Soccer to Close Home Stand Friday

Bradley Soccer will try to continue its undefeated start to the season when the Braves close their 4-game home stand against in-state rival Eastern Illinois Friday night at Shea Stadium

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Soccer 9/12/2019 8:59:00 AM

PEORIA, IL – Bradley Soccer will wrap up its season-long, 4-game home stand when the Braves (1-0-2) host in-state rival Eastern Illinois (1-3-0) Friday night at Shea Stadium. In addition to unbeaten start to the season, the Braves will be trying to set the program record for consecutive non-conference games without a loss when their shoot for the 18th in a row Friday against the Panthers.

GAME DAY DETAILS
Eastern Illinois (1-3-0) at Bradley (1-0-2)
Date: Friday, Sept. 13, 2019
Time: 7:00 p.m. CT
Location: Peoria, IL | Shea Stadium (1523 W. Nebraska Ave.)
Tickets: bubrav.es/SOCtix
TV: The Valley on ESPN | ESPN3
Live Stats: bubrav.es/SOCstats

HOME STAND FINALE

Off to a 1-0-2 start through the first two weeks of the season, Bradley Soccer will wrap up its season-opening, 4-game home stand Friday when the Braves host in-state rival Eastern Illinois at Shea Stadium.
In the 33-year history of Bradley Soccer, the current 4-game home stand is the 15th stretch of at least four consecutive home games and the Braves are completing their first four-game home stand since a 5-game stretch of consecutive games at Shea Stadium Oct. 6-20, 2014 (3-0-2).
Of the previous 14 home stands of at least four games in program history, Bradley has completed only four of them with an undefeated record: 2014 (3-0-2), 2009 (3-0-1), 2005 (4-0-0) and 1997 (5-0-0).

NON-CONFERENCE UNBEATEN STREAK

Bradley Soccer will be looking to set a program record when the Braves host in-state rival Eastern Illinois Friday night at Shea Stadium.
By opening the 2019 season with a 1-0-2 record, Bradley has extended its non-conference unbeaten streak to 17 games (9-0-8), dating to Oct. 17, 2017.
The current non-conference unbeaten streak has matched the program record for consecutive non-conference games without a loss, a 17-game (15-0-2) streak from Sept. 7, 1997-Nov. 13, 1998.
By calendar days, the current non-conference unbeaten streak is the longest in program history – 695 days when the teams take the field Friday night.

SERIES HISTORY
29th Meeting • Bradley leads 18-8-2 • Bradley leads 13-2-0 at home • Bradley leads 9-0-0 at Shea Stadium
•   The series against Eastern Illinois dates back to Bradley's second season as a NCAA Division I program, a 4-0 Panthers victory Sept. 10, 1988 in Charleston.
•   Eastern Illinois won the first six meetings in the series, but beginning with Bradley's first series victory Oct. 24, 1998, the Braves are 18-2-2 in the last 22 games against the Panthers.
•   Bradley has won six straight overall against Eastern Illinois and the Braves are unbeaten (7-0-1) in their last eight games versus EIU, since a 1-0 loss Oct. 18, 2009 in Charleston.
•   Bradley has won 13 consecutive home games versus Eastern Illinois, a streak that includes a 9-0-0 record at Shea Stadium, a win in the only meeting at Morton's McClallen Park in 2001 and the last three matchups at Braves Club Field at Becker Park.
•   The teams were Missouri Valley Conference rivals from 1996-2010 and Bradley now owns a 6-4-0 record versus Eastern Illinois as non-conference opponents.
•   Bradley head coach Jim DeRose owns an 18-4-2 record against Eastern Illinois, while Panthers coach Kiki Lara is 0-2-0 against the Braves.

IN-STATE SUCCESS

Now in his 24th year as Bradley head coach, Jim DeRose has enjoyed a great deal of success on the pitch against in-state opponents.
Entering the weekend games versus Eastern Illinois and Northern Illinois, DeRose boasts a 68-31-8 record versus teams from the state of Illinois.
Against the state's four NCAA Division I "directional" schools - Eastern Illinois, Northern Illinois, SIU Edwardsville and Western Illinois - DeRose boasts a 41-18-6 (.677) record.

LOOKING AHEAD

Following Friday's home stand finale against Eastern Illinois, the Braves will have only one day off before making their first road trip of the season.
The Braves will make the short trek up Interstate 39 to face in-state rival Northern Illinois Sunday afternoon.
The game against the Huskies will kick off a 3-game road swing, that will continue with Missouri Valley Conference stops Sept. 21 at Drake and Sept. 25 at Loyola Chicago.

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