Paloma Peña earned her second shutout of the season versus a top-15 team last Thursday at No. 4 Tennessee. Peña earns her second Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week honor after her two shutouts in the final weekend of double league match action.
SEC Defensive Player of the Week Honors for Paloma Peña
Monday, October 20, 2025 | Soccer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Redshirt sophomore Paloma Peña (Miramar, Fla.) claims her second Southeastern Conference Defensive Soccer Player of the Week after shutouts at No. 4 Tennessee (0-0) and versus Mississippi (0-0).
This marks the fifth SEC weekly award for the Gators this season. Peña claimed her first SEC Defensive Player of the Week on September 22. A Gator picked up the SEC Freshman of the Week three times – Addy Hess (Sept. 1 and Oct. 13) and Kai Tsakiris (Sept. 29).
Other Oct. 20 SEC weekly winners include:
Offensive: Sydney Watts | Vanderbilt
Freshman: Caroline Duffy | Reagan Pentz
Quick Look at the Performance of Paloma Peña :
Florida played a league-high six SEC teams ranked among the United Soccer Coaches top-25 at time of meeting. The Gators are unbeaten in their last four top-25 matches - then No. 15 South Carolina (0-0 tie), at then No. 17 Georgia (2-2 tie), then No. 12 Mississippi State (2-1 win) and at No. 4 Tennessee (0-0).
Next Up:
The Gators closes regular-season action Sunday, Oct. 26 at LSU, a team receiving votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll. The Tigers are unbeaten their last six matches, with wins at Auburn (3-1), Missouri (1-0), Texas A&M (4-1) and at Mississippi (4-1). LSU opened league action with a tie at Vanderbilt (0-0) and also tied at then No. 17 Georgia (1-1) and yesterday at RV Kentucky (1-1). The losses came versus Alabama (2-1) and at then No. 5 Tennessee (2-1).
With one match remaining in the league's regular-season schedule, Florida's 11 points places the team 11th in the SEC standings. Two teams share 12th with eight points each – Auburn and Texas A&M. Teams will be looking for points (3 points for win; 1 point for tie) next Sunday in their regular-season finales as the top 12 teams advance to the SEC Tournament.
2025 SEC Soccer Standings
At RV LSU (9-5-3, 4-2-3 SEC)
Date: Sunday, Oct. 26
Time/Site: 3 p.m. ET at the LSU Soccer Stadium
Stream: SEC Network +
Stats
Admission: Free
This marks the fifth SEC weekly award for the Gators this season. Peña claimed her first SEC Defensive Player of the Week on September 22. A Gator picked up the SEC Freshman of the Week three times – Addy Hess (Sept. 1 and Oct. 13) and Kai Tsakiris (Sept. 29).
Other Oct. 20 SEC weekly winners include:
Offensive: Sydney Watts | Vanderbilt
Freshman: Caroline Duffy | Reagan Pentz
Quick Look at the Performance of Paloma Peña :
- Paloma Peña set her collegiate high of 11 saves in shutout at No. 4 Tennessee. That shares third on Florida's all-time saves in a match list.
- Also turned in a shutout versus Mississippi – the third complete shutout of the season and of her career.
- Two of her three shutouts came versus top 15 teams – No. 15 South Carolina and at No. 4 Tennessee
- Florida is unbeaten in the last seven matches.
Florida played a league-high six SEC teams ranked among the United Soccer Coaches top-25 at time of meeting. The Gators are unbeaten in their last four top-25 matches - then No. 15 South Carolina (0-0 tie), at then No. 17 Georgia (2-2 tie), then No. 12 Mississippi State (2-1 win) and at No. 4 Tennessee (0-0).
Next Up:
The Gators closes regular-season action Sunday, Oct. 26 at LSU, a team receiving votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll. The Tigers are unbeaten their last six matches, with wins at Auburn (3-1), Missouri (1-0), Texas A&M (4-1) and at Mississippi (4-1). LSU opened league action with a tie at Vanderbilt (0-0) and also tied at then No. 17 Georgia (1-1) and yesterday at RV Kentucky (1-1). The losses came versus Alabama (2-1) and at then No. 5 Tennessee (2-1).
With one match remaining in the league's regular-season schedule, Florida's 11 points places the team 11th in the SEC standings. Two teams share 12th with eight points each – Auburn and Texas A&M. Teams will be looking for points (3 points for win; 1 point for tie) next Sunday in their regular-season finales as the top 12 teams advance to the SEC Tournament.
2025 SEC Soccer Standings
At RV LSU (9-5-3, 4-2-3 SEC)
Date: Sunday, Oct. 26
Time/Site: 3 p.m. ET at the LSU Soccer Stadium
Stream: SEC Network +
Stats
Admission: Free
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