The Club Sports men’s soccer team is already looking forward to competing in the national tournament, but that didn’t stop them from taking care of business at home this weekend.
The Ducks beat the Beavers 3-2 with a game-winning goal by Ryan Rose in the last five minutes.
Oregon took an early lead, but Oregon State answered almost immediately. When Oregon scored again in the first half, it was not long before the Beavers had managed to tie it up once more and keep it tied for most of the rest of the game.
With about five minutes remaining in the game, Rose managed to put away the winning goal and the men held on to win, leaving them undefeated, with a 3-0-1 record.
“We’ve been playing really well lately,” said team coordinator Matt Tassos.
It was Oregon’s second win over the Beavers this year. The Ducks have also been victorious against Western Oregon, and their only tie came against Lane Community College. They play at Western Oregon on Saturday and return home to play Lane at 11 a.m. Sunday on the turf field next to the Student Recreation Center.
The team will travel to nationals at the University of Alabama on Nov. 14.
“We took second at nationals last year, and are going to be very competitive again this year,” Tassos said.
Crew teams surpass
expectations
The Oregon Club Sports crew teams participated in the 13th annual Portland Loop Regatta last weekend, with mixed results.
The women’s four-person boat took home second place behind the Oregon State varsity team. The Oregon men’s four-person team also captured second place, falling to Pacific Lutheran.
The other Oregon team, the women’s varsity eight-person boat, placed fourth, exceeding
expectations.
“We represented well in the last race and expect to do it again,” crew coordinator Erin Koenig said.
The regatta was a seven-kilometer head race — where the boats start staggered, one after the other — for junior, masters, and collegiate teams rowing one-person sculls, and four- and eight-person boats. The course ran down the Willamette River and ended at Oaks Park.
The next crew appearance will be at the “Head of the Lake” on Lake Union in Seattle.
Walker Hanlon and Edith Sumaquial
are freelance reporters for the Emerald.