermeyer scored Sunday's game-winning goal at Evansville, netting his fourth goal of the season in the 27th minute.
•   The tally was Wintermeyer's 18th career goal, moving him into a tie for 10th place on Bradley's career goals list.
•   Of his 18 career goals, six now stand as game-winners, moving Wintermeyer into a 4-way tie for eighth on Bradley's career list for game-winning goals.

DEFENSIVE NUMBERS
•   Bradley ranks among the nation's stingiest teams by allowing the opposition to place only 3.4 shots on target per game.
•   In Sunday's 1-0 win at Evansville, the host Purple Aces managed to direct just one of its six shots on target.
•   Sunday's effort lowered Bradley's season defensive shots on goal percentage to .289, easily the lowest in the program's 33-year NCAA Division I history.
•   Bradley has limited three opponents to fewer than three shots on goal and has not allowed any of its first 11 opponents more than six shots on goal.

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