Bradley Soccer Notebook: Sept. 29

Bradley's 1st road trip of the year has been extended to 4 games, following the cancellation of Sunday's home game versus Valparaiso

Nathan Wisbey set piece vs Creighton Aug. 17, 2019

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Soccer 9/29/2019 6:50:00 PM

Overall Record: 1-3-3
MVC Record: 0-1-1
Season Statistics: https://bradleybraves.com/cumestats.aspx?path=msoc

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Oct. 1 at Valparaiso, 7:30 p.m., Valparaiso, IN (Brown Field)
Saturday, Oct. 5 vs. DRAKE, 7:00 p.m., Peoria, IL (Shea Stadium)

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Wednesday, Sept. 25 at Loyola Chicago, A, T, 0-0 (2ot)
Sunday, Sept. 29 vs. VALPARAISO, Cancelled after 65 minutes (weather)

VALPO RE-DO

After Sunday's home game against Valparaiso was abandoned in the 66th minutue due to persistent storms in the area, the game will be replayed from its beginning Tuesday night at Valparaiso.
The switch means Bradley is opening its conference season with a third consecutive league road game for the first time in program history.
After battling Loyola Chicago to a scoreless draw Wednesday night in Chicago, the Braves will be looking to snap a 4-game winless streak (0-4-1) Tuesday night.
Valparaiso split home Valley games versus Evansville and Drake and now is playing a third consecutive conference home game.

GAME DAY DETAILS
Bradley (1-3-3, 0-1-1 MVC) at Valparaiso (2-4-1, 1-1-0 MVC)
Date:  Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019
Time: 7:30 p.m. CT
Location: Valparaiso, IN | Brown Field
Tickets: Free admission
TV: N/A
Audio:  http://tunein.com/radio/The-Source-951-s23659/
Live Stats:  StatBroadcast

SEPTEMBER ENDINGS

Bradley was scheduled to play Valparaiso in the final game of September, but the game was cancelled Sunday (Sept. 29) due to weather with the Braves trailing 1-0 in the 66th minute and now will be re-played from its beginning Tuesday night (Oct. 1).
Through the first 19 years of this century, the final game of September has not played to Bradley's favor.
Dating back to a 3-2 loss to #12 SMU on Sept. 29, 2000, Bradley is 7-12-0 in its final game of September.
As the calendar prepares to flip, however, the Braves are 10-6-3 in their October openers since 2000.

EXTRA TIME

Including three of this season's first seven games (0-0-3), 10 of Bradley's last 20 games have gone to extra time and the Braves have emerged from those games with a 3-1-6 (.600) record.
During the 2018 season, Bradley saw eight of its 17 games go to overtime and the Braves escaped with a 3-1-4 (.625) record in the sudden-victory scenario.
Bradley's eight overtime games last year were the most in a single season in program history, while the four ties equaled the program mark.
Now in his 24th year as Bradley head coach, Jim DeRose owns a 36-23-53 (.558) record in overtime games, including a NCAA record 24-game (10-0-14) unbeaten streak in overtime games from 2001-06.
Bradley's current 7-game (3-0-4) unbeaten streak in overtime games equals the third-longest in program history and is the longest since the Braves went unbeaten in 14 (8-0-6) consecutive overtime games from Aug. 31, 2012 through Sept. 14, 2014.

DEFENSE REMAINS STOUT

Bradley's defense put in work for a scoreless draw to secure Wednesday's Valley road point at Loyola Chicago.
The Ramblers outshot Bradley, 25-9, and finished with a 19-2 advantage in corner kicks for the most corners against the Braves in Bradley's 33-year NCAA Division I history.
Despite the offensive discrepancy, Loyola managed to put only five shots on target.
Through the season's first seven games, Bradley leads The Valley by allowing the opposition only a .270 shots-on-goal percentage - of the 89 shots allowed, only 24 have been on target
The Braves rank second in The Valley with a 0.91 goals against average.
As for the corner kicks: Bradley is now 3-0-1 (.875) all-time in the four games it has surrendered at least 14 corner kicks, most-recently earning a 2-1 win against #15 Creighton Oct. 28, 2006 when allowing the previous record of 18 corners.

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