SEC Soccer Players of the Week: Week 6

SEC Soccer Players of the Week: Week 6

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SEC Staff

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Offensive Player of the Week

Sage Glover  LSU
F • So. New Orleans, La.

Sage Glover scored the game-winning goal in back-to-back matches for the Tigers. She first scored the game winner to help her team take down No. 22 Georgia on the road and give LSU the 3-2 advantage in Athens. She closed the week with another goal to put the Tigers ahead of Mississippi State and earn the victory. The forward scored two goals in back-to-back matches for the Tigers and helped lead her team to victory this week. She now owns eight career goals in the Purple & Gold.

Defensive Player of the Week

Bea Franklin  Arkansas
M • Gr. Seattle, Wash.

Bea Franklin was responsible for both of Arkansas’ wins this week. On Thursday against No. 9 Alabama, Franklin netted the first goal of the match, the game-winner, and assisted on the third goal of the match and helped give Arkansas its largest win over a ranked opponent in program history. On Sunday at Texas A&M, Franklin assisted in the Hogs’ lone goal to take down the Aggies for Arkansas’ sixth straight victory over A&M.

Freshman of the Week

Kate Runyon  Tennessee
F • Fr. Westminster, Colo.

Kate Runyon logged goals in each of Tennessee’s games last week. Her first goal came in the 62nd minute in the 2-0 win over Florida when she beat two players before ripping a shot from the top of the box over the keeper’s head. She struck again at No. 7 South Carolina, taking on three defenders and blasting a shot low and past the USC keeper from 10 yards out as UT picked up a point on the road with the 1-1 draw.

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