Beavers Headed North to Take on Pilots in Round Two

THE GAMES: The Oregon State men's soccer team will hit the road this weekend to take on 11-seed Portland in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The game will take place Sunday at 5 p.m. PT.

FOLLOW ALONG: Sunday's game will air live on ESPN+.

UP NEXT: Should the Beavers advance beyond Sunday, they would face either Denver or SMU in the quarterfinal round.

Pac-12 Awards:
Logan Farrington was named Pac-12 Player of the Year on Tuesday. He is Oregon State's fifth all-time Pac-12 Player of the Year and the program's third straight (Danny Mwanga – 2009, Khiry Shelton – 2014, Sofiane Djeffal – 2021, Joran Gerbet – 2022).
Farrington was also named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, and was selected to the All-Pac-12 First Team. He was joined by fellow All-Pac-12 honorees Javier Armas (1st Team), Luis Castillo (1st Team), Ellis Spikner (2nd Team), Arnau Farnos (Honorable Mention) and Dante Williams (Honorable Mention).

NCAA Tournament:
- This is the fourth-straight season, and the fifth time in the last six years that the Beavers have made the NCAA Tournament.
- The Beavers have won four NCAA Tournament games over the past five seasons.
- Oregon State opened the tournament with a 2-1 overtime win over Seattle U on Thursday.

Quick Hitters:
- Oregon State earned a landmark victory earlier this season, taking down No. 1 Stanford on the road.
- The Beavers have beaten the No. 1 team in the nation in three-straight seasons with all three of those occurences happening on the road.
- Oregon State has also recorded ranked results with a win over then-No. 22 Washington and a tie against then-No. 22 San Diego State
- Farrington is 22nd in the nation and first in the Pac-12 with 11 goals this season
- Oregon State set a program record with six draws last season, the first season in which the NCAA removed overtime for regular season games.
- The Beavers welcomed in 15 newcomers this offseason
- Javier Armas has made 68 career starts, and needs one more appearance in the first XI to crack the top-10 in Oregon State history for games started.
- Seven Oregon State players have been selected in the last five MLS SuperDrafts
- Five Beavers are currently on active MLS rosters - Khiry Shelton (Sporting KC), Tsiki Ntsabeleng (FC Dallas), Sofiane Djeffal (Austin FC), Hassani Dotson (Minnesota United), Matt Bersano (Austin FC).
- Other Beavers currently in the pro ranks include: Tyrone Mondi (Real Monarchs), Joe Hafferty (Austin FC II - team captain), Gloire Amanda (Vancouver Whitecaps II), Will Seymore (New Mexico United)

The Coaches:
- Oregon State head coach Greg Dalby joins the Beavers for his first season as head coach.
- Dalby spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach at Penn State, and before that worked at Notre Dame and Davidson.
- Dalby was an All-American and MAC Hermann semifinalist at Notre Dame during his playing career, and played professionally in MLS and the Belgian Premiere League.
- - Sergi Nus returns for his second season with the Beavers, and is the only returning member of the staff.
- Jarred Brookins is in his first year with OSU, after joining the team from Davidson.
- Former Oregon State players Evan Munn (Assistant Coach - Goalkeepers) and Adrian Molina-Diaz (Graduate Assistant Coach) also joined the OSU staff this summer.

The Matchup:
- Oregon State made the trip to Merlo field earlier this season, with the Pilots taking a 2-1 victory.
- The Beavers and Pilots have met three times in the postseason, including last season.

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Players Mentioned

Javier Armas

Luis Castillo

Arnau Farnos

Logan Farrington

Joran Gerbet

Adrian Molina-Diaz

Ellis Spikner

Dante Williams