University of Delaware Athletics
2019 Women's Soccer Roster
Sara D'Appolonia
- Position:
- Forward/Midfield
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Yarmouth
- Hometown:
- Yarmouth, ME
- Major:
- Biology
AT DELAWARE
2019 First Team All-CAA
2019 CAA All-Tournament Team
2019 CAA Player of the Week (Oct. 28)
2020 Third Team All-CAA
CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021-22)
2021 SEASON
Started 12 of 12 matches before being sidelined with an injury...Scored two game-winners...Registered goals in the wins over George Mason, UMBC and Northeastern...Tallied assists against UMBC and Loyola Maryland...Had 23 shots with 14 on goal...Played a season-high 90 minutes four times.
2020-21 SEASON
Started all seven matches…Scored four points on the season…Led the team with two goals, both of which were scored in the victory over Delaware State, including the gamewinner…Had nine shots on the season…Recorded four shots on goal… Logged 80-plus minutes four times a season-high 90 minutes at Northeastern.
2019 SEASON
Led the team with 7 goals and 4 assists...Her 7 goals tied for 7th most in the CAA...3 game-winning goals, which tied for the most on the team, and third-most in the CAA...Started all 19 games...3-game goal scoring streak in conference play from Oct. 10-20...Tallied the game-winning goal and an assist in the 3-2 overtime win over UNCW that clinched the No. 2 seed in the CAA Tournament for the Blue Hens.
2018 SEASON
Played in all 18 games, starting all but two of them
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Yarmouth High School where she was a four-year standout on the women’s varsity soccer team and the varsity basketball team...Started all four years at forward/center midfield...Played basketball for her mother, Chris for three seasons, and was a four-year starter at point guard...Two-time Maine State Champion and State Player of the Year selection (2016, 17)...Selected the 2016-17 Maine Women's Soccer Gatorade Player of the Year...Set the Yarmouth school record for career goals (63), career assists (65), goals in a season (33) and assists in a season (25)...United Soccer Coaches All-American selection in 2017, and two-time All-Region selection (2016, 17)...Three-time All-State and All-Conference selection (2015-17)...Named the 2014 Rookie of the Year and was a three-time (2015-17) Offensive Player of the Year selection ...Selected for the 2017 High School All-American Game.
CLUB
Played for Global Premier Soccer (ME) from 2013-15...Starred for 2016 New England Football Club/Boston Breakers team that won the US Club National Cup Championship and the National NPL title...Member of the Seacoast United Mariners of the WPSL (2016, 17).
PERSONAL
Sara ‘Elizabeth D’Appolonia (dapp -a-low-nee-a)...Goes by the nickname of Dapps...Born November 5...Daughter of Seb D’Appolonia and Chris Strong...Father, Seb was a four-year soccer standout at former America East rival Maine...Her mother Chris also was an athlete at Maine (1990-94), playing four years of varsity basketball...Has two younger siblings, John and Katelyn...Aspires to become an orthopedic surgeon working with either professional or college athletes...Intends to major in Biology and minor in Public Health.
