This Missouri Valley Conference Championship game could turn out to be a good one. Creighton, the No. 1 seed and regular season champs, will take the field for just the second time in the tourney.The two teams split their regular season match-up 1-1, but Bradley…
Posts published in May 2009
As a part of its Jump Start campus campaign, the newly elected student body officers are planning to recruit senators differently in an attempt to better represent the student body. Members of senate currently serve to represent living areas, including the residence halls, greek houses,…
On April 13, Anna Baltzer, a notorious anti-Israel activist, spoke about life in the “occupied” Palestinian territories. She presented many outrageous allegations that we wish to address. First of all, she compared Israel to the South African apartheid. There is no basis for this comparison.…
Another season has come and gone for the Bradley Braves. And for those of you thinking I’m a little late expressing my basketball nostalgia – allow me to clarify. I’m referring to the women’s tennis team, of which I’m a proud member. Mention of this…
The softball team had a tough weekend in Carbondale, losing a three-game series against Southern Illinois. “We played really well this weekend, it was just one inning in each game that got away,” coach Amy Hayes said. “[Senior Alycia] Bachkora had a really nice game…
Last Friday marked the beginning of the Missouri Valley Conference men’s tennis tournament, but it also marked the end of its season. The fifth-seeded Braves came up short against the fourth-seeded Illinois State Redbirds. “We were originally picked to get No. 7 in the conference…
Friday was a rough day for the baseball team. They were pitted against Creighton’s Greg Hellhake, who came into this start with a 4-1 piching record. Hellhake scattered six hits across six plus innings and gave up only one run for the Bluejays, who won…
Male Athlete of the Year No male athlete had more of an impact on his team this year than senior Theron Wilson of the men’s basketball team did. Playing on a squad that was already short on big men, the 6-foot-5 Wilson used his tremendous…
Men’s basketball reaches CIT The men’s basketball reached the postseason for the fourth consecutive year this season by picking up the No. 1 seed in the inaugural CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The top spot allowed Bradley to host all four of its games at Carver Arena, giving fans…
March is a great time of year. Normally snow is melting and spring is closing in. School is starting to wind down and the end is in sight. Baseball season is starting up and the NBA and NHL seasons are heating up with their playoff…