Upper Montgomery Lightning alumnus Olivia Robbins has signed to play college hockey at Plymouth State University. Robbins, a forward who attended Poolesville High School was a four year varsity student athlete with the Upper Montgomery Lightning program. After high school graduation she played a post graduate season in Ontario, Canada with the OHA Mavericks, an under 22 AA team.
Olivia will begin play with the Panthers in the fall of 2025. Plymouth State is one of the top division III women’s college programs in the nation. The Panthers completed this past season with an 18-7-2 record and won the MASCAC (Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference) conference championship for the first time in program history.
In her storied high school career Olivia finished with 13 goals and added 18 assists for 31 points in 45 games. After her junior season, Olivia was named to the Washington Post All Met Girls Ice Hockey Second Team, the first Lightning student athlete ever honored. Outside of high school hockey, Olivia played for the Washington Pride 19U AAA external travel team. In her post graduate season in Canada, playing against women up to four years older, Olivia finished with 7 goals and 7 assists for 14 points in 42 games.
Congratulations Olivia on becoming the first Upper Montgomery female student athlete to earn a college opportunity. The Upper Montgomery program is proud of Olivia and looks forward to avidly following her collegiate hockey career.