Soccer Set for Saturday Senior Day

Bradley Soccer will host Missouri Valley Conference rival Evansville in the season's regular-season finale Saturday night at Shea Stadium

Bobby Parker, Sr. Associate AD for Communications and Event & Facility Operations Soccer 11/5/2021 2:23:00 PM

Bradley Soccer will be looking to build momentum for next week's MVC Men's Soccer Championship when the Braves host league rival Evansville in the 2021 regular-season finale Saturday night at Shea Stadium.

GAME PREVIEW
Evansville Purple Aces (3-12-1, 3-5-1 MVC) at Bradley Braves (3-11-1, 2-7-0 MVC)
Date: Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021
Time: 7:00 p.m. CT
Location: Peoria, IL
Venue: Shea Stadium

SERIES HISTORY
36th Meeting | Bradley leads 20-12-3 | Bradley leads at home, 10-7-2
• Saturday's meeting against the Purple Aces will be the 36th meeting in the all-time series, which coincides with Evansville's entry into the Missouri Valley Conference for the 1994 season.
• Evansville won the first four meetings, but the Braves have posted a 20-8-3 series record snapping that initial series skid with a 2-1 victory Nov. 1, 1998 at Evansville.
• Evansville's 2-1 win Oct. 9 ended Bradley's 5-game series unbeaten (4-0-1) streak.
• In his 26th year as Bradley head coach, Jim DeRose enters Saturday's game with a 20-10-3 record against the Purple Aces with the 20 victories the most he has accumulated against any of the 112 opponents he has faced.

REGULAR-SEASON FINALE
• Bradley Soccer will close out the 2021 regular-season schedule Saturday night by hosting Missouri Valley Conference rival Evansville in a 7 p.m. showdown at Shea Stadium.
• The Braves will be looking to even the season series against the Purple Aces, who earned a 2-1 victory Oct. 9 at Evansville.
• Saturday's game will be the final home game for graduate transfer keeper Bryce Logan and the Bradley roster also includes two student-athletes - goalkeeper Nick Gasperi and midfielder Malte Winkler - who are fourth-year sophomores set to graduate from Bradley University this spring.
• All three student-athletes will be recognized in a pregame ceremony right before the introduction of the starting lineups Saturday night.
• Bradley will be looking to end the season on a 3-game home unbeaten streak, following a scoreless draw Oct. 18 against Western Illinois and a 1-0 victory Oct. 23 against SIU Edwardsville.
• Saturday's matchup could be a preview of a first-round MVC Men's Soccer Championship game as several scenarios could lead to another meeting with Evansville Tuesday night back at Arad McCutcheon Stadium.

SEEDING SCENARIOS
• As The Valley's six teams prepare for Saturday's final round of regular-season action, several postseason tournament seeding scenarios remain on the table.
• Missouri State has clinched the regular-season MVC title and will host the MVC Men's Soccer Championship semifinal games Nov. 12 and the title game Nov. 14 as the No. 1 seed.
• Loyola Chicago has clinched the No. 2 seed and will begin tourney play in the semifinal round Nov. 12 in Springfield.
No. 3 Seed - Hosts No. 6 seed Tuesday
   Drake - pair a win vs. SIUE with a Bradley result (win or tie) against Evansville
   Evansville - win at Bradley or pair a tie at Bradley with a Drake/SIUE tie
   SIUE - pair a win at Drake with a Bradley result (win or tie) against Evansville

No. 4 Seed - Hosts No. 5 seed Tuesday
   Drake - win against SIUE, but Evansville wins at Bradley
   Evansville - Bradley earns a result and there is a winner in the Drake/SIUE game; or Bradley wins and Drake/SIUE tie
   SIUE - win at Drake, but Evansville wins at Bradley

No. 5 Seed - at No. 4 seed Tuesday
   Bradley - beat Evansville and Drake beats SIUE
   Drake - SIUE earns a result (win or tie)
   SIUE - lose to Drake and Evansville gets a result at Bradley

No. 6 Seed - at No. 3 Seed Tuesday
   Bradley - Evansville earns a result, SIUE beats Drake or Drake and SIUE tie
   SIUE - lose at Drake and Bradley beats Evansville

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Players Mentioned

#1 Nick Gasperi: GK; 6' 4"; Redshirt Sophomore; KC Fusion

#0 Bryce Logan: GK; 6' 2"; Senior; Crossfire Premier

#20 Malte Winkler: D; 5' 10"; Redshirt Sophomore; FC Astoria Waldorf

Players Mentioned

#1 Nick Gasperi
: 6' 4"; Redshirt Sophomore; KC Fusion
: GK

#0 Bryce Logan
: 6' 2"; Senior; Crossfire Premier
: GK

#20 Malte Winkler
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Sophomore; FC Astoria Waldorf
: D

Soccer Set for Saturday Senior Day

Bradley Soccer will host Missouri Valley Conference rival Evansville in the season's regular-season finale Saturday night at Shea Stadium

Players Mentioned

#1 Nick Gasperi

#0 Bryce Logan

#20 Malte Winkler

Players Mentioned

#1 Nick Gasperi

#0 Bryce Logan

#20 Malte Winkler