CORVALLIS, Ore. – No. 5 Stanford tied with Oregon State on Sunday afternoon, 2-2. Stanford moves to 6-1-4 and 1-1-3 in Pac-12 play while the Beavers move to 4-3-3 and 1-1-2 in conference games.
“Another exciting Pac-12 game,” said The Knowles Family Director of Men’s Soccer Jeremy Gunn. “I was very pleased with our performance, I thought we had great spells in the game where we were looking really positive.”
The match began even on both ends with stout defenses and a handful of chances for each team during the opening 20 minutes. Matt Frank continued his stellar play on the year, making a spectacular save in the 24th minute to deny a point blank shot from the Beavers and keep the match scoreless.
“We created some good chances in the first half and I honestly felt we were unfortunate to not be given a penalty because it looked like we really were in on goal in a great shooting position when Liam Doyle was brought down,” explained Gunn. “Against a very good opponent like Oregon State, I felt that our team was solid defensively and was creating good chances here and there.”
The two teams entered the locker rooms for halftime in a closely contested match. During the first 45 minutes, Stanford had four total shots, three on target compared to the Beavers five total shots and one on goal.
The second half began with a bang, as Stanford jumped in front in the second half, thanks to a header goal from Mark Fisher, his first of the season. He placed home Fletcher Bank’s inch-perfect corner kick cross to put the Cardinal in front, 1-0.
“We got the go-ahead goal which…
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