PEORIA, Ill. – The Drake University softball team closes the 2021 regular season at Bradley Saturday and Sunday in a key three-game Missouri Valley Conference series. Saturday's doubleheader starts at noon and both games will be streamed on ESPN3. Sunday's finale is an 11 a.m. first pitch.
Drake (17-27, 11-12 MVC) and Bradley (17-20, 10-14 MVC) along with Evansville (23-19, 11-12 MVC) and Indiana State (18-25, 11-13 MVC) are battling for the fifth and sixth seeds for next week's MVC Tournament held May 12-15 at Cooper Stadium in Evansville, Ind. The fifth and sixth seeds avoid the first day of the tournament and will start play May 13 at 10 a.