Oregon State Closes Home Slate Sunday Against Arizona

THIS WEEKEND

• The Beavers will close their regular season home schedule this Sunday with a Pac-12 Conference match against Arizona at Paul Lorenz Field starting at 1:00 p.m.

A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD

• Be the 245th win in program history.

• Be the Beavers seventh win of the season and sixth win at Paul Lorenz Field.

• Be the Beavers second win in Pac-12 Conference play.

• Be the first back-to-back wins since defeating Portland and San Diego, September 16 and 18.

• Be the Beavers 11th win against Arizona, (22nd meeting).

• Be OSU's seventh win at home against Arizona, (9th time).

• Be HC Linus Rhode's fifth win over the Wildcats, (9th time).

SCOUTING THE WILD CATS

• Arizona enters Sunday's match with a 6-8-1 overall mark and 1-6 in Pac-12 action.

• The Wildcats carry a three-match skid in the Pac-12, after losing to Oregon on Thursday.

• The Wildcats started their season 5-2-1 in the non-conference schedule, including recording four shutouts.

• Since starting league play, Arizona State has struggled, scoring only five goals and shutout three times in its seven matches.

• UA is 0-2 against ranked teams so far this season, with two ranked schools left to play.

• The Wildcats carry a 3-7 record in their last 10 matches.

• Arizona holds a slight goal advantage, outscoring its opponents, 22-20 and holds them to 1.33 goals per game.

• Sophomore, Lainey Burdett has logged the majority of the time between the pipes totaling 41 saves and five shutouts.

• Senior, Paige Crouch, paces Arizona with five goals, while junior Gabi Stoian has four and also leads the team with five assists.

• HC for Arizona is Tony Amato in his 4th season and holds a 40-29-9 overall record

ARIZONA SERIES HISTORY
• Sunday's match will mark the 22nd meeting between Oregon State and Arizona.
• The series is knotted up 10-10-1 that started back in 1995.
• Both teams traded victories the first seven match, until OSU strung together a three-match streak from 2002-04.
• Following the streak, Arizona came back with a four-match winning streak to take a one-match lead in the series.
• From 2009-2012, the Beavers return the series with it's longest winning streak of the series under head coach Rhode.
• OSU's last win was in 2012 and have suffered a loss in the last three contests.
• Oregon State is 6-2-1 while playing at home—its most wins against any Pac-12 school.
• OSU's last series win was a 5-1 victory in 2012.
• The Beavers have been shutout six times in the series, including two of the last three matches.
• The Beavers saturate the series in goals, outscoring the Wildcats, 35-27.
• One goal has decided just seven of the 21 matches, with just one tie and three overtimes.

UP NEXT

• The Beavers will finish the regular season on the road as they face the Washington school next week.

• OSU will close its regular season at Oregon on Nov. 4 for the annual Civil War match.

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 Arizona.

• He carries a 78-81-20 overall record and is 29-54-6 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 on Thursday, recording its first Pac-12 victory with a 2-0 win over Arizona State at home.

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