Box Score

Oregon State 3, California Poly 1 Spanos Stadium - San Luis Obispo, Calif. Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012 FINAL STATS

Senior midfielder Megan Miller scored her first goal of the season and now has a team-leading six points on the season. The Beavers would score two more goals and cruise to a 3-1 victory over Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Sunday afternoon.

Game Summary 1st 2nd Final  Oregon State (6-1-0) 3 0 3  California Poly  (3-3-1) 0 1 1  Scoring Team Time Score  Scorer (Assist) OSU 12:53  1-0 Miller OSU 18:33  2-0 Drobney (Freud) OSU   30:39  3-0 Richardson (Frued) CPU  81:36  3-1  Krieghoff (Lacaster)  Goalkeepers Min GA SVS OSU Bernier-Larose (3-1-0) 90 1 2 CPU Giannetti (3-3-1) 90 3 6  Stats at a Glance OSU Cal Poly  Shots 11 5  Shots on Goal 3 9  Saves 2 6  Offsides 2 0  Corner Kicks 1 2  Fouls 9 11  Yellow Cards 0 2  Red Cards 0 0   Tweet

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif – Led by junior Jenna Richardson’s second goal in as many matches, the Oregon State women’s soccer team cruised past the Cal Poly Mustangs 3-1, Sunday in San Luis Obispo. Richardson’s score came after teammates Megan Miller and Jacy Drobney’s goals and put the finishing touches on the Beavers’ two-point victory. The win improved Oregon State to 6-1-0 on the season and gave the school it’s first ever win against Cal Poly in program history. The loss dropped the Mustangs’ record to an even 3-3-1 on the year.

The Beavers struck first, when in the 13^th minute Miller was able get a rebound off of a Richardson shot and put the ball past Mustang goal keeper Alyssa Giannetti, to make it 1-0 OSU.  For the senior midfielder, the goal was her first of the season and gave her a team-leading six points to go along with her team-high four assists.

That 1-0 lead would be extended when just five and a half minutes later, Drobney picked up her second goal of the season as she took a pass from senior Justyne Freud and put the ball in the net. It was a comfortable 2-0 lead in the 19^th minute for Drobney, Freud and the rest of the Beavers, and goalie Audrey Bernier-Larose would make sure that margin stuck. The junior goal keeper faced a total of two-shots in the first half, making one save and preserving her team’s lead, heading into the half.

Richardson, wanting to get in on the scoring festivities, converted on her second goal of the season as she took a pass by Freud (already with one assist on the afternoon) and powered it into the goal past Giannetti for the commanding 3-0 Oregon State lead. For the junior midfielder, the goal was her second in as many matches and gave her a total of four points on the season, which is the third highest on the team. The Surrey, B.C. native did all her damage in her first three matches of the season after missing her team’s first four contests, playing in Japan for Team Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.

Richardson and her mates headed into the locker room with that three-goal lead and it would stand for the better part of the second half, until Cal Poly got on the board with a goal from forward Elise Kreighoff in the 82^nd minute to make it 3-1 OSU. The goal was only the third Bernier-Larose had given up all season and it would be the only one of the match as the Beavers held on for the two-goal victory.

The win was also a historic one for head coach Linus Rhode as it was his 55^th career victory as OSU coach. That moved him into sole possession of second place on the all-time list, passing Tom Rowney (1992-97) who has 54.

Oregon State now has a handful of days to rest before they begin a weekend home stand against Gonzaga and Seattle during the Oregon State Nike Invitational. Both matches will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks, with Friday’s match-up scheduled for a 4 p.m. kick-off and Sunday’s at 12 p.m.

POST MATCH QUOTES
Head Coach Linus Rhode
On the victory…
“I think today we played a more complete game than we have during the last few games. Defensively and offensively things are starting to come together, so I am very happy with that.”

On the play of junior forward Jenna Richardson…
“Jenna has become comfortable real quick but with our group she’s been welcomed because she is understanding of our tactics and adapting well to what we are trying to do. She is a definite goal scorer and we got her the ball at the right parts of the field and she scored the goal.”

On his team’s offensive attack…
“I think the biggest thing on offense today was that we took care of the ball much better, which allowed us to get out into attacking shape. That got our strikers in positions where they had the opportunity to put the ball in the back of the net.”

Junior Midfielder Jenna Richardson
On her scoring her second goal of the season is as many matches…
“The flow of the team is still pretty much the same as I remember so it doesn’t take that long (to get adjusted). We are working really hard at keeping the ball and taking quality chances, so being able to put one away in each game is surprising but also almost comforting to know that it’s still possible.”

On how the goal was set-up…
“It came in on a cross and there was kind of a huge round of people just scrambling in the box, so I turned around and fired it at the goal.”

POST MATCH NOTES
--Linus Rhode won his 55^th match as Oregon State women's soccer coach, putting him in sole possession of second place on the all-time program list… He passes former coach Tom Rowney (1992-97), who has 54.
--Jenna Richardson now has 19-goals for her career and moves into sole possession for ninth place on the OSU all-time list, just one behind Lindy Brown (1995-98), who has 20.
--Freshman defender Laura Rayfield made her first collegiate start after seeing her first minutes on the pitch last match vs. UC Santa Barbara.
--Freshman defender Val Margerum made her second straight appearance as a substitute for OSU, after making her collegiate debut last match vs. UCSB.

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