<p><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong>MORTON, Ill. --</strong> Exhibition games provide coaches an opportunity to evaluate their complete rosters and Bradley head coach Jim DeRose got that opportunity Tuesday night when the #25 Braves hosted Dayton at McClallen Park.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">The evaluation came in a losing effort, however, as the veteran Flyers used a pair of goals midway through the second half to pull away for a 3-1 road win.&nbsp; Evan McCreary scored the game's first goal in the 17th minute, then tacked on the capper in the 67th minute to lead the Dayton effort.&nbsp; Greg Enstone earned the game-winning tally by finishing off his run through the box to push Dayton ahead, 2-1, in the 59th minute.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Bradley bounced back from McCreary's first goal by netting the equalizer just 59 seconds later when Wojciech Wojcik scored in traffic off a feed from Tapiwa Machingauta in the 18th minute.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Dayton finished the night with a 14-12 advantage in shots and limited the Braves to just three shots on goal.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Bradley played without juniors Jason Coon, Ross Williams and Scott Davis, while junior goalkeeper Brian Billings, who was named the preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference goalkeeper earlier in the day, played only the first half.&nbsp; In place of the veterans, 10 of Bradley's 11 freshmen saw action among the 21 Braves to hit the field.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Bradley will open the 2012 regular season with four consecutive home games, beginning Aug. 24 when former Valley rival Eastern Illinois visits for a 6 p.m. kickoff at Shea Stadium.&nbsp; The opening weekend will conclude with a visit from Western Michigan Aug. 26.</span></p>