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UMass Boston

2016 Women's Volleyball

6 Julia Murphy

6 Julia Murphy

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Canton
  • Hometown:
    Canton, Mass.

Summary

Biography

2016 Ended her career as the first player in program and Little East Conference history to be named a four-time First Team selection and Offensive Player of the Year … Named the first-ever AVCA Second Team All-American, while also earning AVCA First Team All-Region accolades … Currently holds the program records in solo blocks (152), block assists (272), total blocks (424) and sets played (486) … Ended her career ranked second all-time in kills with 1,286, and third in attack percentage with .317 … Her 155 service aces has her sitting seventh all-time, while her 0.87 blocks per set has her ranked fourth all-time …  Sits fifth in the program’s history in matches played with 133 … Was named the Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Week three times during her senior season … Ended her senior season with 353 kills, 2.85 kills per set, a .392 hitting percentage, 38 aces, 102 digs, 47 solo blocks, 68 block assists, and 115 total blocks … Scored 10 or more kills in 22 of the 34 matches played in 2016 … Registered 21 kills while also hitting .645 and had one solo block, and four block assists in the October 22 3-1 win over Trinity College (CT) … Recorded 12 or more kills in three consecutive matches from October 1-8 … Tallied a combined 26 kills, three solo blocks, and seven block assists in the Little East Conference Tournament to lead the Beacons to their seventh title in program history … Registered 12 kills and had four total blocks in the 3-2 win over ranked Stevenson University on September 2 … Hit an impressive .714 after scoring 10 kills on 14 attempts in the 3-0 win over MIT … Registered six straight matches with 11 or more kills from October 28-November 5 … Posted 14 kills and hit .370 to go along with three block assists and one solo block in the 3-1 win over 16th ranked Trinity University (TX).

2015 Named an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention selection … Earned AVCA and NEWVA All-Region honors … Earned her third straight Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Year and First Team honors … Named the Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Week on October 26 … Played in all 28 matches and appeared in 102 sets … Combined for 275 kills (10th in the LEC) and had a .278 attack percentage (3rd in the LEC) … Led the Little East Conference with her 108 blocks (1.06 bps), after tallying 45 solo blocks and 63 block assists … Also combined for 28 aces (0.27 aps) … Finished the year with 10 or more kills in 17 matches … Hit a season-high 19 kills on 39 attempts (.333) in the 3-1 win over Clark University on October 23 … Recorded a stretch of five matches with 10 or more kills from October 24-November 7 … Combined for 24 kills on 48 attempts during the Beacons run to their sixth conference tournament title … Hit .619 in the conference semi-final win over Western Connecticut State University on November 5 … Delivered 15 kills on 33 attempts (.333) and had seven digs in the season-opener against Emerson College on September 1 … Recorded a total of eight blocks (2 sb, 6 ba) in the October 13 conference win over Southern Maine … Combined for five total blocks eight times during her junior season … Threw down a season-high four solo blocks on November 5 against Western Connecticut State, on October 27 against UMass Dartmouth, and on September 16 on Endicott College.  

2014 Named an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and First Team All-Region … Also garnered NEWVA All-Region and ECAC All-Star accolades … Named the Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference honoree … Named the Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Week a career-best four times ... Played in 31 matches, earning a spot in the starting line-up 27 times … Played in all 116 sets and led the team and the conference with her 2.74 kills per set … Scored 318 kills during her sophomore season and had a team-best .298 hitting percentage … Also finished second on the team with a combined 84 blocks and led the team in solo blocks with 35 … Scored a team-best 58 aces and also tallied 114 digs to help the Beacons to their sixth straight conference regular season title … Recorded 10 or more kills in 16 matches … Scored a career-best 20 kills to go along with two aces, four digs, three solo blocks, and five block assists in the 3-2 win over regionally-ranked Tufts University on September 30 … Scored 19 kills in the 3-2 win over SUNY Canton and in the 3-1 win over UMass Dartmouth on September 5 and October 16 respectively … Threw down a season-high five solo blocks and had three block assists for eight total blocks in the September 23 win over Rhode Island College … Recorded a streak of five straight matches with 11 or more kills from September 12-September 23 … Scored 17 kills in the 3-2 win over Williams College on September 12 … Posted  a career-high .684 hitting percentage in the 3-0 win over Middlebury College after she scored 13 kills on 19 attempts on September 13 … Recorded 19 kills on 33 attempts for a .485 hitting percentage, and also had 13 digs in the 3-1 win over UMass Dartmouth on October 16 … Recorded 12 kills and five aces in the conference win over Eastern Connecticut State University on October 21.

2013 Had one of the most impressive freshman seasons in program history … Named the Little East Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Year and First Team Honoree … Was also  named a ECAC New England Second Team selection … Earned her first regional honoree from the New England Women’s Volleyball Association (NEWVA) when she was named a Honorable Mention and All-Rookie Team selection … Named the Little East Conference Rookie of the Week a total of three times … Finished the year with 339 kills and a .298 hitting percentage … Also managed 25 solo blocks and 92 block assists … Tallied 84 digs and also had 31 aces … Recorded 10 or more kills in 11 matches … Finished with a career-best 16 kills in the 3-2 come-from-behind win over Little East Conference rival Keene State College on September 11 … Tallied 11 kills and a .429 hitting percentage in the Little East Conference Tournament championship match on November 10 against Keene State College … Totaled 10 kills and four block assists in the championship round of the NCAA Regional Tournament … Totaled 14 block assists and 27 kills in the NCAA Regional Tournament at Williams College … Had her best defensive showing when he combined for four digs, one solo block, and four block assists at Vassar College (N.Y.) on November 2 … Totaled 14 kills in just her fourth match of her career against Pacific University at the Colorado College Invitational … Recorded 15 kills and a pair of block assists in the 3-2 loss to Haverford College on October 12.

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Canton High School in 2013 where she was a three-sport athlete (volleyball, ice hockey, softball) … Named a Two-time Division II All-State honoree in volleyball … Hockomock League MVP … Three-time Hockomock League All-Star … Named a Boston Globe, Patriot Ledger, and Boston Herald All-Scholastic Honoree … Named Team Captain … Earned four varsity letters during her high school career … Led the ice hockey team to a Division II Central Sectional Championship and Hockomock League Championship … Named to her high school’s Honor Roll, Century Club, National Honors Society … Received the Saint Michael’s Book Award … Played for the SMASH Volleyball Club … Helped her team to a 18’s NERVA Championship of the 18 Open Gold and The Great Nor’Easter 18’s Gold Championship … Daughter of Michelle and William Murphy … Has one brother, Brian and one sister, Olivia (former member of the UMass Boston women’s basketball team) … Currently majoring in Electrical Engineering ... Member of the Umass Boston Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

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