EVANSVILLE - After earning a result on the road on Wednesday, the University of Evansville men's soccer welcomes Bradley to Arad McCutchan Stadium at 2 PM on Sunday in Evansville, Ind.
 

Evansville vs. Bradley | Sun., Oct. 9 | 2 PM
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The Aces and Braves enter the weekend still in the early portion of the Missouri Valley Conference slate, but with both looking to make moves up the table. Evansville sits in fourth in The Valley standings with four points, while the Braves are in sixth with three points. UE sits with a game in hand compared to Bradley, as well as league-leader Belmont who has eight points from four matches.

Wednesday's scoreless draw at Belmont was just the second time this season that the Aces attack has been held scoreless, but in both, Evansville has locked-down defensively, earning a shutout draw in both. On the season, UE is averaging 1.78 goals per match, a significant rise from its one goal-per-match average from a season ago. Leading that charge have been Nacho Diaz and Kai Phillip, who have combined to score 10 of the Aces 16 tallies on the season. Defensively, it was a freshman who helped aid the Aces effort in the Music City as Marc Vila made the first start of his collegiate career, seeing 90 minutes on the pitch in the tie. Previous to Wednesday's match, Vila had only played one minute on the season in a 3-0 thrashing of UIW.

Sunday's match starts a busy stretch for the Aces featuring three matches in seven days, beginning with the Bradley match, followed by a trip to face 11th-ranked Louisville on Tuesday in non-conference action on the road, and ending on Saturday back in MVC play at SIUE.
 

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