Spring Break
Men's soccer heads to California
Colin Huber
Issue date: 11/6/09 Section: Sports
By Colin Huber
The Daily Barometer
The Oregon State men's soccer team is on the move again. This time they are headed back down to California to challenge UCLA and San Diego State.
After a weekend split consisting of a 3-2 loss to Stanford and a 1-0 win over California, the Beavers (7-6-2, 3-4 Pac-10) have a little momentum that they hope will carry them to wins this weekend.
OSU will be taking on UCLA (9-3-2, 4-1-2 Pac-10), who was the victor 3-1 in the team's last meeting on Oct. 2, and they know they will be handling an OSU team hungry for a big win.
Statistics are not on OSU's side however, for the overall series match record is 20-4-0 in favor of the Bruins, who have also taken the last eight games from the Beavers.
The game will feature the conference's leading scorers in sophomore forward Danny Mwanga (10) for the Beavers and senior midfielder Kyle Nakazawa (9) for the Bruins.
Then later in the weekend, Oregon State will take on a San Diego State team they have beaten once before, which was an action-packed overtime match ending with a score of 2-1. The Beavers were able to overpower the Aztecs (6-4-5, 3-2-2 Pac-10) with a barrage of 17 shots on goal as compared to the four of their opponent. Mwanga was hot that day and managed to torch SDSU with the lone two goals of the contest for the Beavers.
Despite the Beavers' success against their San Diego opponent, the Aztecs are in good position to take the conference crown with wins on the weekend. They are just three points behind co-leaders UCLA and Stanford.
OSU will need to handle fourth-ranked scorer Reza Raymundo throughout the game, who has scored six goals on the season.
Coupled with two wins this weekend, the Beavers will need Washington to come out victorious against San Diego State on Friday to take over third place in the Pac-10 conference standings. However, they will also need a little help from both UCLA and Stanford, hoping they record losses in order for the Beavers to catch them.
Although it's a long shot, OSU still has a chance. The players know that their season is closing and you can bet that they want to go out in style. There is no better way out than winning.
Colin Huber, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
The Daily Barometer
The Oregon State men's soccer team is on the move again. This time they are headed back down to California to challenge UCLA and San Diego State.
After a weekend split consisting of a 3-2 loss to Stanford and a 1-0 win over California, the Beavers (7-6-2, 3-4 Pac-10) have a little momentum that they hope will carry them to wins this weekend.
OSU will be taking on UCLA (9-3-2, 4-1-2 Pac-10), who was the victor 3-1 in the team's last meeting on Oct. 2, and they know they will be handling an OSU team hungry for a big win.
Statistics are not on OSU's side however, for the overall series match record is 20-4-0 in favor of the Bruins, who have also taken the last eight games from the Beavers.
The game will feature the conference's leading scorers in sophomore forward Danny Mwanga (10) for the Beavers and senior midfielder Kyle Nakazawa (9) for the Bruins.
Then later in the weekend, Oregon State will take on a San Diego State team they have beaten once before, which was an action-packed overtime match ending with a score of 2-1. The Beavers were able to overpower the Aztecs (6-4-5, 3-2-2 Pac-10) with a barrage of 17 shots on goal as compared to the four of their opponent. Mwanga was hot that day and managed to torch SDSU with the lone two goals of the contest for the Beavers.
Despite the Beavers' success against their San Diego opponent, the Aztecs are in good position to take the conference crown with wins on the weekend. They are just three points behind co-leaders UCLA and Stanford.
OSU will need to handle fourth-ranked scorer Reza Raymundo throughout the game, who has scored six goals on the season.
Coupled with two wins this weekend, the Beavers will need Washington to come out victorious against San Diego State on Friday to take over third place in the Pac-10 conference standings. However, they will also need a little help from both UCLA and Stanford, hoping they record losses in order for the Beavers to catch them.
Although it's a long shot, OSU still has a chance. The players know that their season is closing and you can bet that they want to go out in style. There is no better way out than winning.
Colin Huber, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
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