Bradley claimed the opening game of a doubleheader against Evansville on April 23, winning 10-1 in five innings before dropping the next two games of the series. The series capped off the Braves’ longest homestand of the year, in which they swept Southern Illinois last…
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Go Cubs Go By: Angeline Schmelzer Although I live in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago and should be a White Sox fan, I bleed Cubby Blue. Maybe it’s the ivy, the history of Wrigley Field or the fact that I learned the seventh-inning stretch and…
“Unforeseen” is a fitting word to describe Bradley baseball’s 2021-22 season. Half of the pitching staff has been injured for a majority of the season, multiple games have been called off due to weather and a true freshman has emerged as the ace in the…
For the first time since 2000, the Bradley softball team swept the Southern Illinois Salukis, with all three wins in come-from-behind fashion. To add to the Braves’ excitement, both their first and final victories were walk-offs. “Southern has always been a perennial power within The…
The University of Indianapolis, home to just over 5,000 students, spreads out on a campus of around 50 acres with its sports teams competing at the NCAA Division II level. Despite not being a large school academically or athletically, the university would see one of…
Bradley women’s golf secured a fourth place finish and two golfers took home conference honors at the Missouri Valley Championship in Kirkwood, Missouri. Senior Megan Welch was the top finisher for the Braves, finishing at 16-over-par 229 to tie for eighth, just four shots back…
Bradley softball saw rare midweek action, splitting a Tuesday doubleheader with Missouri Valley Conference rival Illinois State. The Braves earned a 4-3 walk-off victory courtesy of senior Grace French before sophomore Camryn Schaller struck out a season-best seven Redbirds in the rematch, ending in a…
The only player in college basketball to average 20-plus points and 10-plus rebounds this season will not be returning to the State Farm Center next year, but Illinois will be fine without Kofi Cockburn. On Wednesday, the All-American announced that he would forgo a fourth…
The Iowa Hawkeyes completed a season sweep over Bradley on Tuesday night as they cruised to a 15-8 home win. The first meeting between the two teams – a 9-8 Iowa win in 11 innings on April 6 – was characterized by inconsistent pitching. A…
In a busy weekend for Bradley’s track-and-field team, the Braves flew out to Azusa Pacific University, bringing a trio of sophomores to the Bryan Clay Invitational in southern California on April 14. Meanwhile, the majority of the team participated in the Redbird Challenge, hosted by…