2016 Field Hockey Roster
Roster
Sally Olson
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Lenape Valley Regional
- Hometown:
- Sparta, N.J.
Career: One-time Second Team All-Patriot League (2018) ... played in 69 games, including 25 starts ... finished with 14 points on four goals and six assists ... one-time Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week ... two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... two-time NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.
2018 (Senior): Second Team All-Patriot League ... started all 18 games ... finished with nine points on three goals and three assists ... tallied three defensive saves ... named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week (9/17) after registering an assist and leading the defensive effort in a 6-0 shutout at Colgate ... finished with a goal and an assist on Senior Day, a 3-2 win over Appalachian State ... scored a goal in a 3-1 win at Holy Cross and in a 4-1 win over Lafayette ... tallied an assist in a 3-2 win over Lock Haven ... recorded a defensive save in a 5-0 win over Cornell and in a 2-1 loss at Longwood ... had a defensive save in overtime in an eventual 1-0 loss to American ... earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and on the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.
2017 (Junior): Played in all 20 games ... finished with five points on one goal and three assists ... scored in an 8-0 win over LIU Brooklyn ... registered an assist in a 4-1 win over Colgate and a 3-2 win over Yale, as well as a loss to Drexel ... earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and on the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.
2016 (Sophomore): Played in all 18 games ... helped the Bison record a league-best six shutouts ... registered a shot on goal in a game against No. 15 Princeton.
2015 (Freshman): Appeared in 13 games, making seven starts ... registered nine shots on the season, including two on goal in a 4-1 win over Yale ... started and made her postseason debut in a semifinal game at Boston University.
High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner in field hockey, swimming and lacrosse … two-year captain at Lenape Valley Regional … two-time All-New Jersey … two-time All-West Jersey … four-time NJAC All-Conference selection, including three First Team honors … three-time First Team All-County … selected to play in North Jersey Senior All-Star game … named the Player of the Year by the New Jersey Herald and by Mugs Media … scored 15 goals and had 15 assists over her final two seasons … led team to New Jersey Athletic Conference title as a senior … led team to 15-6-1 record as a junior, just one year after the team went 2-15-1 … played for the Total Dutch Field Hockey Club … scored over 100 goals and was three-time all-conference in lacrosse … all-conference in swimming … daughter of Jim and Toni Olson … has one brother, Jack … comes from large family of collegiate athletes: Jim, brother (swimming at Susquehanna), Toni Pall Olson, mother (field hockey at Susquehanna), Jim, father (soccer and tennis at Susquehanna), Carly Benning, cousin (All-American field hockey player at Keane State), Sam Smith, cousin (track and field at Connecticut), Jessica Pall, cousin (track and field at Yale), Jonelle Pall Cavill (field hockey at Susquehanna).
Major: Political Science
