Bradley University Athletics

Sunday Matinee Completes Busy Stretch

Bradley Soccer will complete a 4-games-in-11-days stretch by hosting Utah Valley Sunday afternoon at Shea Stadium

Bobby Parker, Sr. Associate AD for Communications and Event & Facility Operations Soccer 9/11/2021 3:37:00 PM

Bradley Soccer will complete its most compact stretch of games in four years Sunday, when the Braves (1-3-0) host Utah Valley (2-0-2) in the final non-conference tuneup of the early season.

GAME PREVIEW
Utah Valley Wolverines (2-0-2) at Bradley Braves (1-3-0)
Date: Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. CT
Location: Peoria, IL
Venue: Shea Stadium

FINAL NON-CONFERENCE TUNEUP
• Bradley Soccer will play its final non-conference tuneup of the early-season schedule Sunday when the Braves host unbeaten Utah Valley at Shea Stadium.
• Although the Braves still will host Western Illinois Oct. 18, ten of Bradley's final 11 games after Sunday will be played as part of the Missouri Valley Conference double round-robin regular-season slate.

PUTTING THE BOW ON BUSY STRETCH
• Sunday's match against Utah Valley will complete an 11-day stretch from Sept. 2-12 that will have seen the Braves take the field four times.
• Bradley had not played as many as four games in an 11-day stretch since a similar run Oct. 13-23, 2018.

SERIES HISTORY
3rd Meeting | Utah Valley leads 2-0-0
• Bradley and Utah Valley will meet for the third time in seven seasons Sunday, when the Wolverines visit Shea Stadium.
• Utah Valley won both ends of the home-and-home series played during the 2015 (4-1) and 2016 (1-0) seasons.

LOOKING AHEAD
• Bradley will open its 10-game Missouri Valley Conference slate with a pair of road games, beginning Saturday at Drake.
• The Braves also will visit returning Valley member SIU Edwardsville Sept. 25, before returning home to host Loyola Chicago Sept. 29.

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