Match 3 & 4 • Oregon State at Michigan State & Oakland • East Lansing, Mich. & Oakland, Mich. Sept. 6 & Sept. 8 Oregon State Athletic Communications Trevor Cramer • Comm. Assistant (M. Soccer) Office: 541.737.3720 | Cell: 209.918.0834 www.osubeavers.com Match 3 & 4 • Oregon State at Michigan State & Oakland • East Lansing, Mich. & Oakland, Mich. Sept. 6 & Sept. 8 2013 Results Beavers Head to Michigan for First Road Trip of 2013 Overall..................................................................2-0-0 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 - 5:00 P.M. ET Home ...................................................................2-0-0 Away ....................................................................0-0-0 OREGON STATE Pac-12 ..................................................................0-0-0 (2-0-0, 0-0-0 PAC-12) AT MICHIGAN STATE 2013 Schedule (1-0-0, 0-0-0 BIG TEN) August 30 CLEVELAND STATE ............................ W, 3-0 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2013 - 12 P.M. ET September OREGON STATE 1 UC Davis .................................................... W, 2-0 6 at Michigan State ..................................2 p.m. (2-0-0, 0-0-0 PAC-12) 8 at Oakland ..................................................9 a.m. AT OAKLAND 13 SEATTLE^ ....................................................7 P.M. 15 AIR FORCE^# ...........................................2 P.M. (0-1-1, 0-0-0 HORIZON LEAGUE) 19 at Portland ................................................. 7 p.m. LOOKING AHEAD: Oregon State (2-0-0 overall, 0-0-0 Pac-12) will hit the road for the first time 22 SAN JOSE STATE# .................................1 P.M. 27 NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN ................4 P.M. in 2013 this week for matches against Michigan State (1-0-0 overall, 0-0-0 Big Ten) and Oak- land (0-1-1 overall, 0-0-0 Horizon League). The Beavers will face the Spartans Friday at 2 p.m. October 3 at California* ............................................4 p.m. PT, before taking on the Golden Grizzlies Sunday at 9 a.m. PT. 6 at Stanford*# ..........................................3 p.m. 14 at Washington*# .................................. 7 p.m. 18 UCLA*# ..........................................................1 P.M. FOLLOW ALONG: You can find live stats links for both games on the men’s soccer schedule 20 SAN DIEGO STATE* ................................1 P.M. page of osubeavers.com. Additionally, Sunday’s game will be streamed live via the Horizon 25 at UCLA*# ..................................................6 p.m. 27 at San Diego State* ............................. 1 p.m. League Network. You can also follow Oregon State men’s soccer and head coach Steve Sim- mons on twitter at @OSUBeavers_MSOC and @CoachSimmo for Oregon State men’s soccer November 8 CALIFORNIA*# ..........................................1 P.M. updates. 10 STANFORD* ................................................1 P.M. 17 WASHINGTON*# ..................................11 A.M. The Beavers lost their only ever meeting against the Spartans, falling 1-0 21 NCAA First Round .....................................TBD SERIES HISTORIES: 24 NCAA Second Round ..............................TBD in 2007, in a game held in East Lansing, Mich. December 1 NCAA Third Round ....................................TBD The Beavers have also never defeated Oakland in two meetings with the Golden Grizzlies. Or- 7 NCAA Elite Eight .........................................TBD egon State faced Oakland in back-to-back seasons in 2007 and 2008, falling 1-0 on both oc- 13 NCAA Final Four .........................................TBD cassions. Home games are in BOLD. All times Pacific. [#/#] - Indicates national ranking (NSCAA/ SCOUTING MICHIGAN STATE: The Spartans are coming off a 4-0 win in their season-opener Soccer America) against Western Michigan last Sunday. Michigan State is ranked No. 21 in the Soccer America # Televised on the Pac-12 Networks (^) Oregon State Hensor/Zaher Nike Classic; Poll, and is receiving votes in the NSCAA Poll and the Top Drawer Soccer Rankings. The Spar- tans finished last season 12-10-1, and won the Big Ten Tournament, beating Michigan in the Pac-12 Games this Week final 2-1 in overtime. Michigan State beat Cleveland State in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tues. Santa Clara at Washington .....7:30 p.m. Tournament, before falling to Notre Dame in the second round. Dewey Lewis recorded one Thurs. California at San Francisco ............ 7 p.m. Thurs. Cal Poly at UCLA .................................... 7 p.m. goal and one assist against Western Michigan, while Adam Montague, Kevin Cope and Sean Fri. Oregon St. at Michigan St. ......2 p.m. Conerty tallied a goal apiece. The Broncos mustered just five shots in the contest, none of Fri. Portland at Washington .............7:30 p.m. Sat. UC Irvine at San Diego St. ............... 