Oregon State to Open 2018 Season Friday

Friday, August 17

Corvallis, OR

5:00 PM

Oregon State

Clemson

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

August 15, 2018 | Women's Soccer

Match Notes

Oregon State vs. Clemson - Friday - 5 p.m. - Lorenz Field

By: Athletic Communications

The Games: Oregon State opens the 2018 season this week as it plays games against Clemson and Stony Brook. The Beavers will host the Tigers at Lorenz Field at 5 p.m. on Friday, before hosting the Seawolves at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Follow Along: Friday's game will air live on Pac-12 Network and Pac-12 Oregon with Ann Schatz and Christopher Sullivan on the call. Live stats for both games can be found at OSUBeavers.com. Twitter updates for all Oregon State games can be found @BeaverWSoccer.

What's Coming Up: Oregon State will head to Lincoln, Neb. For the Nebraska Invitational where they will face Kansas (Aug. 24 at 2 p.m.) and Nebraska (Aug. 26 at 11 a.m.).

History with the Tigers: Friday will mark the first time in school history that the Beavers have faced Clemson.

History with the Seawolves: Sunday will mark the first time in school history that the Beavers have faced Stony Brook.

Game Info: All Oregon State home soccer matches are $7 for adults and $5 for youth and seniors. Season tickets can be purchased at $50 for adults and $30 for youth and seniors. A clear bag policy will also be in place. Find more information here. You can help support local youth in need by bringing a school supply item to either game this weekend for the Beavers Back to School Supply Drive. One school supply item will get you a discounted ticket into the game.

Quick Hitters:

Oregon State ended the 2018 season with back-to-back wins over Utah and Oregon.
OSU scored 10 goals last season, the fewest total since 2014.
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.
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.
These 11 span from two countries (United States and Jamaica) and four different states (Oregon, California, Hawaii and Washington).
Erica MacDonald transferred to Oregon State as a junior from Diablo Valley Junior College.
Six newcomers saw time in the exhibition match against UBC, three of whom started (Keawakane, Skiba and Studer).
Both Keawakane and Skiba saw all 90 minutes of play.

The Staff:

Head Coach Linus Rhode is entering his 11^th season at the helm of the Oregon State women's soccer team, and is looking to lead the Beavers to their fourth NCAA tournament appearances under his watch.
Rhode has 86 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:

Ten of Oregon State's 19 matches will be home games, including five of its eight nonconference contests.
The Beavers will face four ranked opponents this season, as well as four other teams that received votes from the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll.
Four of Oregon State's nonconference opponents come from power conferences.
The Beavers will take on foes from six different conferences in non-league play. OSU will face 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 eight times this year, with their Pac-12 Network debut coming on Aug. 17.

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.
Was a member of England's Euro 2017 squad, scoring the winning goal to send the Lionesses to the semi-finals.
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 the Spanish club Levante.
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 (29^th overall) by the Portland Thorns in the 2018 draft.
Emma Jones recently signed a contract to play for the Linkopings FC in Sweden.

Exhibition vs. UBC:

Oregon State hosted the University of British Columbia in an exhibition match last Friday night.
OSU held a 14-6 advantage in shots in the match.
Taylor Lemmond came off the bench and led the Beavers with four shots, two of which were on goal.
Freshman goalkeeper, Bridgette Skiba, recorded three saves in her first outing, including blocking a penalty shot in the second half.