Weekend Pitching Matchups
Friday
Bradley: 39 David Koll, So., LHP, 1-3, 6.05 ERA
Wichita State:  4 Cale Elam, Jr., RHP, 3-1, 2.58 ERA
Promotion:  Morton/Bartonville Community Night

Saturday
Bradley:  20 Brent Stong, Fr., LHP, 4-1, 2.91 ERA
Wichita State:  23 A.J. Ladwig, So., RHP, 3-3, 4.78 ERA
Promotion:  High School Team Day

Sunday
Bradley:  15 Eric Scheuermann, Fr., RHP, 2-2, 5.56 ERA
Wichita State:  22 Drew Palmer, Jr., LHP, 0-0, 4.29 ERA
Promotion:  Youth Baseball Day

Leading Off
•  Bradley will enter into the home heavy portion of its schedule by hosting perennial Missouri Valley Conference power Wichita State for a 3-game weekend set.
•  The Braves, who have played only four home games all season, are slated to play 15 of their next 19 games at Peoria Chiefs Stadium.
•  While Bradley has played just four home games this season, Wichita State will be playing its first Valley road series and the Shockers are 3-8 overall on the road this season.
•  Wichita State enters the weekend series tied for second in the MVC standings, just one game behind league-leading Creighton, while Bradley is tied for seventh.
•  Since enjoying a season-long, 6-game winning streak, Bradley has dropped seven of its last nine games.
•  Senior LF Mike Tauchman enters the weekend series leading The Valley with a .407 batting average and riding a career-best 21-game hitting streak, believed to be the second-longest active streak in the nation.

Series Notes
Wichita State leads 90-24
•  Wichita State has won 13 straight against Bradley and 25 of the last 27 meetings in the series since the Braves won 3-of-4 in 2003 at Peoria Chiefs Stadium.
•  Wichita State is 32-15 all-time in Peoria against the Braves, including 9-5 at Peoria Chiefs Stadium, where the Shockers have won four straight.
•  Fifth-year Bradley head coach Elvis Dominguez is 0-10 against Wichita State.