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Jersey Number 5
Sydney Matzko
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Bats / Throws:
- Sports Management
- Hometown:
- Torrington, Conn.
- High School:
- Torrington
- Previous School:
- North Carolina
ASUN All-Academic Team (2019)
CAREER ALL-TIME RANKINGS
Most hit batters: 1st (63)
Most saves: t-2nd (5)
Most combined shutouts: t-2nd (4)
Most strikeouts looking: 5th (67)
Most batters faced: 5th (1634)
Most shutouts: t-6th (11)
Lowest opponent batting avg.: 8th (.240)
Most games finished: t-8th (12)
Most appearances: 9th (74)
Most games started: 9th (60)
Most strikeouts: 9th (252)
SENIOR YEAR (2019)
- Made 27 starts in 37 appearances to post a 15-12 record
- Recorded a 2.53 ERA with 110 strikeouts
- Tossed 160.1 innings with four solo shutouts and two combined, while picking up three saves
- Threw 13 complete games
- Had 12 games with four or more strikeouts including a season-high seven against Charleston Southern (March 9) and at North Alabama (March 23)
- Earned a save against Northern Iowa in 1.0 innings with two hits
- Tallied her second save in a 2-1 win against Presbyterian (March 10) with no hits and a strikeout in 1.0 innings
- Surrendered just two hits, while fanning two in a complete game win against Butler (March 16)
- Helped UNF secure a spot in the ASUN tournament with a two-hit outing at Stetson (May 4) in 6.0 innings with five strikeouts
- Pushed UNF to the semifinals with six hits, three walks and three strikeouts in 4.2 innings of work at FGCU (May 10)
JUNIOR YEAR (2018)
- Had 33 starts in 37 appearances with a 12-18 record
- Posted a 2.17 ERA to rank ninth in the ASUN
- Ranked sixth in the conference with 142 strikeouts, while tossing a league-high 206.2 innings
- Led the league with 22 complete games
- Tallied seven solo shutouts and assisted in two additional shutouts
- Had 15 games with four or less hits given up
- Surrendered just four hits in a win against No. 15 Louisiana (Feb. 23)
- Struck out season-high 10 batters in 1-0 win against Butler (March 17)
AT NORTH CAROLINA
Career Honors:
2017Â ACC Academic Honor Roll
2016 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore)
- Appeared in 18 games, making seven starts
- Went 3-6 with two saves
- Registered a 2.91 ERA, allowing 18 earned runs on 52 hits and 21 walks with 28 strikeouts over 43.1 innings
- Ranked seventh in the ACC with two saves, helping UNC to break its single-season record with an ACC-best nine
- Participated in two combined shutouts, including the first four innings against Campbell.
2016 (Sophomore)
- Made eight pitching appearances, with five starts and two complete games in February before missing the remainder of the season due to injury
- Received a medical redshirt for the season.
2015 (Freshman)
- Made 30 appearances in the circle during her first year at UNC, starting 15 games
- Recorded a team-best 2.39 ERA to go along with a 14-5 record and 77 strikeouts
- Allowed just one hit over 7.1 innings pitched in an extra-innings combined shutout against Boston College (3/15).
HIGH SCHOOL
- Led Torrington to a 70-9 regular season record over her four-year career
- Registered 345 strikeouts and a .27 ERA with a 23-1 record as a junior
- Team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Named All-Copper as a freshman and earned All-NVL and all-state as a sophomore, junior, and senior
- Helped team to NVL title in 2013
- Named Bogs Scholarship Foundation Player of the Year
- Named Register Citizen’s Female Athlete of the Year
- Ranked #41 in StudentSports.com’s Top 100 Seniors
- President of the Varsity Club and member of the Ceramics Club
- Earned the Award for Academic Excellence in 2011 and 2012.Â
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Lisa and Scott Matzko
- Majoring in exercise science
UNF Softball Complex Aerial Drone
Thursday, July 06
UNF Softball Fall Ball Scrimmage
Thursday, July 06
Pre-Tournament Interivew with Coach Hickey
Thursday, July 06
Head Softball Jeff Conrad - Hiring Feature
Wednesday, July 06
