Oregon State Opens Conference Play at Home

The Games: Oregon State women's soccer team (1-7-0) opens up Pac-12 play on Friday against No. 23 Colorado (8-0-1). The match is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. on Lorenz Field.

Follow Along: The match will be air on the Pac12 Network, Pac-12 Mountain and Pac-12 Oregon with Ann Schatz and Temryss Lane on the call. Both live stats and the link for the live stream for the game can be found at OSUBeavers.com. Twitter updates for all Oregon State games can be found @BeaverWSoccer

What's Coming Up: Oregon State will travel north to take on Washington (Sept. 27 at 7 p.m.) and Washington State (Sept. 30 at 12 p.m.)

Tickets: Oregon State is selling tickets for men's and women's soccer this season. Single game tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children/seniors. As a ticketed event, Oregon State soccer is now subject to the athletic department's Clear Bag Policy.

History with the Buffalo:

Colorado currently holds a two-game winning streak over Oregon State.
Oregon State last won in 2015 when the current senior class were freshmen.

Starting XI:

The Beavers have had five athletes start every game this season (Fonsen, Malone, Pantuso, Skiba and Studer).
Two of these starters are freshmen (Skiba and Studer).

Quick Hitters:

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.
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 7.8 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.
Seven newcomers have seen time in the first eight matches of the season (Brown, Liddell, Hackbarth, Keawekane, MacDonald, Skiba and Studer).
Bridgette Skiba leads the team in minutes played with 727. Sydney Studer follows with 710.
Bridgette Skiba leads the Pac-12 with 42 saves on the season as of Sept. 17.
Helena Brown recorded her first career goal as a Beaver against Gonzaga.
Junior transfer Erica MacDonald made her OSU debut against Portland.
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 in the 2018 season off a free kick against Stony Brook.
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 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 87 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 preseason ranked opponents this season, as well as four other teams that received votes from the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll.
Oregon State has faced two top-25 teams so far this season (No. 18 Kansas and No. 25 Texas Tech).
Four of Oregon State's nonconference opponents came 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 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.
Natalie Higgins signed a contract on Sept. 16 to play for Ravenna Women in Italy.

Last Week: Oregon State vs. Portland:

Final Score: Oregon State – 0, Portland – 3.
Toni Malone and McKenzie Weinert both recorded a shot for the Beavers.
Bridgette Skiba recorded seven saves in the goal.

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Players Mentioned

Helena Brown

Greta Espinoza

Kate Evans

Bella Geist

Natalie Higgins

Emma Jones

Toni Malone

Allison Pantuso

Diana Santiago

Bridgette Skiba

Sydney Studer

McKenzie Weinert

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