2024 Women's Lacrosse Roster
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Murphy, Melissa
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Jersey Number 22
Melissa Murphy
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Ledgewood, N.J.
- High School:
- Roxbury
- Position:
- DEF
Bio
2023 MAAC Second Team All-Conference
2023 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
2023 MAAC All-Academic Team
AS A GRAD STUDENT IN 2024
ACADEMIC & SERVICE
2023 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
2023 MAAC All-Academic Team
AS A GRAD STUDENT IN 2024
- Started all 15 games on Bobcats’ back line.
- Recorded a ground ball, caused turnover and draw control in 10 of 15 appearances.
- Led team in draw controls (47) and caused turnovers (27).
- Finished Bobcat career with 95 caused turnovers, good for third on the all-time list, and 130 ground balls, good for seventh.
- Her 47 draw controls are the most by a Bobcat since 2021 and second-most over the last 10 seasons.
- Grabbed seven draws against Sacred Heart (2/28), tied for the fifth-most in a single game in program history.
- Led Bobcat field players with 35 ground balls and 31 caused turnovers in 17 starts last season.
- Finished sixth in MAAC with 1.82 CTs per game.
- Recorded GB in all but three appearances and caused a turnover in 14 of 17 games.
- Had career-high three draw controls against Fairfield on May 5.
- Started all 16 games.
- Recorded career-highs in GBs (32) and CTs (22).
- Led all field players in GBs and led entire squad in CTs.
- Fourth in MAAC in CTs per game (1.38).
- Matched collegiate high of three CTs in three games (at Bryant on 3/9, vs. SDSU on 3/30, vs. Siena on 4/13).
- Finished with GB pickup in all but two games and caused turnover in all but three outings.
- Appeared in all 12 games and started in 11 games
- Fourth on the team with 21 ground balls
- Tied for fourth with 9 caused turnovers
- Caused 3 turnovers against Niagara (4/24)
- Picked up 7 ground balls against Manhattan (4/11)
- Controlled 2 draw against Niagara (4/24 and 5/01)
- Appeared and started in all 7 games
- Picked up the third most ground balls on the team with 13
- Caused the thrid most turnovers on the team with 6
- Picked up 4 ground balls against Wagner (2/15)
ACADEMIC & SERVICE
- Honor Roll in high school
- Named to First Team All-Conference as a junior and senior
- All-County Honorable Mention as a sophomore
- Second Team All-County as a junior
- First Team All-County as a senior
- MVP and team captain as a senior
- Selected to NJ North vs. South All Star Game
- On the team that was 2019 Conference Champions
- Daughter of Brian and Michelle Murphy
- Has one brother, Michael
Quinnipiac Athletics 2024-25 Highlight Video
Tuesday, May 20
Quinnipiac vs. Canisius
Wednesday, April 16
WLAX vs. Merrimack (4/9/25)
Wednesday, April 09
Women's Lacrosse vs Sacred Heart (3.29)
Saturday, March 29
