Kicking Off Homecoming Week

Bradley Soccer will kick off the University's week of Homecoming events by hosting Loyola Chicago Wednesday night

Bobby Parker, Sr. Associate AD for Communications and Event & Facility Operations Soccer 9/28/2021 2:48:00 PM

Bradley Soccer will help kick off Bradley University's week of Homecoming activities by hosting Missouri Valley Conference rival Loyola Chicago Wednesday night at Shea Stadium.

GAME PREVIEW
Loyola Chicago Ramblers (4-2-1, 1-0-1 MVC) at Bradley Braves (2-5-0, 1-1-0 MVC)
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021
Time: 7:00 p.m. CT
Location: Peoria, IL
Venue: Shea Stadium

HOMECOMING WEEK KICKS OFF WEDNESDAY
• After playing four of its last six games away from home, including each of its first two Missouri Valley Conference games, Bradley Soccer will play five of its next seven games at home, beginning Wednesday night versus in-state league rival Loyola Chicago.
• Bradley University's Homecoming Week will be underway with the official Homecoming Game Saturday night when the Braves complete a quick, 4-day home stand against defending Valley champion and preseason league favorite Missouri State.
• Wednesday's game against Loyola Chicago will complete the first half of Bradley's 16-game regular season.

SERIES HISTORY
27th Meeting | Bradley Leads 14-10-2, 9-3-1 in Peoria
• Wednesday's matchup will be the 27th all-time series in a series that dates back to a non-conference meeting Sept. 10, 1989 at Loyola Chicago.
• The first 14 meetings were played as non-conference rivals, while the last 12 contests in the seris have been played as Missouri Valley Conference foes.
• Bradley dominated the non-conference portion of the series by posting an 11-3-0 record against the Ramblers from 1989 to 2012.
• Since Loyola Chicago joined The Valley in 2013, however, the Ramblers have posted a 7-3-2 series record and are unbeaten (5-0-2) in their last seven games against the Braves.
• Bradley owns a 9-3-1 all-time home record against Loyola Chicago, including a 5-2-1 advantage at Shea Stadium.

ONE-GOAL DIFFERENTIALS
• Bradley's 4-3, double overtime win Saturday night at SIU Edwardsville was the team's 12th consecutive regular-season match decided by no more than one goal.
• The Braves are 2-8-2 in those 12 games, dating to a 1-0, overtime loss to #8 Missouri State March 18, 2021 at Shea Stadium.
• The 12 consecutive regular-season decisions by no more than one goal is the second-longest such streak in program history, trailing only a 16-game (10-4-2) run during the 2011 NCAA Tournament season.

NIGHT OF FIRSTS
• Saturday's 4-3, double overtime win at SIU Edwardsville was highlighted by a lengthy list of firsts for the Braves:
   -   The victory was Bradley's first Missouri Valley Conference road win against SIUE.
   -   As the first win at SIU Edwardsville since Sept. 10, 1995, the victory was Jim DeRose's first-ever win at Edwardsville.
   -   Sophomore Jack Douglas scored the tying goal in the 70th minute and golden goal in the 108th minute for his first career multi-goal game and his first career game-winner.
   -   Freshman defender Camden Kowalski recorded his first career points by scoring Bradley's first goal in the fifth minute and adding his first career assist on Douglas' equalizer in the 70th minute.
   -   Freshmen Francesco Pettinaroli (2) and Jared Sinnaeve both recorded their first career assists during the game, including the double assist on the Douglas golden winner.

LOOKING AHEAD
• Bradley will welcome defending MVC champion Missouri State to Shea Stadium for the University's annual Homecoming game Oct. 2, before returning to the road for an Oct. 9 trip to Evansville.
• Following an Oct. 9 trip to Evansville to complete the first half of the MVC double round-robin schedule, the Braves will return home for three straight games, beginning with the Oct. 16 Valley return game versus Drake at Shea Stadium.

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