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Tahnai Annis is SEC Offensive Player
of the Week
 A
late goal in each of the University of Florida's road matches last weekend
led to
Tahnai Annis’ (Zanesville, Ohio/Pickerington North H.S.) selection
as the Southeastern Conference Offensive Soccer Player of the Week, the
league office announced Monday afternoon.
This is her first
league honor of the year as she twice received the SEC Freshman of the Week
in 2008. Two other Gators have picked up the SEC Freshman of the Week honor
earlier this season – Brooke Thigpen (Sept. 14) and Erika Tymrak
(Oct. 12).
The SEC Freshman of
the Week is a forward/midfielder for Florida's opponent Thursday - Carlie
Banks of LSU. Mississippi goalkeeper Alley Ronaldi is the SEC Defensive
Player of the Week.
Annis scored goals in
the 86th minute of each of Florida's two matches last weekend. With the
Gators trailing at Tennessee 2-1, Annis just beat her defender to tuck the
ball in at the far post corner to tie the match, which eventually ended at
2-2 2OT. Annis again provided late dramatics on Sunday, heading in the only
goal of the match at No. 23 Georgia to give UF a 1-0 win.
Annis is now in a
three-way tie for second among the Gators with five goals and is tied for
third in both assists (3) and points (13). She's provided most of her
scoring during the league season, as she leads UF in SEC matches with four
goals and is tied for first with 10 points.
The Gators play host to No. 16 LSU (10-3-3,
6-1-1 SEC) on Thursday, Oct. 22. Match time is set for 7 p.m. (ET) at the
James G. Pressly Stadium. The Tigers shares the SEC lead with South Carolina
at 19 points, while Florida is third with 17. Teams receive three points for
a win and one point for a tie in the league standings.
Thursday is Florida’s first cancer
awareness match and the Gators will wear
pink uniforms. The first 1,000 fans receive
pink t-shirts, compliments of SUN
Sports.
The match can be heard live with Adam
Schick and Matthew Stubbington calling the action on AM 850 WRUF or via
simulcast on Gainesville/Ocala Cox Cable channel 946 and
www.GatorZone.com.
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