Sydney Ash

Class:
Junior
Position:
D
Height:
5-8
Experience:
RS
Hometown:
Leesburg, Va.
High School:
Riverside
Prev. School:
Virginia Tech
Major:
General Business

2022 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Appeared in two matches … Logged 13 minutes of action.

2021 (JUNIOR): Suffered season-ending injury in preseason and was redshirted.

VIRGINIA TECH: Played two seasons as a defender at Virginia Tech ... Started eight matches with 13 total appearances between the 2019 and 2020 seasons ... Appeared in eight matches, making seven starts, for Virginia Tech in the fall of 2020 ... Helped the Hokies to a pair of clean sheets ... Registered her first collegiate assist against Miami (10/15) ... Made her collegiate debut and her first collegiate start in the Hokies' first match of 2019 against Liberty (8/22) … Appeared in five matches overall and played a total of 134 minutes … Did not attempt any shots … Missed the final five matches of the year due to injury.

CLUB/ODP: Was a member of FC Virginia DA, playing for Christian Cziommer as a left back or left midfielder, for eight seasons … Twice the club won the Virginia State Cup championship (2013 and 2014) and in 2016, the team qualified for the ECNL National Playoffs in Oceanside, California … In the summer of 2019, club team was ranked No. 1 in the nation, is the top seed for the DA playoffs and entered the postseason with a 21-2-2 record.

HIGH SCHOOL: Did not play soccer, but earned four letters playing lacrosse, and earned first team all-state, all-region, and all-district while leading the team to the 2018 state title as its captain.

PERSONAL: Daughter of William and Kristan Ash ... Born December 9, 2000 ... Has an older sister, Sofi, and a younger brother, Carter ... Father played lacrosse at Gettysburg College and mother was a two-time captain, rookie of the year, and leading goal scorer for the women’s lacrosse team at Gettysburg.