Beavers Remain in Corvallis for Game against Aztecs

Up Next
- The Beavers will stay at Paul Lorenz Field over the weekend to take on San Diego State to wrap up the second week of Pac-12 play
- The contest will take place on Sunday, October 8, with kickoff set for 11 a.m. PT

Follow Along
- The contest will broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks with Ann Schatz on the call
- 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 28th meeting between SDSU and Oregon State
- The Beavers are 14-9-4 all-time against the Aztecs
- OSU took the win in the second meeting of 2016 and have earned a win in four of the last five meetings with the lone draw coming in the first contest in 2016
- Oregon State has two separate three-game win streaks and three-game losing streaks against San Diego State since Steve Simmons first took over in 2009
- The Beavers are 8-6-2 against the Aztecs with 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 20-52-10 record against conference foes since 2009
- The Beavers have outscored the Aztecs 10-4 in the last five matches dating back to 2014

Scouting Report
- The Aztecs have dropped three straight against Pac-12 opponents to open conference play
- SDSU fell 5-0 to Stanford, 1-0 to California and 3-0 to Washington
- San Diego State is currently 4-7-0 in 2017 with wins over Vermont, UC Santa Barbara, Texas-Rio Grande Valley and Incarnate Word
- SDSU has been outscored 14-1 in losses but are outscoring opponents 8-2 in wins
- Senior Jeroen Meefout leads the Aztecs with 10 points behind four goals and a pair of assists, while redshirt-senior Winston Sorhaitz is the only other member with multiple goals at two
- Redshirt-senior Dallin Cutler owns three helpers on the year along with one goal for five points while 11 different Aztecs have recorded a point on the year
- Redshirt-sophomore Pablo Pelaez has taken 18 shots on the year, second only to Meefout with 20
- Redshirt-senior Adam Allmaras has started 10 games in goal for SDSU, averaging a 1.48 GAA with 30 saves for a .667 save percentage
- As a team, San Diego State has been outshot 140-91 on the year but is near-even on saves at 31 to the opposition's 30
- SDSU has taken 55 corners so far with 2017 while opponents have taken 47

Last Time Out
- The Beavers took on UCLA in the second Pac-12 match of the season and dropped a 1-0 decision to the Bruins at Paul Lorenz Field on Thursday, October 5
- OSU was forced to play a man-down for 74 minutes in the match after Jalen Markey was sent off in the 17th minute of the match
- Oregon State got six saves from Gage Rogers making his third start and one team save from Caleb Michael
- The Beavers were outshot 21-13 in the match but had chances late as Nathan Braaten's shot in the 67th minute hit off the cross bar

Super Seniors
- The senior class of Jordan Jones, Jaime Miralles, Timmy Mueller, Jalen Markey and Sam Tweeton have combined for 306 career appearances on the pitch, including Miralles' time at Vermont
- Jones has 67 appearances for OSU, followed by 63 from Mueller, 62 for Miralles (OSU and UVM), 60 for Markey and 54 for Tweeton
- Mueller and Jones have contributed the most points, as Jones has 25 goals and six assists, while Mueller owns 23 goals and eight assists for 110 total points
- Markey is the resident ironman after accumulating 5,265 minutes in his 60 career appearances and has played a full 90+ minutes in 54 games over the course of his career at OSU

Fun Facts
- 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
- 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
- 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

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
    - Alan Gordon - LA Galaxy
    - Emery Welshman - Real Salt Lake
    - Robbie Findley - Rayo OKC (NASL)
    - Danny Mwanga - Ottawa Fury (NASL)
    - Will Seymore - Whitecaps FC 2 (USL Pro)
    - Matt Bersano - Seattle Sounders FC 2 (USL)
    - Tyler Back - Rovaniemen Palloseura (Finnish Veikkausliiga)
    - Mikhail Doholis - Kitsap Pumas (PDL)

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Players Mentioned

Matthias Binder

Nathan Braaten

Joe Hafferty

Jordan Jones

Jalen Markey

Caleb Michael

Jaime Miralles

Timmy Mueller

Gage Rogers

Michael Swift

Sam Tweeton