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Monmouth University Athletics

2015 Women's Soccer Roster

24 Erica Murphy

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Pennington Prep
  • Hometown Millstone Township, NJ

Biography

First Team All-MAAC selection in 2015... Named to 2015 MAAC Tournament All-Championship Team... Second Team All-MAAC as a forward in 2014... Scored 24 goals in the last two seasons.

QUICKLY:
Technically talented... Good presence as a target forward.

2015: Named First Team All-MAAC as a junior after leading the conference with 16 goals and 35 points... Posted Monmouth's highest single-season goal total since 1998, when Kristen McDermott netted 22 goals... Most points scored in a season since Andrea Lopez's 36 points in 2006... 35 points ranks ninth all-time in single-season program history... Had five two-goal games on the year, including three straight matches... Tallied game-winner at Loyola (8/25)... Notched a pair of goals in a win over FDU (9/1)... Registered a score at Lehigh (9/11)... Netted a pair, including the game-winner, against Marist (9/19)... Scored a pair ogainst Canisius (9/26)... Recorded two goals, including game-winner, at Iona (9/30)... Added a goal and assist in win over Rider (10/7)... Had a goal and assist at Saint Peter's (10/14)... Tallied a score against Fairfield (10/17)... Assisted on game-winner against Manhattan (10/21)... Scored both goals in a 2-0 win at Niagara (10/24)... Named MAAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/26)... Converted on a penalty kick for the Hawks in a 2-1 loss to Siena (11/6) in the MAAC Semifinal... Had a hand in five of the Hawks' last six goals of the year... Named to MAAC Tournament All-Championship Team.


2014: Named to the All-MAAC Second-Team as a sophomore... One of three Hawks to start all 19 matches... Ranked second on the team with 17 points on a team-high eight goals and an assist... Attempted the second-most shots on the year (53)... Tallied three game-winning goals... Notched an assist on the game-winning score against Lafayette (9/14)... Scored Monmouth's lone goal against Hofstra (9/21)... Posted first career two-goal game with a pair of scores against Saint Peter's (10/1)... Registered the game-winner in overtime at Manhattan (10/8)... Scored twice again at Fairfield (10/11)... Named MAAC Player of the Week (10/13)... Tabbed the BigAppleSoccer Player of the Week and added to the CS360 Primetime Performers List on 10/15... Notched game-winning goals in consecutive 1-0 wins at Marist (10/25) and Rider (10/29) to close out regular season. 

2013: Appeared in all 21 matches for the Hawks as a freshman, earning one start... Added four points on a pair of goals, both of which were game-winners... Attempted 11 shots... Made collegiate debut in MU win over Delaware (8/23), attempting two shots on goal... Scored first career goal, the game-winner, in a 1-0 triumph over Marist (10/19)... Earned first career start in Monmouth's MAAC First Round match versus Canisius (11/1)... Netted the game-winning score in the Hawks' MAAC Semifinal victory over Rider (11/3).

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner and four-time Prep A Champion at Pennington Prep... Compiled 62 goals and 21 assists during her career... Named to the ESPN New Jersey First Team and ESPN New Jersey All Star Teams... Two-time first-team all-state selection... Named the Trenton Times Prep Player of the Year, and the Trentonian Player of the Year... During 2011, Pennington Prep was ranked #1 in the nation by ESPN Rise for four consecutive weeks... Helped guide the Red Raiders to a 61-5 record in four seasons.

CLUB: Four-year member of the New Jersey Olympic Development Program team and won an ODP national championship... Also played club soccer for the 2010 New Jersey State Champion PDA Celtic.

PERSONAL: Born Erica Mary Murphy in Freehold, New Jersey... Daughter of Daniel and Angie Murphy... Majoring in health studies.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS:
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 

Erica Murphy's Career Statistics:

Year

GP-GS

Min.

G

A

Pts

SH

SOG

GWG

2013 21-1 589 2 0 4 11 5 2
2014 19-19 1,122 8 1 17 53 25 3
2015 18-17 1,473 16 3 35 70 37 4

Totals

58-37

3,184

26

4

56

134

67

9

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2013Freshman

    Forward
    5'5"
    24
  • 24

    2014Sophomore

    Forward
    5'5"
    24
  • 24

    2015Junior

    Forward
    5'5"
    24