2018 Bradley Volleyball

[tornado]

BU VB is hot...they just beat Toledo to go to 4-1 -
off to a far better start than in recent years and only 3 years removed from a 6-24 season, 4 years removed from a 2-28 season!

Match vs. George Washington tonite at 7pm

[PhiAlphaBoy]

BU VB is hot...they just beat Toledo to go to 4-1 -
off to a far better start than in recent years and only 3 years removed from a 6-24 season, 4 years removed from a 2-28 season!

Match vs. George Washington tonite at 7pm

They are fun to watch. I'd encourage Bradleyfans to give their games a watch... Easy on the eyes too.

[Da Coach]

The Bradley volleyball team are playing this weekend in the Gamecock Classic at Jacksonville State University in Gadsden, Alabama.

https://bradleybraves.com/news/2018/9/5/gamecock-classic-up-next-for-bradley-volleyball.aspx

In their first match today (Friday, 9/7), Bradley defeated Western Carolina University 3 games to 0 to improve their record to 6-1.
They will play again at 7:30 PM tonight against host Jacksonville State, and on Saturday (9/8 ) at 11:00 AM against Mississippi Valley State.

Go BU!

[Da Coach]

BU Volleyball loses 3-2 to host Jacksonville State to drop to 6-2-

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=221594

They have another game Saturday at 11 AM against Mississippi Valley State-

https://bradleybraves.com/schedule.aspx?path=wvball

[tornado]

Bradley (7-2) VB hosting EIU (3-8 )

BU is up 17-11 in the first set

https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary

[tornado]

BU VB goes to 8-2 and hosts Omaha tonight
..more and more I get the feeling we have arrived in a new era where our athletes EXPECT to win..

[Da Coach]

Bradley volleyball sweeps Eastern Illinois 3 to 0 in their first match of their own CEFCU Classic. Bradley is now 8-2-

https://bradleybraves.com/news/2018/9/14/volleyball-braves-sweep-eastern-illinois.aspx

Bradley will play another match at 7 PM tonight against Omaha.

It's early, but Head Coach Carol Price-Torok, in her 3rd year at Bradley, appears to be doing a tremendous job. Bradley volleyball has not had a winning season since 2002, and they have averaged fewer than 3 MVC wins per year in the last last dozen years.

2018 8-2 so far
2017 10-22 (3-15 in MVC)
2016 7-22 (2-16 in MVC)
2015 6-24 (1-17 in MVC)
2014 2-26 (2-16 in MVC)
2013 13-15 (7-11 in MVC)
2012 9-20 (3-15 in MVC)
2011 12-16 (5-13 in MVC)
2010 8-23 (3-15 in MVC)
2009 9-23 (0-18 in MVC)
2008 6-26 (2-16 in MVC)
2007 3-28 (2-16 in MVC)

[Da Coach]

Bradley volleyball pulls out the 5-set victory against Omaha for their second win of the day, and move their overall record to 9-2-

https://bradleybraves.com/boxscore.aspx?id=16385&path=wvball

They play Milwaukee Saturday at 2 PM in the final match of the Bradley Cefcu Classic.

https://bradleybraves.com/schedule.aspx?path=wvball

[Da Coach]

BU volleyball wins again. They swept Milwaukee 3-0 this afternoon to go undefeated in the Bradley CEFCU Classic, and improve to 10-2 on the season-

https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary

The conference season starts next weekend with a road trip to SIU on Friday, Sept. 21, and to Missouri State on Saturday, Sept. 22.

https://bradleybraves.com/schedule.aspx?path=wvball

[tornado]

they had a nice crowd!

[tornado]

Bradley sweeps SIU on the road to go to 11-2 and 1-0 in the MVC

[Da Coach]

Nice start to the MVC season with a road win at SIU. They play again Saturday night at Missouri State, who was picked #2 in the MVC Preseason poll.

[Da Coach]

Bradley volleyball wins again.
They win at Missouri State 3-1 to improve to 12-2, 2-0. It is their first win at Missouri State since 1999!:

https://missouristatebears.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary

[Da Coach]

Bradley volleyball is now 13-2, and 3-0 in the MVC after a 3-1 win tonight over Indiana State-

https://bradleybraves.com/boxscore.aspx?id=16390&path=wvball

[tornado]

Bradley volleyball is now 13-2, and 3-0 in the MVC after a 3-1 win tonight over Indiana State-
https://bradleybraves.com/boxscore.a...90&path=wvball

Bradley VB plays again today but I want to dwell a bit on what they've accomplished so far...
and I don't follow VB much, but if they keep this up, I might just get started doing so...

Still a long way to go but they deserve some kudos for what they have accomplished to this point!
-They have won 7 in a row and are 13-2 and off to a 3-0 start in MVC play - with two of the wins over teams that were well ahead of them in the Preseason Poll

-they are drawing crowds that are unlike anything seen up on the Hilltop in many years- crowds of 400, 500, 600, and even a game well over 1000

-Already only a couple weeks into the season, Bradley players have won the MVC Player of the Week, MVC Defensive Player of the Week and MVC Freshman of the Week - and it's pretty likely it is gonna happen again this week with freshman Hannah Thompson getting an amazing 24 kills last night & libero Yavianliz Rosada digging a career high 35 digs

-this is the best start in program history since 2005 and only the 3rd time ever Bradley has started 3-0

In fact, with most of the Valley season still remaining then the tournament, Bradley already has the MOST wins they have ever had since 2005

...so, it certainly begs the question - why did Bradley wait so long to hire Carol Torok-Price??
Great job Dr. Chris Reynolds...

recall- one of Joanne Glasser's very first actions was to fire Scott Luster and bring in her own picks - she tried that TWICE and in those eight years there was zero success- an average of only 8.7 wins per season and a string of basement finishes in the MVC. I have said it before and will say it again...
I have a strong feel that we are PERMANENTLY into a NEW era of unprecedented success at Bradley across the board in Athletics...finally putting that miserable losing era behind us.
We see it in every sport... Golf, Cross Country, now VB & Basketball... and even baseball - which had a bit of success with Elvis finally having a good season in 2015, but then last year they had 32 wins and the fewest losses (19) since Dewey Kalmer's 40-16 season in 1992-93!
I have no doubt that under Dr. Chris Reynolds and the coaches he has brought in and with the atmosphere, facilities, staff, training and other things he has brought in - we will be seeing this kind of success regularly.