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Iliana Hocking poised for bigger role at Arizona as twin sister stars at USC

If you are looking to settle the age-old nature-versus-nurture debate, look no further than the Hocking sisters.

There is Penelope, a super-skilled forward who regularly fills up the stat sheet. Goals, assists, shots, you name it.

Then there is Iliana, her fraternal twin who can play virtually every position (even goalkeeper), but especially excels in the midfield because of her heading, tackling and overall grittiness.

Scoring? Eh, that’s her sister’s thing.

“From a young age, she was a little chubbier, so she couldn’t really run that much,” Iliana laughed. “I think they just stuck her up at forward and it just stuck with her.