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…
On April 22 and 23, the Bradley track and field team traveled to Champaign, Illinois and followed up their flurry of personal bests from the previous week with a similarly impressive performance. The Braves notched a total of 28 personal bests over the two-day meet…
The BESPYs are back! The Scout sports section ran eight polls on its @ScoutSportsDesk Twitter account to determine which Bradley teams, coaches and student-athletes the public thought deserved each illustrious BESPY for the 2021-22 academic year. Each poll received an average of 296 votes. Team…
This week, we decided to ask all of our sports staff at The Scout what the top 10 best Bradley sports moments of the 2021-22 season were. Each member made their selections and ranked them from 1 to 10, and they have been compiled to…
“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…