Oakland Visits Sunday for Second Game in Three Days

Bradley Soccer will offer free parking Sunday when the Braves (1-0-1) continue their season-opening, 4-game home stand by hosting Oakland at Shea Stadium

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Soccer 9/7/2019 11:30:00 AM

PEORIA, IL – Both teams will be facing a two-games-in-three-days scenario when Bradley Soccer (1-0-1) continues its season-opening, four-game home stand by hosting Oakland (2-1-0) Sunday afternoon at Shea Stadium.

Bradley's current 16-game, non-conference unbeaten streak includes last season's 1-1 draw at Oakland in the only previous meeting between the two programs. As part of a new promotion this season, Bradley will offer free admission to the general parking area at Shea Stadium for Sunday's game.

GAME DAY DETAILS
Oakland (2-1-0) at Bradley (1-0-1)
Date: Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019
Time: 1:00 p.m. CT
Location: Peoria, IL | Shea Stadium (1523 W. Nebraska Ave.)
Tickets: bubrav.es/SOCtix
TV: The Valley on ESPN | ESPN+
Live Stats: bubrav.es/SOCstats

SERIES HISTORY

In the only previous regular-season meeting between the Bradley and Oakland men's soccer programs, the teams played to a 1-1 draw Oct. 23, 2018 at Oakland.
The teams also met in a spring exhibition game in 2013.
While the soccer teams prepare to meet Sunday, Oakland's volleyball team is a participant in this weekend's CEFCU Invitational, hosted by Bradley at Renaissance Coliseum.
Bradley Volleyball earned a 3-games-to-1 win against Oakland Friday night, pushing the Braves to 2-0 im the tournament and dropping the Golden Grizzlies to 1-1.

FRIDAY RECAP

Bradley earned its first win of 2019 Friday night, earning a 1-0 victory against IUPUI in the 11th Danny Dahlquist Memorial Game at Shea Stadium.
The Braves doubled up IUPUI in shots, 14-7, and allowed the visitors only one shot on goal Friday night.
Junior forward Gerit Wintermeyer, a preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference pick, scored the game's lone goal with a 26th-minute strike, assisted by senior MF Jha'Lon Johnson in a give-and-go action near the top of the box.
Earlier in the day Friday, Oakland earned a 3-1 road win against local Bradley rival Western Illinois as Noah Jensen scored what proved to be the game-winner by converting a free kick in the 38th minute.

NON-CONFERENCE UNBEATEN STREAK

Bradley was 7-0-4 in its 11 games outside the Missouri Valley Conference last season and the Braves have opened the 2019 season with a pair of shutout performances.
In fact, the Braves are unbeaten (9-0-7) in their last 16 non-conference games dating to a 2-1 defeat to UIC Oct. 17, 2017.
The 16-game non-conference unbeaten streak is the second-longest in program history, trailing only the record 18-game (15-0-3) run from Sept. 7, 1997 to Nov. 13, 1998.
Bradley completed the second unbeaten non-conference regular-season in program history (1998, 8-0-2) in 2018.

DEFENSIVE GEMS

Through the season's first 200 minutes, Bradley Soccer has allowed Belmont (0) and IUPUI (1) just one shot on goal.
Making his third and fourth career starts, fifth-year senior keeper Nathan Wisbey has been the beneficiary of Bradley's defensive effort, earning the second and third shutouts of his career.
The quartet of David Kovacevic, Jacob McKee, Walid Kherat and Rasmus Smidtslund each have played the full 200 minutes in Bradley's backline to start the season.

SCORING DUO

Among Bradley's 14 returning lettermen are the team's top scorer from each of the past two seasons.
Senior forward Roman Schindler led the 2017 Braves with seven goals and 19 points.
Junior forward Gerit Wintermeyer led the 2018 Braves with eight goals and 20 points.
Both in their third season at Bradley, the Schindler/Wintermeyer combination now has totaled 62 points on 25 goals and 12 assists during their first three years with the Braves.

EXTRA TIME

Including the 2019 season opener last week against Belmont, eight of Bradley's last 14 games have gone to extra time and the Braves have emerged from those games with a 3-1-4 (.625) 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 36-23-51 (.559) record in overtime games, including a NCAA record 24-game (10-0-14) unbeaten streak in overtime games from 2001-06.

LOOKING AHEAD

Bradley's season-opening, four-game home stand will conclude Friday, when the Braves welcome in-state rival Eastern Illinois for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Shea Stadium.
All members of the Kaboom!'s Club are invited to participate in a pregame recognition ceremony and will take the field with the Braves during pregame introductions as part of Kaboom!'s Club Member Recognition Night.
To learn more about the Kaboom!'s Club, click the link beneath the Support menu at BradleyBraves.com or contact the Bradley Athletics Ticket Office (309-677-2625 or BradleyTicketOffice@bradley.edu).

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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