SEC Soccer Players of the Week (8/20/12)

By: SEC

Posted: Mon 10:38 AM, Aug 20, 2012

SEC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

OFFENSIVE
Amy Harrison, Tennessee
MF • 5-7 • Sr. • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Recorded eight points on the week with a pair of goals in a 4-0 victory over Samford and then added two more goals in a 4-1 win at Western Kentucky. It marked the first multi-goal outings of Harrison’s career. Her four goals on the season set a new personal single-season best and her eight points tied her single-season high.

DEFENSIVE
Tori Ball, Auburn
D • 5-11 • So. • Mobile, Ala.
A natural forward, Ball was a starting center-back for the first time in her Auburn career this past weekend when she scored a pair of goals off corner kicks in a 4-1 win over High Point. She helped Auburn allow just seven shots over two matches.

FRESHMAN
Candace Johnson, Missouri
D • 5-10 • Dallas, Texas
Johnson helped Mizzou to a 2-0 record with wins over No. 14 Memphis (5-1) and UC Santa Barbara (2-0). The Dallas, Texas, native scored Missouri’s first goal, the first of her collegiate career, in the upset of Memphis. Johnson started both games at defender and played all 90 minutes against Memphis and 70 against UCSB.

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