Bridget Murphy

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Greg Carroccio

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Greg Fiume

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Oak Knoll
Hometown:
Summit, N.J.

FEATURE STORY ON BRIDGET MURPHY'S REMARKABLE 2021 COMEBACK

AT PRINCETON

2023
* honorable mention All-Ivy League
* tied for team lead in goals
* had overtime goals against Delaware and Yale
* OT goal against Yale put Princeton into the Ivy tournament
* started all 17 games

2022
* played in 13 games as a forward

2021: Played in 13 games, starting one ... started the season opener against North Carolina but was injured in the first six seconds and was thought to possibly be out for the season ... came back to play in the final 12 games ... had a goal against Maryland in her first game back ... also had a goal in the Ivy opener at Penn.

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19 ...NFHCA All-Academic Team

Before Princeton:
Oak Knoll: Senior captain that set the school scoring reach with 131 goals … Led the team in scoring three years (2017-19) … Three-time National and Regional All-American along with All-State (2017-19) …. All Non-Public New Jersey, All-Union County and All-Conference four times … All-Tournament Team for the Max Field Hockey National Invitational (2019) … Essex/Union County Player of the Year … Best first-year player (2016), Best Offensive Player (2017) and Most Outstanding Career (2019) Team awards … Team was ranked No. 1 in nation in 2019 … No. 1 team in New Jersey twice (2017, 2019) … New Jersey Tournament of Champions twice (2017, 2019) and was runner up in 2018 … Squad won the New Jersey Non-Public State title three straight years (2017-19) and was runner up in 2016 … Team won the Non-Public Sectional, Union County, Essex/Union Conference titles four times … Also lettered in ice hockey and lacrosse …. Peer Leader, Eucharistic Minister, Boys and Girls Club Volunteer, To and Thru Volunteer … Cum Laude Society … AP Scholar … High Honors.

Personal: Daughter of Christina and David Murphy … Has three brothers, EJ, Patrick and Timmy … Mother and Father played lacrosse at Penn … Aunt, Susan, played field hockey and lacrosse at Princeton … Aunt, Karen, played lacrosse at Georgetown … Uncle, Danijel, played football at Princeton … Uncle, John, played football and baseball at Holy Cross.