Oregon State Wraps Up 2018 Season in Eugene

Friday, November 2

Eugene, OR

6:00 PM

Oregon State

Oregon

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

October 31, 2018 | Women's Soccer

Oregon State battles Oregon in the Civil War Series on Friday at 6 p.m.

By: Athletic Communications

The Games: Oregon State women's soccer team will wrap up its 2018 season on Friday, when the Beavers hit the road for the Civil War Series at Oregon. The game will begin at 6 p.m. in Eugene.

Follow Along: Friday's game against Oregon will air live on Pac-12 Oregon, with Ann Schatz on the call. The link for live stats can be found at OSUBeavers.com. Twitter updates for all Oregon State games can be found @BeaverWSoccer.

History with the Ducks:

Oregon State has won the last two match-ups between the teams.
The overall series record is currently 13-9-4 in favor of the Beavers.
Since the Civil War series has started, the Beavers hold a 9-8-4 record over the Ducks.
Oregon State has scored 36 goals all-time against Oregon. Oregon has scored 31 vs. OSU.

Starting XI:

Toni Malone is the only Beaver that has started every game this season.
There have been 17 different starters this season creating 16 different starting lineups in 18 games.

Quick Hitters:

Oregon State has committed the 17th-most fouls in the NCAA this season, with 12.11 per game.
Oregon State ended the 2017 season with back-to-back wins over Utah and Oregon.
OSU scored 10 goals last season, the fewest total since 2014. Currently sitting with six this season.
The Beavers committed the fewest amount of fouls during the 2017 season that they have committed in the last decade.
Oregon State made the least shot attempts in the Pac-12 last season, with an average of 10.37 per match. Currently averaging 6.5 per match this season.
OSU placed 14 players on the Pac-12 All-Academic team last season, including seven players that will return to the squad this season (Fonsen, Lemmond, Nickerson, Pantuso, Santiago, Wallerich and Witherington).

The Newcomers:

The team welcomes 11 newcomers to the roster for the 2018 season, 10 freshmen and one transfer.
Eight newcomers have seen time in matches this season (Brown, Deane, Liddell, Hackbarth, Keawekane, MacDonald, Skiba and Studer).
Bridgette Skiba is third in the Pac-12 for saves with 74 as of Oct. 29.
Helena Brown recorded her first career goal as a Beaver against Gonzaga.
Sydney Studer scored her first career goal as a Beaver against California.
These 11 span from two countries (United States and Jamaica) and four different states (Oregon, California, Hawaii and Washington).

The Returners

Redshirt freshman McKenzie Weinert has scored two goals this season in back-to-back games (vs. Dartmouth - first career goal, and vs. Texas Tech).
Senior Kate Evans recorded the first goal for the Beavers off a free kick against Stony Brook.
Senior Allison Pantuso recorded her first goal of the season against California off a penalty shot.
Lindsay Lamont had a penalty shot save and a career high 12 saves against No. 1 Stanford.
Allison Pantuso returns for her senior year after leading the 2017 team in the minute's category with 1723.
The Beavers return four athletes who scored a goal last season (Leblic, Lemmond, O'Connor and Santiago).
Diana Santiago is the only returner who recorded a goal and an assist last season.

The Staff:

Head Coach Linus Rhode is entering his 11th season at the helm of the Oregon State women's soccer team.
Rhode has 88 career wins at Oregon State, which ranks first for the most wins in Oregon State history.
Prior to becoming a head coach Rhode was an assistant and associate coach for the Beavers for eight seasons.
The Beavers enter their second season with Michelle Voiland as the associate head coach after being a longtime assistant with the program.
Vanessa Valentine returns for her second season as assistant coach.

The Schedule:

Oregon State has faced seven top-25 teams and one receiving votes so far this season (as of day game was played): No. 18 Kansas (Aug. 24), No. 25 Texas Tech (Sept. 9), No. 23 Colorado (Sept. 21), No. 9 Washington State (Sept. 30), No. 1 Stanford (Oct. 7), No. 2 USC (Oct. 18), No. 9 UCLA (Oct. 21) and RV Nebraska (Aug. 26).
The Beavers took on foes from six different conferences in non-league play. OSU faced two teams from the Big 12, two from the West Coast, and one each from the ACC, Big 10, American East and Ivy League.
The Beavers will be on TV nine times this year, with their eighth Pac-12 Network appearances coming against Arizona State this weekend.

Beavs in the Pros:

Jodie Taylor currently plays for Seattle Reign FC.
Taylor recently helped Melbourne City FC win the 2017/18 Westfield W-League Championships.
She was a member of England's Euro 2017 squad, scoring the winning goal to send the Lionesses to the semi-finals.
She was recently nominated for the Best International Women's Soccer Player at the 2018 ESPYs.
Rachel Axon currently plays for Kolbotn Fotball in the Norwegian league.
Greta Espinoza plays for Tigres Femenil in Mexico.
Espinoza was a member of the Mexico National Team who recently won a gold medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Columbia.
Bella Geist was picked in the third round (29th overall) by the Portland Thorns in the 2018 draft.
Geist recently signed a contract with FFC Frankfurt in Germany.
Emma Jones recently signed a contract to play for the Linkopings FC in Sweden.
Natalie Higgins signed a contract on Sept. 16 to play for Ravenna Women in Italy.

Last Week: Oregon State vs. Arizona:

Final score: Oregon State - 0, Arizona - 3.
Four Beavers recorded at least one shot (Lemmond- 5; Brown, Santiago and Weinert- 1).
Lindsay LaMont recorded five saves.

Last Week: Oregon State vs. Arizona State:

Final score: Oregon State - 0, Arizona State - 4.
Five Beavers recorded at least one shot (Weinert- 2; Gorzynski, Lemmond, Malone and Pantuso- 1).
Bridgette Skiba recorded five saves.