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University of North Florida Athletics

2019 Softball Roster

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Todd Drexler
Todd Drexler
Todd Drexler

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

Biography

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:

2017 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. 


PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Lisa and Scott Matzko
  • Majoring in exercise science

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2018Redshirt Junior

    Pitcher
    6'0"
    5
  • 5

    2019Redshirt Senior

    Pitcher
    6'0"
    5