{"id":3649,"date":"2017-11-20T15:15:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=3649"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:15:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:15:19","slug":"tori-palumbo-to-play-ice-hockey-field-hockey-for-unh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2017\/11\/20\/tori-palumbo-to-play-ice-hockey-field-hockey-for-unh\/","title":{"rendered":"Tori Palumbo to Play Ice Hockey, Field Hockey for UNH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3650\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2017\/11\/WNS-Tori-Palumbo-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2017\/11\/WNS-Tori-Palumbo-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2017\/11\/WNS-Tori-Palumbo-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2017\/11\/WNS-Tori-Palumbo-250x183.jpg 250w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2017\/11\/WNS-Tori-Palumbo.jpg 911w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Senior Victoria Palumbo of Ayer, Massachusetts, agreed to play ice hockey and field hockey for the University of New Hampshire\u2019s Division I programs. She signed a national letter of intent during a Nov. 10 ceremony recognizing seven Williston students signing to play college sports at the Division I and II levels.<\/p>\n<p>Tori plays midfield in field hockey and defense on the ice. She\u2019s been on skates for 13 years, and involved in field hockey for six years. During her tenure at Williston, the teams she\u2019s played for won the New England Championships in field hockey, and the Harrington Invitational Hockey Tournament in ice hockey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope to play both D1 field hockey and ice hockey to the best of my ability and to continue to grow as an athlete,\u201d she said. \u201cAt Williston, I have been able to play at the highest level with great coaches who push me every day to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her field hockey coach, Kate Garrity, praised Tori\u2019s play at Williston. \u201cHer skills and athleticism have always been strong,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u201cTori\u2019s grown as a leader.\u00a0As an underclassman, she just led by example.\u00a0As a senior captain, it\u2019s great to hear her voice out there, supporting, teaching, and leading her teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her ice hockey coach, Christa Talbot Syfu said, \u201cTori is a four-year player who made an impact as soon as she stepped on the ice.\u00a0Tori is an excellent skater and is relied on in all situations.\u00a0Despite her small stature, she plays much bigger and uses her body very\u00a0well to protect the puck. She has a strong hockey IQ and isn\u2019t afraid to jump-start the offense from the defensive end. She will continue to be an\u00a0integral\u00a0part of our defense core and we look forward to seeing her continue to elevate her game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Victoria Palumbo of Ayer, Massachusetts, agreed to play ice hockey and field hockey for the University of New Hampshire\u2019s Division I programs. She signed a national letter of intent during a Nov. 10 ceremony recognizing seven Williston students signing to play college sports at the Division I and II levels. Tori plays midfield in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2017\/11\/20\/tori-palumbo-to-play-ice-hockey-field-hockey-for-unh\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tori Palumbo to Play Ice Hockey, Field Hockey for UNH<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[368],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-signings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3651,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3649\/revisions\/3651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}