Sophie McCarthy

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Walpole HS
Hometown:
Walpole, Mass.

As a Senior (2024): BIG EAST All-Tournament team. Played in 22 matches and made 12 starts before Achilles injury kept her out of NCAA Second Round match vs. Stanford. Scored two goals and tied for the team lead with four assists. Fifth on the team with eight points. Scored a pair of goals in a 6-0 victory vs. Texas A&M (9.15). Assisted on goal in BIG EAST opener at St. John's (9/22). Registered assists in back-to-back games at Creighton (10/6) and at Marquette (10/13). Picked up an assist in BIG EAST semifinal win vs. Georgetown (11/7).

As a Junior (2023): Started all 19 matches and played 1117 minutes during the 2023 season. Scored a goal and added an assist. Headed home her lone goal of the season off a corner kick vs. Villanova (10/19). Assisted on the game-winning goal vs. Butler (10/29) in the BIG EAST Quarterfinals. Played a season-high 79 minutes vs. Georgetown (11/2) in the BIG EAST Semifinals.

As a Sophomore (2022): Appeared in all 18 games and made eight starts. Midfielder made an emergency appearance in goal and earned the victory against Yale (9/16) making one save in net. Totaled 958 minutes. Played a season-high 68 minutes at Xavier (10/9) and totaled three shots in the match. Registered a season-high four shots in a win vs. DePaul (10/13). Also posted multi-shot games against Syracuse (9/21), Northeastern (9/4), Villanova (10/20) and St. John's (10/30).

As a Freshman (2021): Appeared in 15 games with two starts totaled 389 minutes ... had an assist vs. Creighton (10/14) ... scored first career goal at Seton Hall (9/30).

Before UConn: Played her club soccer for the New England football club. She helped lead her club squad to a pair of NPL National Championships and a U.S. Club National Championship. Made the conference all-star team at Walpole high school under head coach Callum Maclean.