Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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(Left) Team effort, players make good defense in order to help their goalie make a great save. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information (Above) A friendly tackle, junior Tracy Hasson shoves his opponent to try to regain possession of the ball. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information (Above) Keep it up. Senior Mason Webb takes power strides down the field to stay away from the enemy. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information Season Scores Us Them Michigan State 0 1 Wright State 2 0 UC Davis 1 3 Sacramento State 2 1 Oakland 0 1 IPFW 1 2 Northern Illinois 0 1 Loyola (Md.) 1 0 Stanford 0 4 California 0 3 Washington 2 1 UCLA 1 4 San Diego State 2 0 UCLA 1 2 San Diego State 0 3 Loyola (Marymount) 2 0 Cal State Bakersfield 4 2 Stanford 1 0 California (20T) 0 0 Washington (20T) 2 2 (Above) It's cool: I got it. Teammates remain close with an unspoken, trained understanding of what to do next to help their team. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information (Above) Head-butting the ball, junior Ryan Callahan launches it to his teammate and away from the competition. | Photo courtesy of Sports lnlorma,ion Men's Soccer 27

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(Above) Pass it back! Junior Daniel Leach gets the ball with junior Ryan Callahan coming up from midfield. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information (Above) On the receiving end. senior Alex Christensen intercepts a wayward ball. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information (Above) All together now. The team joins in a huddle to talk about their next moves, and whose mom brought snacks for after the game. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information (Right) Up high! Freshman Matt Drake makes a crazy kick bumping into his opposing player in his mid-air stunt. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information (Above) Whoa! Junior Robby Christner's effort is expressed on his face as he stretches quite impressively to save the ball. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information (Right) Don't kick me! Junior Tracy Hasson pulls off some major athletic effort in order to bump the ball away from an eager receiver on the opposing side. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information (Left) Don't even think about it! Junior Josh Cameron gets agres-sive in order to maintain possession. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information 26 Fan

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Women's soccer started out with the rigorous training of daily doubles in August before school started. Practice continued throughout the season at 8:00 in the morning for more than two hours before they would continue on to classes. Working hard was not an issue for these girls. Setting goals as a team was what was most important for this tight-knit group. In their extremely successful game over Lamar the ladies won with an 8-0 score and really managed to show off their ability to be consistent and take care of the things they needed to work on. Jodie Taylor posted her second hat trick of the season scoring in the 42nd. 81st and 84th minutes of the game. Red Nixon also scored a hat trick scoring in the 26th. 62nd and 77th minutes of the game, while Najma Homida started the scoring at the 13th minute and ended it at the 84th. The 2007 season was also a lot more about getting their forwards to score goals, it included a lot of passing and created a chance for the whole team to play better soccer in general. The team was made up of mostly sophomores, but had five seniors. Something that was a hinderance this year, however, was six different girls had knee surgeries. It played a major role in how the team worked and how the season ended on a less positive note. Despite being plagued by injuries the girls competed in most games and ranked tenth in the conference. In the last game of the season the seniors were celebrated and though spirits and confidence were high the team was unable to finish off the season with a win. They fell to No. 5 Stanford by giving away two goals. Caitlin Seeley managed fives saves in the end to keep the Beavers from fallling any further. Next season promises some very talented players and a hope that they will have a more consistent season. Story by Melissa Cady (Above) The Women's Soccer team shows off their loving, goofy side in a team photo. | Photo courtesy of Sports information. (Right) Maintaining control, senior Alison Vislay was fully involved in getting that ball where it needed to go. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information. (Left) Follow the bouncing ball. Junior. Julie Arredondo kept her focus with the ball in front of her and her opponent trying to keep up. | Photo Courtesy of Sports Information (Above) Launch it! Sophomore Najma Homidi gave the ball a good head start... away from the other team. | Photo courtesy of Sports Information