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2014 Women's Lacrosse Roster

Rich Riggins

15 Kelly Murkey

  • Position M
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Major Elementary & Special Education
  • Hometown Westminster, Md.
  • High School Westminster H.S.

Biography

Murkey’s Honor Roll
• 2014 CAA All-Tournament Team
• 2011 CAA All-Rookie Team

2014 Season: Appeared in all 19 games and made 18 starts at midfield ... CAA All-Tournament team selection ... team co-captain ... scored a free position goal at Johns Hopkins ... tallied the first goal of the CAA semifinal against Hofstra on a free position goal ... recorded 17 groundballs ... matched her career-high with three groundballs against Stony Brook in the NCAA Tournament ... one of six Tigers to pull down 10 or more draw controls on the season ... had 14 draw controls total ... pulled down a season-high two draw controls three times, including the NCAA Tournament game against Stony Brook ... one of six Tigers to record at least 10 caused turnovers on the season ... matched her career-high with two caused turnovers against William & Mary.

2013 Season: Appeared in 16 games at midfield ... scored a pair of goals at Richmond ... tallied a pair of goals including a free-position goal in the win at Delaware ... had an assist in the win over UMBC ... recorded a draw control and a pair of caused turnovers in the win at James Madison ... finished the year with five draw controls and four caused turnovers.

2012 Season: Started all 20 games at midfield ... one of seven Tigers to score at least 10 goals on the season ... finished the year with 10 goals and six assists ... had three points on a goal and a career-high two assists in the season-opening win over Oregon ... had a pair of goals at Syracuse and against Monmouth in the NCAA play-in game ... contributed a goal and an assist at Temple and against Penn State in the NCAA Tournament ... tied for third on the team with 24 draw controls ... had a career-high four draw controls against Oregon ... contributed 14 ground balls and eight caused turnovers.

2011 Season: Played in all 18 games as a freshman ... started first 15 games ... named to CAA All-Rookie team ... scored nine goals with four assists ... tallied two goals with an assist in wins over Hofstra and Temple ... also scored a goal in five other games ... posted an assist in back-to-back games against William & Mary and Drexel ... had a season-high two caused turnovers against Temple with two ground balls ... opened college career with a goal and two ground balls against UMBC.

At Westminster H.S.: Four-year letter winner for the Owls ... helped Westminster reach state semifinals four times ... served as a team captain as a senior and scored 41 goals with 52 assists ... earned first team All-Monocacy Valley Conference honors as a junior as Owls reached state championship game ... also named to all-county second team as a junior ... four-year varsity soccer player who served as team captain ... earned second team all-county notice as a freshman and senior ... named as WTTR Athlete of the Week during freshman year ... also played for varsity basketball team ... honor roll student who is a member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Aspires to be a teacher ... lists her mother and father as the people she admires the most ... enjoys snowboarding ... favorite professional sports team is the Baltimore Ravens ... favorite author is Jodi Picoult ... enjoys watching “Hunger Games” and star Jennifer Lawrence ... likes to listen to music by Phillip Phillips ... lists winning CAAs twice as her most memorable experience ... has one sister, Rachel, who played lacrosse at Lebanon Valley College ... father works in sales and marketing ... mother is a Pentron plan administrator ... daughter of David Murkey and Michelle Volsinet ... born on June 14, 1992 in Reisterstown, Md. ... double major is elementary and special education.

SeasonGP-GSGAPts.ShotsShot %SOGSOG %GBDCTOCT
201118-15941322.40915.682912204
201220-201061640.25028.7001424128
201316-04158.5005.6250584
201419-182023.6672.66717141310
Career73-5325113673.34250.68540555326

Single Game Highs:
Points: 3, three times (most recent vs. Oregon, 2/21/12)

Goals: 2, six times (most recent at Delaware, 3/31/13)
Assists: 2, vs. Oregon, 2/21/12
Shots: 8, vs. Delaware, 4/1/12
Free position goals: 1, nine times (most recent vs. Hofstra, 5/2/14)
Ground Balls: 3, twice (most recent vs. Stony Brook, 5/9/14)
Draw Controls: 4, vs. Oregon, 2/21/12
Caused Turnovers: 2, four times (most recent vs. William & Mary, 4/11/14)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2011Redshirt

    Midfield
    5'5"
    15
  • 15

    2012Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'5"
    15
  • 15

    2013Junior

    Midfield
    5'5"
    15
  • 15

    2014Senior

    Midfield
    5'5"
    15