Oregon State Hosts Washington for Senior Day

GAME 18 | Oregon State (6-11-0, 3-6-0 Pac-12) vs. [20/24] Washington (12-5-1, 5-3-1 Pac-12) | Thursday, November 9, 2017 | 2 p.m. PT

Up Next
- The Beavers will host [20/24] Washington for Senior Day to close out the 2017 season
- The contest will take place on Thursday, November 9, with kickoff at 2 p.m. PT

Follow Along
- The contest will broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks with Rich Burk and Kelly Gray 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 49th meeting between Oregon State and Washington
- The Beavers are 13-32-3 all-time against the Huskies after UW took a 2-1 decision on Oct. 1 to open up Pac-12 play
- Don Tchilao recorded the lone goal for OSU in the loss while Jordan Jones had a pair of brilliant bicycle kicks carom off the frame of the goal
- The Beavers are 5-11-1 against the Huskies 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 23-56-10 record against conference foes since 2009

Scouting Report
- The Huskies have won three in a row to move to 5-3-1 in Pac-12 play
- UW defeated No. 17 Cal, 3-0, before edging out San Diego State and UCLA in back-to-back 1-0 decisions
- Sophomore Handwalla Bwana leads Washington with 18 points on six goals and six helpers
- Redshirt-junior Scott Menzies is close behind with 16 points behind a team-leading seven goals and a pair of assists
- Freshman Blake Bodily is the other Husky with double-digit points, owning 13 on three goals and a team-best seven assists
- 11 Huskies in total have potted a goal in 2017, with sophomore Elijah Rice and redshirt-junior Kyle Coffee both owning four
- Redshirt-sophomore Joey Parish owns three goals, junior Quentin Pearson and redshirt-junior Luke Hauswirth both own two, while junior Corban Anderson, sophomore Jaret Townsend and redshirt-sophomore Ryan DeGroot all own one
- Redshirt-sophomore Saif Kerawala has made 17 appearances in the box for Washington, amassing an 11-5-1 record on 1,534 minutes
- Kerawala has made 43 saves on a 0.88 goals allowed average for a .741 save percentage
- As a team, Washington has outshot opponents 259 to 189 over the course of the season
- The Huskies have nine clean sheets on the year, with four coming in Pac-12 play
- UW has taken more corners than the opposition in 2017, 118 to 76, along with an advantage in shots on goal at 114 to 64

Last Time Out
- The Beavers put away SDSU for the final road match of 2017 at 4-2
- Tchilao recorded a brace after tallying the second and fourth goals of the match
- Jones got the scoring started in the 16th minute after taking a cross from classmate Timmy Mueller
- Tchilao added his first goal of the game in the 42nd minute after taking the ball away from SDSU
- Hafferty tallied his second goal of the year in the 57th minute before Tchilao added the insurance goal in the 62nd minute

Super Seniors
- The senior class of Jordan Jones, Jaime Miralles, Timmy Mueller, Jalen Markey and Sam Tweeton have combined for 336 career appearances on the pitch, including Miralles' time at Vermont
- Jones has 74 appearances for OSU, followed by 69 from Miralles (OSU and UVM), 66 for Mueller, 66 for Markey and 61 for Tweeton
- Mueller and Jones have contributed the most points, as Jones has 27 goals and six assists, while Mueller owns 23 goals and nine assists for 115 total points
- Markey is the resident ironman after accumulating 5,811 minutes in his 66 career appearances and has played a full 90+ minutes in 60 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 repeat the feat
- 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 four 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 at Paul Lorenz field
- 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

Brace for Impact
- Don Tchilao tallied two goals in OSU's 4-2 win over San Diego State on Oct. 29
- It was the first brace for Oregon State since Nov. 3, 2016, when Jordan Jones put away two (including the golden goal) in a 3-2 overtime win, also against the Aztecs

Transfer Market
- Oregon State has had success with transfers over the last few seasons
- 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