7 p.m. which were on goal. The Spartans are coached by Damon Rensing, who is in his fifth season Sat. Stanford at Santa Clara .................... 7 p.m. as Michigan State’s skipper. Rensing has amassed a record of 44-33-9 during his tenure as Sun. Oregon St. at Oakland ..............9 a.m. Spartan head coach. @CoachSimmo@OSUBeavers_MSOC 101 Match 3 & 4 • Oregon State at Michigan State & Oakland • East Lansing, Mich. & Oakland, Mich. Sept. 6 & Sept. 8 SCOUTING OAKLAND: The Golden Grizzlies opened their 2013 season with a 2-2 tie against OREGON STATE QUICK FACTS School.........................Oregon State University Pittsburgh and a 1-0 loss to Duquesne. Oakland finished last season with a record of 11-7-1, Location ..........................................Corvallis, Ore. winning the Summit League regular season title in its final season as a member of the confer- Founded ........................................................... 1868 Enrollment ................................................... 23,761 ence. The Golden Grizzlies ultimately lost to Western Illinois in the Summit League final. Joey Colors ......................................Orange and Black Tinnion and Sean Magee are responsible for the two Oakland goals so far this season. Oakland Affiliation .....................................NCAA Division I is coached by Eric Pogue, who is in his fifth year with the Golden Grizzlies. Pogue has a record of Conference ...................Pacific-12 Conference President ..................................... Dr. Edward Ray 33-36-9 during his tenure with Oakland. Athletic Director ........................Bob De Carolis Athletic Dept. Phone ..............(541) 737-2547 Ticket Office Phone .............(800) GO-BEAVS A COMPLETE 180: The Beavers held a pair of shutouts to open the regular season, keeping Home Field ..............................Paul Lorenz Field both Cleveland State and UC Davis scoreless at Paul Lorenz Field. The occasion marked the ................at Patrick Wayne Valley Stadium 20th time in Oregon State history that the Beavers have held back-to-back clean sheets, and Surface ......................................................Grass Capacity ....................................................1,500 the first time the OSU soccer team has accomplished the feat since it tied Stanford 0-0 and beat Washington 1-0 in 2008. The last time the Beavers produced two-straight shutouts in COACHING STAFF Head Coach ...............................Steve Simmons winning efforts came in 2006, when Oregon State beat UNLV and UC Davis, both by the score Tenure ........................................... fifth season of 3-0. Prior to this year, the Beavers had not held back-to-back shutouts to open the season Alma Mater ..............................Concordia ‘90 since they beat Seattle U 5-0 and Willamette 1-0 on Sept. 7 and 8, 1991. Overall, Oregon State Record at Oregon State ................ 28-37-8 Career Record .......... 151-120-24 (16 seasons) has put up three consecutive clean sheets on five occasions, but has never done it to open the E-Mail [email protected] season. Assistant Coach .......................Dustin Norman Tenure .....................................second season Alma Mater .................................Maryville ‘05 EARLY SEASON HARDWARE: The Beavers’ season-opening wins over Cleveland State and UC Telephone .............................(541) 224-1633 Davis earned Oregon State a first-place finish in the University of Portland Nike Invitational, as E-Mail [email protected] Assistant Coach ................................Terry Boss the only team to come away with two victories in the event. In addition to the team prize, the Tenure ........................................... first season Oregon State squad earned a trio of individual honors. Sophomore goalkeeper Matt Bersano Alma Mater ........................................Tulsa ‘04 E-Mail .......... [email protected] was named the tournament’s Outstanding Defensive Player, after recording 14 saves over the Volunteer Assistant Coach ...Hank Stebbins course of the two matches. Junior Khiry Shelton and senior Josh Smith earned Co-Outstanding Tenure .....................................second season Offensive Player honors. Shelton recorded one goal and one assist over the weekend, while Office Address ......................Gill Coliseum 132 .......................................... Corvallis, OR 97331 Smith scored his first career goal in Oregon State’s win over Cleveland State. TEAM INFORMATION 2012 Overall Record .................................. 6-9-3 PLAYING UNTIL THE WHISTLE: All five of the Beavers’ goals through the first two contests 2013 Overall Record