Soccer Heads from East to West

After playing Thursday night at Wright State, Bradley Soccer Visits Oral Roberts Monday

Bobby Parker, Sr. Associate AD for Communications and Event & Facility Operations Soccer 9/4/2021 10:27:00 AM

Coming off Thursday night's game in Dayton, Ohio at Wright State, Bradley (1-1-0) heads west for a Monday afternoon non-conference tilt at Oral Roberts (2-1-0). The game against the Golden Eagles is Bradley's second in an 11-day stretch that will see the Braves play four times in three cities.

GAME PREVIEW
Bradley Braves (1-1-0) at Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (2-1-0)
Date: Monday, Sept. 6, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. CT
Location: Tulsa, OK
Venue: Case Soccer Complex

11 DAYS, 4 GAMES
• Monday's game at Oral Roberts will be the second game in an 11-day stretch that will see the Braves play four times in three different cities.
• The 4-game stretch began with a 668-mile round trip to Dayton, OH for Thursday's game at Wright State.
• Bradley began its 1162-mile round trip to Tulsa Saturday.
• Following Monday's game at Oral Roberts, Bradley will host DePaul Friday night and Utah Valley Sunday (Sept. 12) afternoon, both at Shea Stadium, to complete the compact stretch of games.

SERIES HISTORY
11th Meeting | Bradley leads 7-1-2
• The series against Oral Roberts began in Bradley's third NCAA season and resulted in a 2-1 Golden Eagles victory Oct. 1, 1989 in Tulsa.
• Bradley is 7-0-2 against Oral Roberts in the last nine series meetings, including 7-0-1 under the direction of head coach Jim DeRose.
• The Braves have won three straight in the series since the teams played to a scoreless draw Oxct. 14, 2006 at Shea Stadium.
• In Bradley's only other visit to ORU since that 1989 game, the Braves earned a 2-1 victory Oct. 22, 2007 at Case Soccer Complex.

PLAYING FULL TIME
• Among Bradley's field players, sophomore midfielder Rasmus Smidtslund is the only Brave to remain on the field for all 180 minutes through the first two games of the season.
• After playing the full 90 minutes in the season-opener, freshman defender Jackson Fyda did not suit up for Thursday's game at Wright State.
• After Smidtslund, freshman Michael Rogalski is second among the Bradley field players by remaining on the field for 177-of-180 minutes, followed by sophomore defender Jack Douglas (168) and Jake Schoffstall (164).
• Through the first two games, 10 field players have logged at least 100 minutes as the Braves have used only 15 total field players, including 13 in both of the season's first two games.

LOOKING AHEAD
• The pre-conference tune ups continue with two more games next week at Shea Stadium - Friday night versus DePaul and Sunday afternoon against Utah Valley.
• The Braves will open their 10-game, Missouri Valley Conference slate with road games Sept. 18 at Drake and Sept. 25 at SIU Edwardsville.

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