PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley Softball makes the trek to Springfield, Mo., for the second time in a two-week stretch with the Braves opening action at the 2022 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Thursday morning with an 11 a.m. second-round contest at Missouri State's Killian Stadium.
The #5 seed for the MVC Tournament, Bradley (25-25 overall, 13-14 MVC) will square off with the winner of Wednesday's 11 a.m. opening-round game between #8 seed Loyola (16-29 overall, 10-17 MVC) and #9 seed Evansville (24-26 overall, 9-18 MVC) Thursday morning. The winner of the second-round game will move on to face #4 seed Drake (20-28 overall, 14-12 MVC) later that afternoon in a 4 p.