Oregon State Closes Homestand against No. 6 Stanford

GAME 15
Oregon State (5-9-0, 2-4-0 Pac-12) vs [6/10] Stanford (11-2-1, 5-0-1 Pac-12) | Sunday, October 22, 2017 | 1 p.m. PT

Up Next
- The Beavers will wrap up the weekend homestand with the second round of action against No. 6 Stanford
- The contest will take place on Sunday, October 22, with kickoff at 1 p.m. PT

Follow Along
- Live stats are available on the men's soccer schedule page on OSUBeavers.com
- Live Twitter updates will be available @BeaverMSoccer

Series Histories
- This will be the 86th meeting between Oregon State and Stanford
- The Beavers are 6-74-5 all-time against the Cardinal following a 1-0 loss on The Farm on October 15
- OSU has suffered 10 straight losses to Stanford dating back to 2012
- The Beavers are 1-15-1 against the Cardinal with Steve Simmons as the bench boss

Simmons vs. the Pac-12
- This will be the ninth year Coach Simmons has taken on the Pac-12
- Simmons owns a 22-54-10 record against conference foes since 2009

Scouting Report
- The Cardinal moved up to the sixth spot in the United Soccer Coaches poll after defeating Oregon State (1-0) and playing No. 19 Washington to a 1-1 draw last week
- Stanford extended its unbeaten streak to six matches after besting No. 21 Washington 2-1 on Thursday, October 19
- Junior Amir Basthi and senior Foster Langsdorf found the back of the net for the Cardinal as both scored in the first 13 minutes of the game
- Washington evened the score at 1-1 in the 10th minute before Langsdorf's game-winner
- Langsdorf leads the team and the Pac-12 with 21 points on nine goals and three assists
- Seniors Drew Skundrich and Corey Baird both have 10 points on the season to aid Langsdorf
- Skundrich owns four goals and a pair of helpers while Baird has two goals and four assists in 2017
- Bashti has found the back of the net four times during the season and has added one assist for nine total points
- In total, nine different members of the Cardinal have tallied a goal on the year, with senior Tomas Hilliard-Arce and redshirt-sophomore Tanner Beason as the other two with multiple goals behind three and two, respectively
- Redshirt-senior Nico Corti has started all 14 games for Stanford, accumulating 1,270 minutes for an 11-2-1 record
- Corti has allowed eight goals for a 0.57 GAA behind 37 saves and a .822 save percentage and seven shutouts
- Stanford continues to outshoot opponents 231 to 127 with 88 coming on goal to opponent's 46

Last Time Out
- The Beavers scored a home upset over No. 17 California in overtime, 2-1
- Jaime Miralles opened the scoring after converting a misplay from the Bears in the 10th minute, taking the feed from Don Tchilao and burying a shot from 15 yards out
- Cal evened the count at 1-1 in the 68th minute on a penalty kick from Jose Carerra-Garcia
- Both sides played even into the extra period before OSU drew a foul on the right wing outside the box in the 97th minute
- Mitch Hammer took the set piece and curled the finisher into the box that was originally deflected by keeper Drake Callender before Dotson put the rebound into the goal

Super Seniors
- The senior class of Jordan Jones, Jaime Miralles, Timmy Mueller, Jalen Markey and Sam Tweeton have combined for 322 career appearances on the pitch, including Miralles' time at Vermont
- Jones has 71 appearances for OSU, followed by 66 from Miralles (OSU and UVM), 63 for Mueller, 63 for Markey and 58 for Tweeton
- Mueller and Jones have contributed the most points, as Jones has 26 goals and six assists, while Mueller owns 23 goals and eight assists for 112 total points
- Markey is the resident ironman after accumulating 5,535 minutes in his 63 career appearances and has played a full 90+ minutes in 57 games over the course of his career at OSU

First Impressions
- Seniors Jordan Jones and Timmy Mueller, along with freshman Joe Hafferty, are the only active Beavers whose first career goal came as game-winners
- Hafferty fired off the final goal in a 3-2 win over UC Riverside on Sept. 3
- Jones buried the first goal of a 2-0 win over UW-Milwaukee on Sept. 5, 2014, while Mueller made a splash with the second goal of a 3-1 win over Evansville on Aug. 29, 2014

Keep It Clean
- Gage Rogers became the first true freshman since 2014 to post a clean sheet in his first career start in the 2-0 win over [17/-] Pacific on Sept. 22
- Nolan Wirth was the last true freshman to accomplish the feat, doing so in a 1-0 win over UCF on Aug. 31, 2014 and needing only two saves
- Pablo Gatinois became the second Oregon State true freshman in 2017 to post a clean sheet in his first career start
- It is the first time OSU has had two different true freshmen post a shutout in their first career start in the same season during Simmons' tenure

Before We Get Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
- The decision over Pacific on Sept. 22 was the second win in 2017 over a ranked opponent prior to the start of the Pac-12 schedule
- OSU last defeated two ranked opponents before the start of conference play in 2004, besting No. 21 Rhode Island (3-0) and No. 25 St. Bonaventure (2-1, OT) during the campaign

Beware of No. 17 in 2017
- Oregon State has faced three opponents ranked at No. 17 in either the United Soccer Coaches' or Top Drawer Soccer polls
- OSU is 3-0 in games against opponents ranked 17th in either poll in 2017
- The Beavers defeated [-/17] UNLV on Aug. 28 to close the Annual Hensor/Zaher Nike Classic at 1-0 in overtime thanks to Jordan Jones
- Oregon State defeated [17/-] Pacific on Sept. 22 thanks to the one-two punch of Jones and Nathan Braaten for a 2-0 decision
- OSU bested [17/-] California on Oct. 19 in extra time after Hassani Dotson converted a set piece from Mitch Hammer in overtime for the 2-1 victory

Transfer Market
- Oregon State has had success with transfers over the last few seasons
- Miralles played a big role for the Beavers in 2016 as he tallied one goal and four helpers.
- Matthias Binder is a fresh transfer for 2017 as he made 35 appearances for UW-Milwaukee in two years and posted two goals and four assists in over 2,600 minutes
- Michael Swift is another new transfer, coming from Clemson where he made 17 appearances as a freshman for the Tigers in 2016

Beavers in the Pros
- Oregon State has produced a number of outstanding professional players in recent seasons
- Danny Mwanga was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 MLS Draft, before Khiry Shelton was selected second overall in 2016
- The list of current Beavers in the pros:
   - Khiry Shelton - New York City FC (MLS)
   - Alan Gordon - Colorado Rapids (MLS)
   - Matt Bersano - San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
   - Emery Welshman - Puerto Rico FC (NASL)
   - Will Seymore - Whitecaps FC 2 (USL Pro)
- List of former Beavers in the pros and their most recent club:
   - Robbie Findley - Rayo OKC (NASL)
   - Danny Mwanga - Ottawa Fury (NASL)
- Tyler Back - Rovaniemen Palloseura (Finnish Veikkausliiga)
- Mikhail Doholis - Kitsap Pumas (PDL)

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Players Mentioned

Matthias Binder

Nathan Braaten

Hassani Dotson

Pablo Gatinois

Joe Hafferty

Mitch Hammer

Jordan Jones

Jalen Markey

Jaime Miralles

Timmy Mueller

Gage Rogers

Michael Swift

Don Tchilao

Sam Tweeton