Oregon State defeated Santa Clara 6-0 in a men’s soccer match on Sunday at Paul Lorenz Field in Corvallis, Oregon. Arnau Farnos, the leading scorer in the West Coast Conference, scored twice for Oregon State, and Iker Carbonell also contributed two goals.
With this win, Oregon State improved its record to 9-3-2 overall and 5-0-2 in conference play. The team remains at the top of the league standings with 17 points, holding a one-point lead over San Diego. Santa Clara entered the match hoping to build on their recent upset against then-No. 5 Portland but struggled against Oregon State’s offense.
Oregon State began strongly, taking 14 shots in the first half and putting six on target. Farnos opened the scoring in the 17th minute with his 12th goal of the season, assisted by Fran Cortijo and Lucas Fernandez-Kim. He added a second goal from a penalty kick in the 35th minute after Cortijo was fouled by Santa Clara goalkeeper Jackson Ozburn.
Santa Clara trailed 2-0 at halftime but managed their first two shots on goal early in the second half. Oregon State extended its lead with an unassisted goal from Carbonell in the 63rd minute against Carter Tseu, who replaced Ozburn for Santa Clara after halftime. The Beavers added two more goals within seven minutes through Tate Richards and another from Carbonell. Diego Rodriguez scored Oregon State’s final goal.
Oregon State outshot Santa Clara 22-7 overall and had a 10-3 advantage in shots on target. With this result, Santa Clara now trails the all-time series against Oregon State by one win to three losses and one draw.
After the game, Santa Clara head coach Cam Rast commented: “You go and beat a ranked Portland team last weekend and people take notice that we can play tough and in big games. The issue for us today was that Oregon State came out super motivated and got after us. They just suffocated us with pressure and created chances. They were really good today. To be fair on that side, they came out with desire that we didn’t. We took a goal and couldn’t seem to create enough attack to keep them on their heels at all. At the half, we made a bunch of adjustments and created some chances but overall we didn’t bring it and weren’t good enough. It leaves us with questions on how to prepare better to play in a big game after big game and we have to be better with that.”
Santa Clara will next play LMU on Saturday at 7 p.m.
