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2019 Women's Soccer

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5 Emily Sands

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Westtown School
  • Hometown West Chester, Pa.

Biography

2016: 16 played/15 started, 4 goals, 6 assists, 14 points
2017: 16 played/14 started, 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 points
2018: 16 played/13 started, 8 goals, 2 assists, 18 points
2019: 15 played/15 started, 4 goals, 5 assists, 13 points
Career: 63 played/57 started, 17 goals, 14 assists, 48 points

Finished with 48 total points, tied for the 10th most in program history … Her 14 career assists rank her tied for eighth in program history.

2019: Started in 15 of Penn’s 16 games, stepping aside only for Delaware State … Led the Red and Blue with 13 points on four goals and five assists and two game-winning goals … Opened her scoring account with the match’s first goal against Towson in a 2-0 win … The goal against the Tigers marked the first of five consecutive games with points … After Towson, assisted on Penn’s lone goal in a double-overtime draw against Fairfield and then on the game-winning goal against Mount St. Mary’s, both to Breukelen Woodard … Racked up seven points in a two-game span, scoring twice against Bucknell to win 2-0 before burying one goal and assisting on another against Loyola in a 4-0 win, capping her 11 points in a five-game stretch … Assisted on goals against Temple and Cornell down the stretch to raise her season total to 13 points … Led Penn with 43 shots and 21 shot on goal.

2018: First-team All-Ivy selection … Appeared in all 16 games, making 13 starts, each of the final 13 games to end the year … Finished with a team-high eight goals and a pair of assists for a team-high 18 points … Seven of her eight goals resulted in match winners, tied for the third most in the country … two-time Ivy League Player of the Week (10/8, 10/22) … Scored her first goal of the season in just the second game, a 1-0 win over Army (8/26) … The Army goal was one of two penalties earned all season … in a 4-2 road win at Navy (9/9), scored the game winner and added an assist … In the very next game, at home to UMBC (9/14), assisted on one goal in a 2-0 win … Followed that with the game’s only goal at Towson (9/16) … Scored in three consecutive games – all game winners – at Cornell (9/29), vs. Columbia (10/5) and at Lehigh (10/8) to earn Player of the Week honors for the first time of her career… Her game winner at Lehigh came with just 52 seconds left in the second overtime … Against Columbia and Lehigh, it was the game’s only goal … Scored twice at Yale (10/20) to propel Penn to a 2-1 win … Pushed Penn ahead 1-0 in the 49th minute and then hammered home the winner in the 81st minute to earn Player of the Week honors a second time … Recorded 44 shots, putting 19 on goal for the 2018 Ivy League champions.

2017: Appeared in all 16 matches in her second season, making 14 starts ... Netted the game-winning goal in Penn's 2-0 win over Delaware State (10/2) ... Assisted on Allie Trzaska's equalizer at Drexel (9/14) for her lone assist ... Led the team in shots (39) and shots on goal (15) ... Had a season-high two shots on goal on six separate occasions ... Recorded a season-high seven shots in Penn's draw against Cornell (9/29).

2016: First-team All-Ivy … Played in all 16 matches as a freshman, starting all but the season opener against Maryland (8/28) … Played a total of 1,184 minutes of match action, fifth among field players … Three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week … Tied for the team lead in points (14) and assists (6), tied for second on the team in goals (4) … Had a team-high 42 shots, 20 on goal … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week after scoring the only goal in a 1-0 Ivy League road win at Yale (10/22) … Also earned the honor after scoring the tying goal in a 1-1 draw at Princeton (11/5) … Other goals came against Robert Morris (9/4) and Delaware (9/11), also had an assist against the Blue Hens … Assisted only goal in a 1-1 Ivy road draw with Dartmouth (10/15) … Other assists came against Lafayette (9/9), Cornell (9/30), American (10/4) and Army West Point (10/24).

High School: Four-time letter winner in soccer at Westtown School … Two-time captain … Holds school record for career goals (66) and goals in a season (26, set as a senior) … Friends School League MVP as a senior … Four-time Friends School League first-team selection … Two-time Chester County All-Area pick … Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association (PSCA) All-State and All-Southeastern PA selection as a senior … Club team is Penn Fusion Soccer Academy, which has advanced to ECNL Champions League Playoffs each of the last three years … Also lettered in track & field at Westtown … Part of school-record 4x800 relay team and won a PAISAA state title in that event in 2013 … Academic Distinction … Bronze medal on National Spanish Exam in 2013 … Scholar-Athlete Award … Peer tutor.

Personal: Daughter of Sarah and David Sands … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Junior

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    2019Senior

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