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2018 Field Hockey

6 Sofia Palacios

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Herndon
  • Hometown Herndon, Va.

Biography

2018: Second-team All-Ivy ... Played in Penn’s last 14 games, starting the last 13 after returning from injury ... Tallied the game-winning assist in Penn’s double overtime victory at Dartmouth (Oct. 6) … Provided another assist to give the Quakers a 2-1 halftime lead at Princeton (Nov. 3).

2017: Appeared in all 17 games of the season and made 16 starts as part of Penn’s forward line… Recorded one goal and three assists for five points on the season… Tallied the game-winning score in a 1-0 shutout win over Yale (Oct. 20)… Recorded assists against Drexel (Sept. 15), Iowa (Sept. 17), and Dartmouth (Oct. 7)… Took 17 shots and placed 10 of those on goal for a 58% on goal percentage… Tied for fifth on the team with five points… Played 1,071 minutes on the field during 2017.

2016: Started in all 17 games . . . Scored seven goals and added one assist for 15 points, all career-highs . . . Scored both goals in a 6-2 loss to North Carolina (9/4) . . . Recorded her second multi-goal game of the year in a 2-1 win over Fairfield (9/16) . . . Contributed single tallies in Ivy League games against Columbia (10/14), Yale (10/22) and Princeton (11/5) . . . Recorded her lone assist in a 6-4 win over Villanova (10/25) . . . Had a career-high six shots on goal at Yale (10/22)

2015: Saw action in 11 of 16 games as a freshman … Scored her first collegiate goal on her first collegiate shot, in an Ivy League win against Yale (10/24) … Had an assist in Penn’s win over Sacred Heart (9/20).

High School: Lettered four years in field hockey, two years in soccer, and a year in tennis … Served as a team captain in field hockey … Led Herndon to a VHSL Conference 5 championships, with a 19-3 record, the first for the school in 35 years … Named First-team All-State (2014) … Named Second-team All-State (2013) … Named All-State Honorable Mention (2012) … Named First-team All-Region (2012, 2013, 2014) … Named First-team All-District (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) … Led Herndon in scoring in 2014 (24 goals, 30 assists), earning No. 1 ranking in scoring in Washington Post All-Metro … USFHA Futures (2012-15) … USFHA Futures Junior Olympic participant (2012, 2013) … NFC selection (2012-2014) … USFHA Disney Field Hockey Showcase Champions (2012) … USFHA Disney Field Hockey Showcase Runners-Up (2013) … USFHA Disney Field Hockey Showcase Bronze Medal (2013).

Personal: Daughter of Sarah Connolly and Charles Palacios ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2015Freshman

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    5'5"
    6
  • 6

    2016Sophomore

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    5'5"
    6
  • 6

    2017Junior

    F
    5'5"
    6
  • 6

    2018Senior

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    5'5"
    6