Beavers head north, Face Washington State Thursday

Thursday, October 27

Pullman, Wash.

7:00 PM

Oregon State

Washington State

October 25, 2016 | Women's Soccer

Match Notes Match Notes

By: Jeff Schmidt

THIS WEEK
• The Beavers will travel north this week to face Washington State on Thursday night starting at 7:00 p.m.
• The match will be broadcast on Pac-12 Networks with Troy Clardy and Aly Wagner serving as talent.

A WIN ON THURSDAY WOULD
• Be the 245th win in program history.
• Be the Beavers seventh win of the season and second win away from Paul Lorenz Field.
• Be the Beavers second win in Pac-12 Conference play.
• Be the first win since defeating Michigan State on Sept. 9.
• Be the Beavers first Pac-12 road win of the season.
• Be OSU's first Pac-12 road win since defeating Washington State on Oct. 18, 2013.
• Be the 11th win against Washington State, (27th meeting).
• Be OSU's seventh win at Washington State, (14th time).
• Be HC Linus Rhode's fifth win over the Cougars, (9th time).

SCOUTING THE COUGARS
• WSU enters Thursday's match with a 6-9-1 overall mark and 1-7 in Pac-12 action.
• The Cougars' lone win was to Arizona State on Oct. 9, which snapped a four-match slide in its Pac-12 schedule.
• The Cougars started their season 5-2-1 in the non-conference schedule, including three shutouts.
• Since starting loop play, WSU has struggled, scoring only four goals and have been shutout five times in its eight matches.
• WSU is 1-5 against ranked teams this season.
• The Cougars carry a 3-7 record in their last 10 matches.
• WSU's opponents hold a slight goal advantage, outscoring the Cougars 19-18 and holding them to 1.12 goals per game.
• Redshirt sophomore Ella Dederick has logged the majority of the time between the pipes, totaling 51 saves and two shutouts.
• Freshman Morgan Weaver paces WSU with eight goals-ranks tied for sixth in the Pac-12. Senior Kaitlyn Johnson leads the team with five assists and ranks tied for eighth in the league.
• HC for Washington State is Todd Shulenderger in his 2nd season and holds a 20-15-1 overall record.

WASHINGTON STATE SERIES HISTORY
• Thursday's match will mark the 27th meeting between Oregon State and Washington State.
• WSU holds a slight advantage in the series, with a 13-10-3 record in a run that started back in 1988.
• The series has been fairly even, with WSU stringing together the most consecutive wins with three victories from 1996-98 and again from 2005-2007.
• Oregon State is 6-5-2 while playing at Washington State—its most wins on the road against any Pac-12 school.
• OSU has dropped the last two matches, which were played in Corvallis, but picked up its last win in Pullman with a 1-0 victory in the 2013 season, (OSU's last Pac-12 road win).
• The Beavers have been shutout nine times and have dealt out five in the series.
• The series is nearly even in goals, with the Cougars holding a 31-30 advantage over the Beavers.
• One goal has decided 19 of the 26 matches, with three ties and six overtimes.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will face the Washington Huskies on Sunday starting at 3 p.m., on the Pac-12 Networks.

FOLLOW THE RHODE
• OSU head coach Linus Rhode is in his ninth season.
• He has guided the Beavers to three NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Sweet-16 run in 2009.
• He is 4-4 all-time against Washington State.
• He carries a 78-82-20 overall record and is 29-55-6 in Pac-12 matches.

ROSTER BREAKDOWN
• OSU head coach Linus Rhode welcomed 12 players that started a match and 15 letterwinners back from the 2015-16 season.
• The squad also welcomed six newcomers to start their careers at Oregon State.
• The Beavers have 26 student-athletes on the roster, including 10-of-13 players that appeared in all-19 or 18 matches last year.
• Of the 26 SA's on this year's roster, three started every match last year.

LAST WEEK
• Oregon State continued Pac-12 action last Thursday, recording its first Pac-12 victory with a 2-0 win over Arizona State at home.
• The Beavers recorded a split on the weekend, falling to Arizona on Sunday, 3-0.

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