Spring Break
Men's soccer gets physical, wins
Oregon State men get 4-1 win to finish spring games
Terry Horstman
Issue date: 4/28/08 Section: Sports
The men's soccer team capped off a successful spring season with a convincing 4-2 victory over Trinity Western University Saturday night. The game featured physical play reminiscent of an NCAA championship game rather than a spring exhibition.
"It only takes one play to get riled up," senior midfielder Tracy Hasson said.
The physical play favored the Beavers and they took the early lead after a goal by senior forward Robby Christner. Moments later, sophomore forward Brian Ramsey added another goal to make it two to nil in favor of OSU.
The Beavers were able to keep the goose egg on the board for the rest of the half as the Oregon State defense led by seniors Tim Kelly and Daniel Leach, didn't allow Trinity a legitimate scoring chance before the intermission.
"They had lots of energy and were incredibly sharp to start, while we were the opposite." Said Trinity head coach Al Anderson of the Beavers. "We could not have played much worse in the first half."
The first half did belong to the Beavers but Trinity made a strong charge to start the second half. In the 49th minute Spartan midfielder Goran Vitic was able to knock a goal through a sea of legs to cut the Beaver lead in half. However true to form the Beavers answered back right away as Josh Cameron took advantage of a miscommunication on the Trinity defense and made it 3-1, Beavers.
After the goal swap, the game got physical. The Beavers' Colin Foster and the Spartans' Adrian Kekec both received yellow cards in a span of under five minutes. The physical play continued and Kekec was eventually tossed from the game.
The game was put out of reach as Tracy Hasson was able to get past the Spartan press and made a shot from outside the box to make it 4-1.
Hasson's speed gave the Spartan defense fits all night.
"We were able to spread them out," Hasson said. "It's a great note to end on for the summer and heading into the fall."
Fall is when the Beavers will start Pac-10 play and make a push for the NCAA tournament. The mixture of the talented level of play we've seen this spring with the senior leadership the Beavers have makes that goal appear very reachable. There are seven starting seniors for the Beavers, who are one of the more experienced teams in the Pac-10.
"I'm really excited," Robby Christner said. "We have a very senior laden team."
Terry Horstman, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
"It only takes one play to get riled up," senior midfielder Tracy Hasson said.
The physical play favored the Beavers and they took the early lead after a goal by senior forward Robby Christner. Moments later, sophomore forward Brian Ramsey added another goal to make it two to nil in favor of OSU.
The Beavers were able to keep the goose egg on the board for the rest of the half as the Oregon State defense led by seniors Tim Kelly and Daniel Leach, didn't allow Trinity a legitimate scoring chance before the intermission.
"They had lots of energy and were incredibly sharp to start, while we were the opposite." Said Trinity head coach Al Anderson of the Beavers. "We could not have played much worse in the first half."
The first half did belong to the Beavers but Trinity made a strong charge to start the second half. In the 49th minute Spartan midfielder Goran Vitic was able to knock a goal through a sea of legs to cut the Beaver lead in half. However true to form the Beavers answered back right away as Josh Cameron took advantage of a miscommunication on the Trinity defense and made it 3-1, Beavers.
After the goal swap, the game got physical. The Beavers' Colin Foster and the Spartans' Adrian Kekec both received yellow cards in a span of under five minutes. The physical play continued and Kekec was eventually tossed from the game.
The game was put out of reach as Tracy Hasson was able to get past the Spartan press and made a shot from outside the box to make it 4-1.
Hasson's speed gave the Spartan defense fits all night.
"We were able to spread them out," Hasson said. "It's a great note to end on for the summer and heading into the fall."
Fall is when the Beavers will start Pac-10 play and make a push for the NCAA tournament. The mixture of the talented level of play we've seen this spring with the senior leadership the Beavers have makes that goal appear very reachable. There are seven starting seniors for the Beavers, who are one of the more experienced teams in the Pac-10.
"I'm really excited," Robby Christner said. "We have a very senior laden team."
Terry Horstman, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
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Jim Renton
posted 4/28/08 @ 3:02 PM PST
I've seen almost every home game for the past ten years and the game was perhaps the best the Beavs have played in four year. A great game in which the Beavs dominated the defending Canadian Champs. (Continued…)
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