Florida Soccer's Tahnai Annis Picks Up a Pair of Honors Monday
Monday, August 23, 2010 | Soccer
A pair of goals on Sunday night against UCF led to Tahnai Annis' (Zanesville, Ohio/Pickerington North H.S.) selection as the first Southeastern Conference Offensive Soccer Player of the Week and to the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week.
This is the second time Annis has picked up the SEC Offensive Player of the Week as she claimed it once in 2009. She twice received the SEC Freshman of the Week in 2008. Annis is making her first appearance on the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week.
| TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week – 8/23/10 |
SEC Players of the Week – 8/23/10 |
| F - Kate Allen - Northwestern | Offensive - Tahnai Annis, Florida |
| M - Tahnai Annis, Florida | Defensive – Mollie Patton, South Carolina |
| F - Addie Eggleston - LSU | Freshman – Addie Eggleston, LSU |
| F - Jessica Fuston - Texas Tech | |
| F - Meghan Lenczyk - Virginia | |
| F - Sydney Leroux - UCLA | |
| D - Brittiny Rhoades, South Carolina | |
| F - Heidi Sabatura - Villanova | |
| F - Nichole Schiro, Loyola (MD) | |
| D - Jessica Schuveiller, Notre Dame | |
| GK - Kelsey Wys, Florida State |
Annis' first score of the match came off a heads up play in the box in the 48th minute. Jazmyne Avant served the ball into the box where UCF's Marissa Diggs headed the ball down. The ball bounced in the box where Annis put it in at the near post from eight yards out.
Annis then added her second goal of the game less than five minutes later. McKenzie Barney got the ball to Erika Tymrak about 10 yards above the box. Tymrak brought the ball down and sent a slow roller into the box. Annis slide and was able to get her foot on the ball just in front of a pair of two Golden Knight defenders to score from 10 yards at the far post.
Through the first weekend of the season, Annis leads the team in goals (2) and points (4) and is tied for second on the team in shots (6) with Lindsay Thompson, trailing Taylor Travis' 8.
Next up, Florida returns to Gainesville to begin a three-match home stand. The home stand begins when Florida Atlantic comes to the James G. Pressly Stadium for a Friday, Aug. 27 match. Match time is set for 6 p.m. and admission is free for all Gator soccer regular-season matches. Florida continues its home action on Sunday, Aug. 29 at 1:30 p.m. for its first meeting with San Diego State. The Aztecs are the defending Mountain West Conference champions, as it posted an overall record of 15-4-5 and 5-0-2 in MWC play.
Both matches can be heard on WRUF AM 850, by simulcast on Cox Channel 946 (Gainesville/Ocala) or on www.GatorZone.com with Adam Schick and Matthew Stubbington covering the action.
Live, streaming video of both matches is available on GatorVision Online – check out the GatorVision on www.GatorZone.com for complete information.
