Beavers Set for 2024 Home Debut

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Following three weeks on the road to start the 2024 campaign, the Oregon State volleyball team will open play at home with a pair before renewing the Rivalry Series. The Beavers will welcome Washington and Portland State to Gill Coliseum on Tuesday and Friday, respectively, before visiting Oregon in Eugene on Sunday.

The Matchups
September 17   Washington                  6 p.m.               ESPN+
September 20   Portland State 6 p.m. ESPN+
September 22   at Oregon                     1 p.m.               B1G+

Numbers to Know
0 – The Beavers will not play a single match outside of the Pacific Time Zone for the rest of the season.
3 – The Beavers are third in the WCC in service aces with 28, Vivian Light's 10 leads the team.
3- Three freshmen - Emma Lilo (38), Yasemin Narlioglu (83) and Alondra Paz (18) - have double-digit digs.
3- After three weeks away to start '24, the Beavers will have three home matches over the next two weeks.
5 - OSU will start a stretch of all five matches all in the Willamette Valley – all either at home, in Eugene or Portland.
32.7 – Emma Lilo is averaging 32.7 assists per match, which leads the Beavers.

The Week's Opposition
• Oregon State is no stranger to any of these three, having faced each of them twice in 2023.
• The Beavers and Huskies will meet for the 100th time on Tuesday night.
• OSU and PSU will face off for the 63rd time and for the fourth time since the 2022 season.
• On Sunday in Eugene, the Beavers and Ducks will resume the rivalry for the 136th time. Despite the lone in-season meeting, the two sides capped the preseason with a scrimmage in Gill last month.

Looking Back at Last Week
• Oregon State finished the Outrigger Invitational with an 0-2 mark, falling to Texas State in a neutral battle before dropping the road match to Hawaii.

No Place Like Home
• Oregon State will look to win its second home opener under Coach Behonick and for the seventh time in eight tries, including the abbreviated 2020-21 season. The lone loss in the stretch came in the 2021 opener.
• The Beavers swept Oklahoma (25-19, 25-22, 25-16) to open the Behonick era at Gill Coliseum.

Big Hitters
• Two newcomers - Kalli Schoening and Zaria Thornton - have made their presence known among the league and are sitting in the top 10 for hitting percentage.
• Schoening places third with a .354 clip throught 16 sets played while Thornton - a true freshman - is in seventh with .311 through 28 played.
• Oregon State is the only school in the league with multiple in the top-seven.

Beavs Against the B1G
• The Tuesday and Sunday matches will be the first against opponents from the Big Ten in three years and first two in the Behonick era.
• Since the 2014 season, the Beavers faced six others from the conference: Penn State ('21), Indiana ('19), Minnesota ('17), Nebraska ('16), Michigan ('14) and Michigan State ('14).

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
• Making an impact from the jump, Lilo has been a vital cog in the Beavers' attack.
• Her 229 assists and 8.18 assists-per-set not only leads Oregon State but is good enough for fifth in the conference in both categories.

League Honors
• Oregon State's pair of preseason WCC-honored student-athletes were Hester and Rumel
• The Beavers were picked to finish fourth in the conference by the league's coaches in the preseason poll.
• The fourth-place selection is the highest for the Beavers in the Behonick era.

The World to Corvallis
• For the second consecutive year in the Behonick era, the Beavers will have three international student-athletes.
• OSU has a pair from Turkey - Alara Doganyüz and Narlioglu - along with Iris Coba (Italy).
• Oregon State is one of five league schools with at least three international student-athletes.

OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS)

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Players Mentioned

Iris Coba

Vivian Light

Emma Lilo

Yasemin Narlioglu

Alondra Paz

Kalli Schoening

Zaria Thornton

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