A successful and thrilling season for Oregon State men’s soccer came to a bitter end Thursday night in Corvallis, as an extra-time goal by Washington eliminated the Beavers, 3-2, in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The Huskies advanced to the second round with a golden goal in the 104th minute by Richie Aman, which he was able to flick past a host of OSU defenders as it deflected across the face of goal and in.

The Beavers finish 10-5-2 on the season with the loss.

OSU did lead in the early going: a fourth-minute strike from outside the box by Fran Cortijo made it 1-0.

Arnau Farnos, the West Coast Conference player of the year, crossed the ball to the edge of the box and found the left foot of Cortijo, who rifled it off the underside of the crossbar and into the back of the ne

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