The No. 12 Florida soccer team begins its final full week of Southeastern Conference action Thursday when it visits Western Division leader Louisiana State at 8 p.m. Every SEC team will play a home and an away match during this final full week of league action. Florida returns home to play host to Arkansas for its final home appearance on Sunday.
Florida (12-2-2, 6-1-1 SEC) used a pair of goals in each half to post a 4-0 win over LSU (6-6-4, 3-2-3 SEC) when the teams met in Gainesville in 2009. McKenzie Barney scored the first and final goals of the match, with Sarah Chapman and Brooke Thigpen also turning in goals.
Three different Gators contributed the six goals scored in Florida’s two home wins versus SEC Eastern Division rivals last weekend. Florida opened the weekend Friday with a 4-2 win over Tennessee. Gator juniors Tahnai Annis and Lindsay Thompson each turned in their fourth career double-goal matches. Annis now leads the SEC with 10 goals this season. In Sunday’s 2-1 overtime win versus No. 21 Georgia, the Gators trailed in the opening half for the first time this season after the Bulldogs scored in the 12th minute. Sophomore Erika Tymrak provided the tying goal in the 82nd minute and then hit a 23-yard golden goal strike in the 97th minute.
Tymrak and Thompson each picked up weekly honors on Monday as Tymrak was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week and Thompson is part of the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week.
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
EASTERN DIVISION SEC (Pts)/Overall
(13) Florida 6-1-1 (19)/12-2-2
(14) South Carolina 6-1-1 (19)/12-3-2
(21) Georgia 4-1-3 (15)/9-3-4
Tennessee 4-3-1 (13)/7-8-1
Vanderbilt 3-3-2 (11)/7-7-2
Kentucky 2-4-2 (8)/8-6-2
WESTERN DIVISION SEC/Overall
Louisiana State 3-2-3 (12)/6-6-4
Alabama 3-3-2 (11)/8-5-2
Auburn 3-3-2 (11)/9-5-2
Arkansas 2-4-2 (8)/5-8-3
Mississippi 1-4-3 (6)/5-8-4
Mississippi State 0-8-0 (0)/7-10-0
SCHEDULE
Thursday / Oct. 21
Florida at Louisiana State, 8 p.m.
Georgia at Alabama, 8 p.m.
South Carolina at Arkansas, 8 p.m.
Tennessee at Auburn, 8 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 8 p.m.
Kentucky at Mississippi, 8 p.m.
Sunday / Oct. 24
Arkansas at Florida, 1:30 p.m.
Louisiana State at South Carolina, 1 p.m. (ESPNU)
Auburn at Georgia, 1 p.m. (FSN)
Alabama at Tennessee, 2 p.m. (CSS)
Mississippi State at Kentucky, 2:30 p.m.
Mississippi at Vanderbilt, 3 p.m.
Friday / Oct. 29
Florida at South Carolina, 7 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Kentucky, 7 p.m. (FSN)
Georgia at Tennessee, 7 p.m.
Arkansas at Louisiana State, 8 p.m.
Mississippi at Mississippi State, 8 p.m.
Alabama at Auburn, 8 p.m.
SEC WOMEN’S SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Orange Beach (Ala.) Sportsplex / Nov. 3-7, 2010
Wednesday / Nov. 3
Match 1: No. 7 seed vs. No. 2 seed, 1 p.m.
Match 2: No. 6 seed vs. No. 3 seed, 3:30 p.m.
Match 3: No. 8 seed vs. No. 1 seed (SEC Champion), 6 p.m.
Match 4: No. 5 seed vs. No. 4 seed, 8:30 p.m.
Friday / Nov. 5
Match 5: Match 1 winner vs. Match 2 winner, 6 p.m.
Match 6: Match 3 winner vs. Match 4 winner, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday / Nov. 7
Match 7: Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner, 3 p.m. (ESPNU) (Winner is SEC Tournament champion and NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier)
Current seedings: 1. South Carolina 6-1-1, 19 points, +17 goal differential in all conference games, 22 goals scored in all conference games; 2. Florida 6-1-1, 19 points, +15, 21; 3. Georgia 4-1-3, 15 points, +5, 8; 4. Tennessee 4-3-1, 13 points, +1, 11; 5. Louisiana State 3-2-3, 12 points, +4, 10; 6. Auburn 3-3-2, 11 points, 0, 12; 7. Alabama 3-3-2, 11 points, 0, 9; 8. Vanderbilt 3-3-2, 11 points, 0, 6. (Out of tournament) 9. Arkansas 2-4-2, 8 points, +2, 15; 10. Kentucky 2-4-2, 8 points, -6, 7; 11. Mississippi 1-4-3, 6 points, -9, 7; 12. Mississippi State 0-8-0, 0 points, -29, 4.
RANKINGS
For the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division I poll, click below:
http://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-soccer/division_i1.html
For the latest Soccer America poll, click below:
http://www.socceramerica.com/article/40019/soccer-america-womens-top-25.html
For the latest Top Drawer poll, click below:
http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer/college-soccer-tournament-ranking/women
For the latest Soccer Times poll, click below:
http://www.soccertimes.com/ncaa/top25/women.htm
For the latest 2010 RPI rankings, click below:
http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2010WSOrpi1.html