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Cross country aims to exceed last year’s success

As the new season gets underway, Bradley’s cross country teams are ready to get back on the fast track. Last season, both the men’s women’s cross country teams captured a Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Championship title. For the women’s team, losing six seniors who competed…

Men kick off 2016 with West Coast trip

The Bradley men’s soccer team began their non-conference schedule this weekend in Spokane, Washington, with two tough tournament games against Gonzaga and San Diego State. Bradley opened the season with a bang in the annual Danny Dalquist Memorial Game at Shea Stadium with a 1-0…

Volleyball spikes oppostion in opening weekend

Fall sports are underway on the Hilltop, and women’s volleyball is off to a fresh start led by new head coach Carol Price-Torok. Price-Torok, who was the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Arkansas last year, is looking to get the…

Always a Brave hopes to continue tournament run

Jeremy Crouch (‘08) remembers the Bradley Braves’ Cinderella run to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 back in 2006. Now, 10 years later, he and a team of Bradley alumni are getting another shot at playing on a national stage in 2016’s The Basketball Tournament (TBT),…

Rewriting history: Tennis finishes with best regular season in over 25 years

The Bradley women’s tennis team has had its share of ups and downs throughout the season: incredible victories and crushing defeats. This past weekend, the Braves split their matches between Drake and Northern Iowa. Bradley fell to Drake to start the weekend and rounded it…

Golf finishes fifth at MVC Championship

Finishing exactly where they were expected to before conference play began, the Bradley men’s golf team rounded out the 2016 season with a fifth place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference championship. “We stayed in it; we kept competing hard,” head coach Jeff Roche said.…

Next year is this year

The Chicago Cubs have come a long way from being the laughingstock of the MLB. After its regular season and postseason success last year and hot start to this season, one could argue the team is currently the gold standard of the league. Looking at…

Track and field prepare for postseason

After the Virginia Challenge last weekend, the Bradley’s track and field teams find themselves in a race against time as well as the two races scheduled for this Saturday. Luckily, that’s what the team is good at. Head coach Darren Gauson split up his team…

Bullpen woes shock the Braves

Freshman centerfielder Andy Shadid had the weekend of his life in Wichita, Kansas. The Peoria native hit three home runs in three games and even landed a spot on ESPN’s Top-10 plays. Shadid’s heroics, however, weren’t enough to boost the Bradley baseball team over Wichita…

Softball splits at Illinois State

After being swept at home by Southern Illinois, the Bradley softball team went on the road Tuesday to split a doubleheader with Illinois State, giving Bradley a series victory. This series marks Bradley’s first series victory against ISU since 1987. “It was interesting, but it…

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