Sydney Golini Season 2024

Career Honors

• ACC All-Academic Team 2023
• Two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll

2024: Started in defense in all 18 games ... Recorded 19 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers ... Added 39 draw controls, most by a defender since 2019 ... Had two ground balls and two caused turnovers vs. VCU ... Registered three caused turnovers at Boston College ... Had two ground balls and two caused turnovers vs. Old Dominion ... Had six draw controls and two ground balls in Commonwealth Clash vs. Virginia ... Recorded five draw controls vs. Duke ... Caused two turnovers and had five draw controls at Furman ... Corralled five draw controls and one ground ball at Pitt ... Had two ground balls and two caused turnovers at Mercer ... Caused two turnovers and had two ground balls at Louisville ... Had two ground balls and one caused turnover at James Madison ... Had one ground ball and two caused turnovers at North Carolina ... Had four draw controls, one ground ball and one caused turnover vs. Louisville in opening round of ACC Tournament ... 

2023: Started all 19 contests in defense, recording 24 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers ... Secured four ground balls at Syracuse ... Registered three ground balls vs. Pitt in first round of ACC Tournament ... Had three ground balls at Mount St. Mary's ... Scooped up two ground balls and caused two turnovers at Virginia ... Recorded two ground balls and one caused turnover at Old Dominion ... Had two ground balls and one caused turnover at VCU ... Registered two ground balls and caused one turnover at Elon ... Had one ground ball in second round of ACC Tournament vs. Syracuse ... Named to ACC All-Academic Team ... 

2022: Started in all 18 games of the season on defense, securing 20 ground balls and causing 14 turnovers … Recorded a ground ball vs. Boston College in the ACC Tournament ... Secured a ground ball and caused a turnover at Coastal Carolina and vs. Duke ... Scooped up two ground balls at Boston College ... Had one ground ball in Hokies' win over Elon … Recorded one caused turnover against Syracuse … Registered three ground balls and three caused turnovers in VT’s win at Furman … Saw playing time in the Hokie wins over Winthrop and Pitt… Had three ground balls and two caused turnovers in the win vs. Notre Dame … Recorded one ground ball and three draw controls in the win against Radford … Had one ground ball and two caused turnovers at Louisville … Registered one ground ball and one caused turnover at Liberty … Recorded two ground balls and one caused turnover in the win vs. VCU … Had two caused turnovers in the win against No. 13 James Madison … Registered two ground balls at Jacksonville.

2021: Started six times in 11 games played, tallying 24 draw controls and two caused turnovers ... Corralled four or more draws in four games, including a season-high seven against Radford.

High School: Was an All-County performer for Ward Melville … Also played soccer … Played for her club the Yellow Jackets for eight years.
 
Personal: Born in Port Jefferson, New York … Birthday is February 25 … Daughter of Mike and Kerri, has one sibling Kasey … Was a student government member in high school and plans to major in political science.