STANFORD, Calif. – Tanner Beason has been named Pac-12 Player of the Week for games from Oct. 1 – Oct. 7.
The honor is the first of Beason's career, the third of the season for the Cardinal and Stanford's 33rd all-time player of the week selection. A Stanford player has won the honor three times in the past four weeks.
The central defender collected his first career brace in No. 18 Stanford's 4-2 win at Cal on Sunday afternoon. He converted a penalty in the 33rd minute and knocked in what proved to be the winner off a Derek Waldeck corner in the 68th, the second match-deciding goal of his career.
The scores were the first two of the season for the redshirt junior co-captain, who also tops the Pac-12 with five assists.
Stanford's victory was its eighth straight over the Bears and its four goals were the most in the series since a 6-1 victory late in 2012. The Cardinal, which had scored seven goals in its first seven matches of the season, has put in 10 in its first three Pac-12 contests, surpassing the previous program record of nine (2017, 2001).
Stanford has also won nine consecutive league games, is unbeaten in its last 14 Pac-12 matches and hasn't lost on the road in conference since Nov. 2, 2015.
The Cardinal is away again this week, beginning with a game at Oregon State on Thursday at 6 p.m.
