Beavers Return Home For CSU Bakersfield, UC Davis

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's soccer team will return home this week for a pair of matchups against California foes. CSU Bakersfield will visit Lorenz Field on Friday, before No. 17 UC Davis comes to Corvallis on Monday. Both games will be played at 7 p.m.

FOLLOW ALONG: Live stats will be available for both games at OSUBeavers.com, and you can follow every Oregon State men's soccer game live on Twitter, @BeaverMSoccer.

TICKETS: Oregon State is selling tickets for men's and women's soccer this season. Season tickets are available for $50 for adults and $30 for youth/seniors. Single game tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children/seniors. As a ticketed event, Oregon State soccer is now subject to the athletic department's Clear Bag Policy.

Dandy Don:
- Senior Don Tchilao is this week's Pac-12 Player of the Week, after scoring a goal and recording an assist in the Beavers' win over Sacramento State.
- Tchilao was named to the All-Pac-12 Preseason Team
- Tchilao also made the All-Pac-12 Second Team last season
- Tchilao leads all Oregon State players with 10 career goals, including two already this season. Overall, the forward has played in 55 career matches.

Quick Hitters:
- Kolade Salaudeen was named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week last week.
- Oregon State has held opponents scoreless for 282 consecutive minutes, dating back to the eighth-minute goal the Beavers allowed vs. Sacramento State. Since then, OSU has held back-to-back clean sheets, including a 110 minute shutout against Xavier.
- The Beavers are 28th in the nation in corner kicks per game, taking an average of 6.5 per contest.
- The Beavers' 2018 squad features 14 international players, by far the highest total in the Pac-12. UCLA sits second with seven international players, followed by San Diego State with four.
- Oregon State won the Northwest Cup during its spring exhibition season, earning wins over Portland and Gonzaga at Portland's Merlo Field.
- Senior Nathan Braaten has proven to be a force in the classroom, earning Academic All-America Second Team recognition last season. The finance major has also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors twice in his career, as well as a pair of Pac-12 All-Academic First Team nods.
- Adrian Fernandez is 12th in the nation with two shutouts on the season.

Bench Boss:
- 2018 marks the first season for head coach Terry Boss, who joins the Beavers after spending the prior four seasons as an assistant coach/associate head coach at Virginia.
- Boss is a native of Philomath, Ore., a town of 4,584 people located approximately five miles west of Lorenz Field.
- Boss played professionally as a goalkeeper for seven seasons, including four seasons in Major League Soccer with the New York Red Bulls and Seattle Sounders FC.
- The goalkeeper also saw time with the Puerto Rican national team, earning seven caps.
- Terry's brother Kevin Boss spent six seasons as a tight end in the NFL, winning a Super Bowl with the New York Giants in the 2007 season.

The Staff:
- Oregon State's coaching staff features three coaches who have won an NCAA national title. Boss was an assistant coach on Virginia's 2014 championship team. OSU assistant coach Ryan Zinkhan was a forward on that 2014 Virginia squad, while Beaver associate head coach BJ Craig won the 2013 title as part of Notre Dame's coaching staff.
- Craig spent 10 years on the Notre Dame coaching staff, putting together a record of 122-55-35 during that time.
- Zinkhan played in 78 career games for Virginia, including a pair of runs to the Final Four of the College Cup.
- Clint Long was a goalkeeper at Oregon State, before transfering to CSU Stanislaus, where he earned several conference and national awards.

In the Pac:
- Oregon State leads all Pac-12 teams in shots taken this season with 61, nine ahead of second-place Washington.
- Three Beavers sit in the top five in the conference in shots taken, with Gloire Amanda leading the Pac-12 with 17. Eric Diaz is fourth with 12, while Don Tchilao sits sixth with 10.

New Faces:
- Oregon State's 2018 roster features 21 newcomers, including 15 freshmen.
- Thirteen of the Beavers' newcomers hail from outside of the United States, with that group representing six different countries: Canada, England, Spain, Nigeria, France and Germany.

Dam Worth It
- Nathan Braaten was intrumental in starting the Dam Worth It program at Oregon State. The program, which was spearheaded by Braaten along with former OSU gymnast Taylor Ricci, was designed for student-athletes in order to decrease the stigma surrounding mental health through education and awareness.
- Dam Worth It won the Giant Steps Award for Civic Leaders. The Giant Steps Awards are given out annually by the Institute for Sport and Social Justice.
- Braaten and Ricci also received Oregon State's Waldo-Cummings Award, which is the most prestigious honor bestowed by the University's Faculty Senate Student Recognition and Awards Committee.

The Schedule:
- Six of Oregon State's eight nonconference matches will be home games, including the first three contests of the year.
- The Beavers' eight nonconference opponents represent seven different conferences (ACC, Big West, Big East, Big 10, WAC, Patriot League, WCC).
- Ten of Oregon State's games this year will come against opponents who are currently either ranked or receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches' Poll.

Vs. CSU Bakersfield:
- Oregon State is 2-3-0 all-time against CSU Bakersfield, and the two sides have not met since 2011.
- Danny Mwanga scored two goals in the Beavers' last win over the Roadrunners, back in 2009.

Vs. UC Davis:
- Oregon State is 3-2-2 vs. UC Davis, with the last meeting coming in 2013.
- The Beavers topped the Aggies in their last meeting, with Khiry Shelton and Alex Eckerson finding the net.

In the Pros:
Below is a list of former Beavers currently playing professionally:
   - Alan Gordon - Chicago Fire (MLS)
   - Khiry Shelton - Sporting KC (MLS)
   - Matt Bersano - San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
   - David Norman Jr. - Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
   - Will Seymore - FC Cincinnati (USL)
   - Jordan Jones - Rio Grande Valley FC Toros (USL)
   - Emery Welshman - FC Cincinnati (USL)

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Players Mentioned

Gloire Amanda

Nathan Braaten

Eric Diaz

Adrian Fernandez

Jordan Jones

Kolade Salaudeen

Don Tchilao