Sydney Matzko

Position:
P
Height:
6-0
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Torrington, Conn.
High School:
Torrington

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.

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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 • Went 2-3 with a complete-game shutout over 30.0 innings • Posted a 4.43 ERA, allowing 40 hits and 15 walks • Captured her first victory of the season against Northwestern (2/19), tossing 2.2 shutouts innings of relief allowing just two hits and no walks • Hurled a 2-hit shutout against IUPUI with four strikeouts over five innings • Inactive beginning March 4 • 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).

Prep: 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 • Named 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: Born Sydney Amanda Matzko on Oct. 7 • Daughter of Lisa and Scott Matzko • Participates in the Richard A. Baddour Leadership Academy as a member of the Veteran Leaders program and serves as a CREED Mentor • Majoring in Exercise and Sport Science.