A force to be reckoned with on defense last week, Murphy led the Seahawks to a pair of NEC victories to begin the conference slate. The veteran defender tallied four ground balls and caused four turnovers to help propel the Seahawks past Merrimack (13-11) and Central Connecticut (19-11) on Wednesday and Saturday. In addition, Murphy won 15 draws and contributed one score to an offensive attack that racked up 32 goals during the two-game stretch. Against the Warriors, the Syracuse, NY native charted two caused turnovers and four draw controls in the two-goal victory. Three days later in Wagner's triumph over the Blue Devils, Murphy stuffed the stat sheet with one goal, 11 draw controls, four ground balls and two more caused turnovers. She enters the week ranked third in the circuit in caused turnovers per game (1.50) and seventh in draw controls per game (3.83). This is her first NEC Defensive Player of the Week honor of the season.