Oregon State loses junior guard Talia von Oelhoffen to the transfer portal, more expected to follow

Oregon State guard Talia von Oelhoffen (22) drives against South Carolina guard Tessa Johnson (5) during the third quarter of an Elite Eight round college basketball game during the NCAA Tournament, Sunday, March 31, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Oregon State barely returned from its women’s NCAA Tournament Elite Eight run when the transfer portal began to take a bite out of the Beavers program.

Junior guard Talia von Oelhoffen announced Tuesday that she’s entering the transfer portal. Von Oelhoffen is expected to be the first of several Oregon State players to head to the portal, a source with knowledge told The Oregonian/OregonLive.

Oregon State’s 2023-24 season ended Sunday with a 70-58 loss to No. 1 South Carolina in the Albany 1 Regional championship game.

Von Oelhoffen, a 5-foot-11 guard who finished her fourth year in the program, has one year of eligibility remaining. During her 105-game OSU career, von Oelhoffen averaged 12.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists. This season von Oelhoffen started all 35 games, averaging 10.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.0 assists. Von Oelhoffen said in her social media post that she will leave Oregon State with a degree.

The loss of von Oelhoffen, and others who are expected, is a blow to a team that was set to contend for an NCAA championship run next season if it retained this year’s roster. Oregon State didn’t have a senior on a team that won 27 games, earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and reached the Elite Eight for the third time in school history.

-- Nick Daschel covers Oregon State athletics, in particular football and basketball, and can be reached at 360-607-4824, ndaschel@oregonian.com or @nickdaschel.

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