Bradley travels south to Carbondale to face the Southern Illinois Salukis in a weekend series. 

WEEKEND INFORMATION

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TIMES	Friday: 5:00 p.m. | Saturday: 2:00 p.m. | Sunday: 12:00 p.m.
LOCATION	Charlotte West Stadium | Carbondale, Ill.

BRADLEY BRAVES
The Braves are 11-34 overall and 3-15 in conference thus far. The team recently hosted Valparaiso in a weekend series that saw the Beacons win two of the three games. Lauren DeRolf and Austin Comstock are leading the Braves on offense, both hitting over .300. Grace French is tied for third in the NCAA for doubles with 16. DeRolf and French's names can also be found in multiple top ten categories for statistics in the MVC, including: batting average, on-base percentage, runs scored and hits. French, Bailey Sample and Abbott Badgley are tied for the team lead in home runs with four each. On the pitching side, Camryn Schaller leads the Braves with an ERA of 3.47 and is top 10 in strikeouts (9th, 82). Jordy van der Werf is also for first in the nation for runners caught stealing with 21.

BRADLEY 2023 STATS LEADERS

AVG.	RBI	ERA
DeRolf - .338	French - 23	Schaller - 3.47 (72.2 IP)
Comstock - .303	McCoy - 17	French - 4.32 (126.1 IP)
French - .292	Sample/Badgley/van der Werf - 15	Badgley - 5.68 (65.1 IP)

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SALUKIS
The Salukis come into the weekend with a record of 29-11 overall and 10-7 in conference. The team finished third in the MVC last year, going 27-19-1 overall and 16-10 in conference. SIU is 0-5 in its last five, having been swept by UNI and dropping games against SEMO and Evansville. The Salukis are led offensively by six players who are both hitting over .300 this season. Madi Eberle leads the Salukis in the circle. Eberle has an ERA of 2.22 and has 53 strikeouts on the season. 

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS  2023 STATS LEADERS

AVG.	RBI	ERA
Elizabeth Warwick - .386	Elizabeth Warwick - 37	Madi Eberle - 2.22 (101.0 IP)
Emma Austin - .375	Jackie Lis - 36	Elliott Stinson - 3.43 (69.1 IP)
Jackie Lis - .353	Rylie Hamilton - 33	Hannah Hockerman - 5.41 (77.2 IP)

The Braves will stay on the road for a series at UIC the following weekend.