Olivia Sahaydak

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Event: Field Hockey at William & Mary on September 12, 2025 at 4 p.m.
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4 p.m.
Field Hockey
at William & Mary
Williamsburg, Va.
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Upcoming Event: Field Hockey versus Stanford on September 19, 2025 at 5 p.m.
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5 p.m.
Field Hockey
vs Stanford
Durham, N.C.
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Upcoming Event: Field Hockey versus California on September 21, 2025 at 1 p.m.
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1 p.m.
Field Hockey
vs California
Durham, N.C.
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Upcoming Event: Field Hockey at Syracuse on September 26, 2025 at 6 p.m.
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6 p.m.
Field Hockey
at Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
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Upcoming Event: Field Hockey at VCU on September 28, 2025 at 1 p.m.
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1 p.m.
Field Hockey
at VCU
Upcoming Event: Field Hockey at Virginia on October 3, 2025 at 5 p.m.
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5 p.m.
Field Hockey
at Virginia
Upcoming Event: Field Hockey at James Madison on October 5, 2025 at 1 p.m.
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1 p.m.
Field Hockey
at James Madison
Upcoming Event: Field Hockey versus Louisville on October 10, 2025 at 6 p.m.
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6 p.m.
Field Hockey
vs Louisville

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Olivia Sahaydak dribbles against James Madison

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Olivia Sahaydak fighting for the ball against Virginia in the ACC Quarterfinals.

Olivia Sahaydak and Lily Posternak celebrating against Wake Forest

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Sophomore Olivia Sahaydak works her way around the Penn State goalkeeper in the season opener

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Members of the Duke field hockey team celebrate a goal against Penn State Aug. 30 in Durham

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Duke Field Hockey Headshots at the Blue Devil Tower on August 24, 2020 at Durham, North Carolina.

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-7
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bethlehem, Pa.

Honors: ACC Offensive Player of the Week (2018) ... NFHCA National Academic Squad (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22).

Career: Played in 63 career games … Registered 16 goals and one assist for 33 points … Scored three game-winning goals … Four-time NFHCA National Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Played in 11 games with one starting assignment … Scored a goal in 3-1 win over James Madison (9/19) … Took three shots … NFHCA National Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2020: Appeared in all nine games in the fall…Did not play in the spring due to injury … Registered her only shot of the season at Louisville on Sept. 27.

2019 (Stats): Played in all 21 games with one start … Finished the year with six goals and an assist for 13 points … Made first career start Sept. 29 in a win over No. 15 Stanford (9/29) … Registered the lone goal in a 1-0 win over the Cardinal … Notched a pair of tallies in Duke's season-opening win over No. 9 Penn State (8/30) … Also tallied goals versus Ohio (9/22), Wake Forest (10/11) and at Virginia (10/18) ... Dished out an assist against Princeton (10/6).

2018 (Stats): Saw the field in all 22 contests as a rookie, totaling 20 points on 10 goals ... The 10 tallies ranked her third on the team and first among Blue Devil freshmen ... Registered first collegiate goal in a 4-3 overtime victory against No. 23 Liberty (8/26) ... Fired two tallies in a 4-0 shutout of No. 12 Northwestern at the B1G/ACC Cup ... Rounded out the tournament as the highest-scoring freshman with three goals in two games to earn ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors ... Posted a hat trick at Appalachian State (9/30) ... Notched the game-winning goal in the regular season finale at Ohio (10/26) ... Found the back of the cage against Miami for the game winner in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Prior to Duke: Member of USA Field Hockey's U-19 and U-17 indoor national teams ... Wrapped up prep career as Liberty High School's all-time goals (91) and assists (42) leader ... Established Liberty's single-season scoring record with 67 tallies ... Second team all-region selection by the NFHCA as a senior ... Numerous other accolades her final year included being selected to the EPC Conference Field Hockey All-Star first team, Lehigh Valley Live 2017 Field Hockey All-Area team and Morning Call All-Area Field Hockey first team ... Tabbed the Lehigh Valley Live 2017 Field Hockey Player of the Year after totaling 67 goals and 15 assists as a senior ... Recipient of the Athlete of the Year and Dennis Schantzenbach Field Hockey Officials awards during her senior campaign ... Participant in USA Field Hockey's Junior National Camp, Futures and National Futures Championship ... Member of the WC Eagles club program, winning national and regional titles with her squad ... Also lettered in indoor and outdoor track and field, claiming district titles in the 800m and 3200m relay ... Named to NFHCA High School National Academic Squad as a senior ... Two-year member of the National Honor Society ... Twice served as class president.

Personal: Daughter of Alexander and Gretchen Sahaydak ... Has one brother Sander ... Sander is a kicker for the Penn State football team ... Father played soccer at Brown (1990-93) ... Aunt, Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak, is the head women's soccer coach at UCF and played collegiately at North Carolina (1995-98) ... She was also a member of the U.S. women's national team for a decade, winning a World Cup title with the squad in 1999 and a gold medal with the 1996 U.S. Olympic team ... Uncle, Tim Sahaydak, serves as the associate head women's soccer coach at UCF and also played collegiately at North Carolina before going on to play for Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew.

Last updated: July 16, 2021