I want to take a moment and acknowledge Slocum and her contributions this year. You could argue that this is still very much Mikayla Pivec’s team, and that Aleah Goodman has taken over games to lead the Beavers as well, but Slocum is exactly what Oregon State needed this year to come this far.
And in regards to the subhead, don’t worry. There’s only a small contingent of fans I want to call out, but I’ll get to that later.
With the upcoming NCAA tournament game against Boise State on our minds, it’s worth taking a moment to think about how we got here.