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It wasn’t sleet, nor snow, nor wind, but rain that stopped the Bradley men’s baseball team from finishing their three-game series with Missouri State. The Braves competed well in the series opener but came up short in the end. They then recovered to win game…
The Bradley men’s and women’s track and field competed April 8 and 9 at the Gibson Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana. Both the men and women had solid showings, which made this particular meet a success. On Friday, redshirt junior Liz Smits ran a season-best…
The Braves were back in action this past weekend on the golf course as both the men’s and women’s golf teams were swinging away at their respective tournaments. Seniors Lyle Burns and Danielle Lemek were the top finishers for the men and women. Burns capped…
The Bradley tennis team suffered a tough loss over the weekend by losing its first of two Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) matches to Southern Illinois 6-1. Sophomore Alejandra De Lasa scraped out Bradley’s only point of the match winning her match in three sets. Head…
During her introductory press conference Monday, women’s basketball coach Andrea Gorski had an early apology to make. Not for anything basketball related, but for her former teammates instead. “I’m just apologizing for them now,” Gorski said. “We’re creating an unofficial alumni group that they’re going…
Bradley basketball announced two additional signings in its 2016 recruiting class on the first day of the spring signing period Wednesday. Darrell Brown, Jr. from Germantown, Tennessee, and Jayden Hodgson from Gosford, Australia, both point guards, signed their National Letters of Intent to attend Bradley…
Andrea Gorski was introduced as the ninth women’s basketball head coach in Bradley’s history Monday, welcoming the already Bradley Hall of Fame player back to the Hilltop. “I’m passionate about two things: basketball and family,” Gorski said, her two kids in attendance next to her.…
The Bradley softball team’s homecoming wasn’t quite as comfortable as they were hoping. Temperatures were in the mid-40s and wind speeds approached 30 miles per hour. To top it off, the Braves dropped game one of the series to Evansville. The outlook, on the field…
After winning their first two home games of the season against MacMurray College and Illinois College, the Bradley baseball team remained undefeated at home Tuesday night against Western Illinois. In the bottom of the eighth, junior third baseman Spencer Gaa put the nail in the…