Bengals to Host Oregon State in Home Opener

Pocatello, ID - Idaho State Soccer has had an encouraging start to the non-conference slate, including two shutouts from Big Sky Co-Player of the Week Trinity Hale in three matches across eight days of action.

After a trio of road games in Colorado and Boise to kick off the season, the Bengals are set to return home for an evening matchup against the Oregon State Beavers on Aug. 28, at 6:00pm at Davis Field. 

The two orange and black schools are facing off for only the second time, and the first since the turn of the century, following a 0-1 barnburner favoring the Beavers in 1998.

Quick Scout - Oregon State Beavers (0-1)

• Despite three scheduled games, the Beavers are only 0-1 on the year. Their season-opening matchup against Iowa was ruled a no-contest due to a weather-related cancellation before the 70-minute mark, the minimum requirement for a match to be considered official. The other non-tallied match was an exhibition against Trinity Western

• The Beavers are also coming off of a 0-3 loss to the Montana Grizzlies in Missoula. The Griz were picked to repeat as Big Sky champions in the preseason polls.

• Despite a small sample size, Oregon State is averaging six shots per game, led offensively by senior forward McKenna Martinez, a three-time All-Pac-12 selection

• The Beavs are anchored defensively by junior goalkeeper Mya Sanchez, with 20 career saves to her name.

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Hale Storm

Redshirt freshman Trinity Hale has been a defensive anchor to begin her career, posting two shutouts in her first two career starts en route to earning Big Sky co-defensive POW honors. After the first three outings of the season, Hale has the highest save percentage (.824) in the conference and is second in both shutouts (.667) and saves (4.67) per game.

Bengal Bites

Sophomore Payton Reed recorded her first career goal in the loss to Boise State, off a header from an assist by Isabella Winton

Coming Soon

The Bengals next matches following the home opener will feature a road trip to North Dakota to face the UND Fighting Hawks in Grand Forks and the North Dakota State Bison on Sep. 6 and 8.