2024 - GRADUATE SEASON
Game-By-Game: Bucknell (2/13): Notched two goals...
Colorado (2/16): Scored one goal...Added three draw controls...
Pitt (2/20): Recorded one goal...Earned two caused turnovers...
Princeton (2/26): Scored two goals...Earned two caused turnovers and one draw control...
at Drexel (2/28): Recorded eighth hat trick of her career...Earned two draw controls...
at Loyola (3/2): Notched one draw control...
at Rutgers (3/9): Scored two goals...Recorded two caused turnovers and one draw control...
at Lehigh (3/12): Netted one goal..Earned one caused turnover and two draw controls...
at Cornell (3/16): Recorded one assist and one draw control...
Northwestern (3/22): Notched one goal and recorded two draw controls...
at Ohio State (3/28): Scored two goals...Earned two caused turnovers and two draw controls...
Vanderbilt (4/3): Recorded four draw controls...
Michigan (4/6): Notched one draw control...
at Maryland (4/13): Registered two goals and two draw controls...
Johns Hopkins (4/18): Scored two goals and recorded one draw control.
2023 - SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Second team All-Big Ten...Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Played in all 18 games and started in 12... Totaled 24 goals including four hat tricks, nine assists, 20 ground balls, 16 caused turnovers and 15 draw controls.
Game-By-Game: Bucknell (2/11): Earned one assist and draw control...caused a turnover and snagged a ground ball Drexel (2/18): Scored her first goal of the season Duquesne (2/21): Tied her career high with three goals...added three ground balls and two draw controls. Loyola (3/4): Notched career high four ground balls...scored a goal and forced a turnover. at Vanderbilt (3/8): Scored a hat trick in first half of the game...passed for an assist and tallied three ground balls. vs. Rutgers (3/11): Started her first game of the season...caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball. Towson (3/14): Earned two points with a goal and assist...scooped up a ground ball and caused a turnover. at Princeton (3/18): Scored a goal. at Pittsburgh (3/21): Totaled with four points including two goals and two assists...secured four draw controls. Ohio State (3/25): Netted two goals and added an assist...won two draw controls. at Northwestern (3/30): Scored a goal and earned an assist...caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball. Cornell (4/2): Scored a season high four goals and forced two turnovers...won a draw control and snagged a ground ball. at Michigan (4/8): Caused two turnovers and obtained a ground ball. Maryland (4/13): Recorded four points with three goals and one assist...added a ground ball... at Johns Hopkins (4/22): Scored one goal.. forced one turnover and won one draw control... at Michigan (4/29): Scooped two ground balls, forced one turnover and won one draw control... vs. Stony Brook (5/12): Scored one goal and posted a caused turnover.
2022 - JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Appeared in 12 games with three starts…Recorded 21 goals, four assists, ten ground balls, nine caused turnovers and 21 draw controls.... 21 goals was fourth most on the team.
Game-By-Game: at Drexel (2/16): Caused one turnover.
at Duquesne (2/23): Netted two goals off free position...had one assist...won one draw control.
at Cornell (2/26): Scored a career-high four goals on four shots...collected one ground ball...caused one turnover...won three draw controls.
at Loyola Maryland (3/5): Made two goals...tallied one ground ball...forced a career-high two turnovers.
James Madison (3/9): Scooped up two ground balls...Caused a turnover.
Saint Joseph's (3/12): Scored one goal...Recorded one draw control.
at Towson (3/15): Netted two goals...collected two ground balls...caused a turnover...won three draw controls.
Princeton (3/19): Netted a hat trick...won a career-high nine draw controls.
at Ohio State (3/26): Scored one goal...Tallied a career-high two assists...Collected one ground ball...caused one turnover...won three draw controls.
Northwestern (4/1): Made two goals...tallied one ground ball...forced a turnover.
at Maryland (4/7): Scored a goal...recorded one ground ball...forced a turnover...won a draw control.
Pitt (4/12): Netted a hat trick...collected one ground ball...caused one turnover.
2021 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Appeared in four games…Collected one goal, one ground ball and one caused turnover.
Game-By-Game: Rutgers (2/14): Tallied one goal.
Maryland (2/21): Picked up one ground ball and caused one turnover.
2020 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in seven games, including four starts…Registered four goals, one assist, eight ground balls, 13 draw controls and one caused turnover…
The 2020 season was canceled on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Game-By-Game: at Towson (2/8): Scored first career goal in the first half.
Lehigh (2/15): Won a season-high five draw controls…Picked up three ground balls.
Duquesne (2/19): Tallied one goal, one ground ball and two draw controls…Found the net for Penn State’s first goal of the second half.
Cornell (2/23): Assisted on a goal by Lauren Craft in the first half…Scooped up a ground ball and won three draws.
Loyola (2/29): Found the net for Penn State’s first goal of the game…Added a ground ball and a draw control.
at James Madison (3/4): Collected a ground ball and a draw control.
at Vanderbilt (3/8): Scored on a man-up goal in the first half…Added a ground ball, a draw control and a caused turnover.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Red Bank Regional High School for head coach Brook Connell...Helped the Bucs to a 15-5 record as a senior...Tallied 78 goals and 22 assists in 2019...Collected 282 goals and 76 assists in her high school career...Named Under Armour All-America New Jersey Team and Brine All-America New Jersey Team...Earned Division Player of the Year honors in 2019...Selected first-team All-Shore in 2018 and 2019...Was a first-team all-division honoree.
PERSONAL
Full name is Meghan Deehan Murray...Daughter of Susan and Joseph Murray...Has a brother, Patrick, and a sister, Kathleen...Hobbies include painting and going to the beach.
Why Penn State?
"I chose Penn State because of the amazing opportunities and great experiences that are available."
Doherty on Murray:
"Meghan has emerged as a fantastic versatile midfielder. Her hustle and athleticism provide us the opportunity to use her at a few different positions, and her competitiveness leads to big plays in huge moments."
