Oregon State
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No. 14 Beavers Hitting Road for Two Big Matchups
August 26, 2025 | Men's Soccer
THE GAMES: The No. 14 Oregon State men's soccer team will carry a 2-0 record into a pair of marquee road matches this week. The Beavers will face Notre Dame on Thursday, before taking on No. 7 Indiana on Sunday.
FOLLOW ALONG: Thurday's game will be carried live on ACC Network Extra, while Sunday's game will air on Big 10+.
UP NEXT: The Beavers will return home on Sept. 4 to take on Cal State Fullerton. That contest will mark OSU's lone home contest in the month of September.
Quick Hitters:
- The Beavers swept the West Coast Conference weekly awards for the first week of the regular season, as Fabian Straudi was named the Offensive Player of the Week and Iker Carbonell Garcia was selected as Defensive Player of the Week.
- Carbonell Garcia was also selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week. The right back leads the nation in total assists.
- As a team, Oregon State ranks third nationally in total assists.
- The Beavers' five goals have been scored by five different players.
- Oregon State was picked to finish second in the WCC Preseason poll, receiving one first-place vote.
- Arnau Farnos and Fabian Straudi both received Preseason All-WCC recognition
- Farnos was also selected as a United Soccer Coaches' Midfielder to Watch for the 2025 campaign
- Straudi is currently tied for fourth on Oregon State's career assists list with 17. Fran Cortijo need three more assists to crack the Beavers' top-10, after he missed the bulk of the 2024 campaign due to injury. The full career assists list can be found in the left column.
- Oregon State's squad features 11 newcomers this season.
- Thirteen Beavers have been selected in the last eight MLS SuperDrafts, including six selections over the last two years.
- Arnau Farnos was chosen by New York City FC in the third round of the 2025 Draft, but opted to return to the Beavers for the fall season. NYCFC will retain Farnos' MLS rights next season.
- Oregon State's players represent seven different countries (United States, Spain, Uganda, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Trinidad and Tobago)
- Oregon State has just one scheduled home game in the month of September
- The Beavers have made five-straight NCAA Tournaments
The Staff:
- Jarred Brookins took over as Wicks-Street Oregon State head men's soccer coach this winter. Brookins served as an assistant for the Beavers during the 2023-24 seasons, helping the team to two of the most successful campaigns in program history, including the team's first ever College Cup run in his debut season with the squad.
- Prior to Oregon State, Brookins also served as an assistant at Davidson and Mercer.
- Judy and Jim Street made a leadership gift to the OSU Foundation in November that created a permanent endowment for the Oregon State Wicks-Street Head Men's Soccer Coach.
- Adrian Molina-Diaz was promoted to the role of assistant coach this season.
- Matt Bersano joined the Oregon State staff this summer, following a nine-year professional career - primarily in MLS. Bersano played goalkeeper at Oregon State from 2011-14.
- Alex Suprise joined the Beavers' staff this spring, coming to Corvallis from St. Bonaventure.
The Matchups:
- Oregon State is 0-3-0 all-time against Notre Dame.
- The Beavers and Irish last met in the 2023 College Cup, with Notre Dame claiming a 1-0 win. Current Beavers Fran Cortijo, Arnau Farnos, Andrew De Gannes and Jacob Zapien all started that match, while Fabian Straudi played three minutes off the bench.
- Oregon State's last visit to South Bend was a 1-0 defeat in the 2012 season.
- The Beavers are 0-2-1 all-time against Indiana. The teams have not met since the 2012 season.
- Oregon State last visited Bloomington in 2004.
- The Beavers are unbeaten in their last three games against Big 10 opponents with wins over Washington and Michigan State.
