2016 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Erica Murphy
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Pennington Prep
- Hometown:
- Millstone Township, N.J.
2016 (As a senior): Played in all 23 matches and made six starts … finished third on the team with four goals, also adding an assist … scored in back-to-back games at No. 21 Penn State (Oct. 30) and at Wisconsin (Oct. 26) … her goal against the Nittany Lions was the game-winner in the Big Ten Quarterfinals … recorded her first assist as a Scarlet Knight in the 3-1 win at Michigan State (Oct. 2) … tallied a goal in the 2-0 victory against No. 21 Northwestern (Sept. 23) … scored her first goal at Rutgers in the 5-0 win against Drexel (Sept. 11) … recorded two shots in three consecutive games at No. 10 UConn (Aug. 28) and against Saint Joseph’s (Aug. 26) and Providence (Aug. 21).
Prior to Rutgers: Started 37 matches and played in 58 in three seasons at Monmouth … scored 26 goals and tallied four assists as a Hawk, including 35 points (16g, 3a) as a junior in 2015 … her 16 goals as a junior was Monmouth's highest single-season goal total since 1998, while her points tally was the most in a season since 2006 … buried nine game-winning goals in three seasons … a two-time All-MAAC player, making the first team in 2015 and second team in 2014 … named to the MAAC Tournament All-Championship Team as a junior, scoring five of Monmouth’s final six goals to end the season … four-year member of the New Jersey Olympic Development Program team and won an ODP national championship ... played club soccer for the 2010 New Jersey State Champion PDA Celtic ... 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 No. 1 in the nation by ESPN Rise for four consecutive weeks ... helped guide the Red Raiders to a 61-5 record in four seasons.
Personal: Daughter of Daniel and Angie Murphy.
Rutgers Single-Game Highs
Points: 2, 4 times
Goals: 1, 4 times
Assists: 1, at Michigan State -- Oct 02, 2016
Shots: 4, Northwestern -- Sep 23, 2016
