Beavers Slated to Face UNC in Quarterfinals

THE GAMES: The Oregon State men's soccer team headed to the Quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday, as the Beavers will take on 3-seed North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

FOLLOW ALONG: The game will air live on ESPN+.

UP NEXT: Should the Beavers advance beyond Saturday, they would head to the College Cup for the first time in program history. OSU would face either Indiana or Notre Dame in the Semi-Finals.

Pac-12 Awards:
- Logan Farrington was named Pac-12 Player of the Year. 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 six NCAA Tournament games over the past five seasons.
- The Beavers have matched their deepest ever run in the NCAA Tournament, and have won more games in this postseason than any squad in program history.
- Saturday's 7-1 win over SMU matched the highest score by a Pac-12 team in tournament play, tying the 2002 UCLA squad that defeated Penn State 7-1.
- The Beavers have out-scored their opponents 12-2 in their three Tournament wins.

Quick Hitters:
- The Beavers are ranked No. 4 in this week's Top Drawer Soccer rankings
- 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.
- Farrington is third in the nation and first in the Pac-12 with 15 goals this season. The forward is also closing in on a number of Oregon State and Pac-12 records. More on that can be found on the next page.
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 70 career starts, and is currently eighth in program history for most 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.

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Players Mentioned

Javier Armas

Luis Castillo

Arnau Farnos

Logan Farrington

Joran Gerbet

Adrian Molina-Diaz

Ellis Spikner

Dante Williams