STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford junior forward Corey Baird was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for games from Oct. 10 to Oct. 16 the conference announced Tuesday.
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The honor is the third of Baird's career, the second of the season for the Cardinal and Stanford 26th all-time player of the week selection.
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Stanford scored six combined goals in its two wins over then-No. 25 San Diego State and then-No. 17 UCLA and Baird had a direct hand in three of them, tallying his first three assists of the season.
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The junior, who was second in the country in assists as a sophomore, set up Foster Langsdorf and Tomas Hilliard-Arce in the Cardinal's 3-1 victory over the Aztecs on Thursday. On Sunday, his assist of Sam Werner's goal in the 66th minute started a 15-minute barrage that propelled Stanford to a 3-0 win over the Bruins.
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Baird now has 20 assists in 55 career matches, a total which is ninth in program history. He is also tied for 12th among active NCAA players in that category.
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After starting the year 0-1-3, Stanford has gone 8-1-0 in its last nine games and outscored its opponents 21-5. The Cardinal is a perfect 5-0 in conference, has scored nine times and allowed just one goal.
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Baird's other Pac-12 weekly honors came on Nov. 3 and Nov. 10, 2014.
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No. 12 Stanford is in Southern California for its next two matches. The Cardinal plays at San Diego State on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. and is at No. 24 UCLA on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 5 p.m. The game in Westwood will be televised on Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Bay Area and Pac-12 Los Angeles with Christian Miles and Cobi Jones on the call.
Baird Selected Pac-12 POW
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