Alyssa Murray – Women’s Lacrosse
Notables: Second on school’s all-time scoring list (362 pts.) … Third in career goals (225) and assists (136) … Fourth in single season points (2014 – 110 pts.)
Senior Year: Tewaaraton Award finalist for the second consecutive year … IWLCA All-America First Team honoree … All-Northeast Region First Team selection … Voted to the All-ACC First Team as well as the ACC All-Tournament team … Member of the NCAA All-Tournament Team … 2014 ‘Cuse Awards Female Athlete of the Year … First player in school history to record 100 or more points in three times in her career … Second player in school history to record 300 points, 200 goals and 100 assists in her career … Recorded more points (49) and goals (33) than any other Syracuse player in NCAA Tournament play … Notched seven points (4g, 3a), one ground ball and a caused turnover against Jacksonville … Recorded five points (4g, 1a), a ground ball and a draw control against Stetson . .. Moved into a tie for fourth place on the school’s all-time goals scored list (171) with six points (2g, 4a) against Canisius … Picked up a pair of goals, ground balls and draw controls, as well as an assist against Virginia … Scored three goals against Boston College … Registered five points (1g, 4a) and two ground balls against Towson … Scored two goals, picked up a ground ball and won two draw controls versus Maryland … Notched three points (2g, 1a) and won two draw controls against Florida … Recorded five points (2g, 3a), picked up a ground ball, caused two turnovers and won three draw controls against Harvard … Tallied three points (1g, 2a) and a draw control against Northwestern … Collected seven points (3g, 4a) and a draw control against Duke …Recorded a trio of goals, an assist, two ground balls, a caused turnover and a draw control against Albany … Scored five goals and collected three ground balls against Virginia Tech … Tied her season high with four assists to go along with one goal against No. 1 North Carolina … Scored a pair of goals at Cornell … Recorded five points (3g, 2a) and a draw control at Notre Dame … Scored a team-high five goals and dished out one assist against Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament … Had a goal, two assists, two draw controls and a ground ball against North Carolina in the conference tournament … Had six points (4g, 2a) on Syracuse’s first six goals against Loyola … Netted back-to-back goals to spark the Orange’s comeback against the Greyhounds … Finished with eight points (4g, 4a) and three caused turnovers against Loyola … Posted a team-high four goals to go along with two assists against Stony Brook … Also had two caused turnovers, two ground balls and a draw control against the Seawolves … Recorded a goal and two assists against Boston College in the NCAA quarterfinals … Also had two caused turnovers and a ground ball against the Eagles … Tallied six goals and three assists against Virginia in the NCAA semifinals … Posted three goals and an assists against Maryland in the national championship game . .. Was a member of the Fall 2013 and the Sping 2014 Athletic Directors Honor Roll.
Junior Year: Named BIG EAST Attack Player of the Year … All-Northeast Region First Team selection … Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team … All-Tournament Team selection … Ranks fifth on Syracuse’s career goals list and all-time scoring list with 142 goals and 236 points … Tied for third on Syracuse’s all-time assists list with 85 assists … Recorded five points, three ground balls and one caused turnover against Jacksonville … Registered four goals (3g, 1a), two ground balls and a draw control against Maryland … Notched three draw controls, a caused turnover and a team-high four goals against Virginia … Tallied four points (2g, 2a) against Florida … Picked up an assist, a caused turnover and two ground balls against Towson … Posted eight points (5g, 3a), two draw controls and a ground ball against Connecticut … Tallied five points (2g, 3a) and a ground ball against Boston College . .. Recorded five goals and three draw controls against Northwestern … Notched seven points (5g, 2a), a ground ball, a caused turnover and a draw control against Villanova … Picked up a caused turnover against Rutgers … Registered seven points (5g, 2a), a ground ball, a draw control and a caused turnover against Louisville … Posted six points (3g, 3a) and a ground ball against Cincinnati … Recorded four points (3g, 1a), five ground balls and four caused turnovers against Cornell … Tallied five points (4g, 1a), two caused turnovers and a ground ball against Notre Dame … Picked up five points (1g, 4a), a ground ball and a caused turnover against Marquette … Notched eight points (3g, 5a) and a draw control against Loyola … Registered five points (3g, 2a), four ground balls, two draw controls and a caused turnover against Georgetown … Posted five points (3g, 2a), two draw controls and a ground ball against Connecticut … Recorded two goals and three ground balls against Georgetown.
Sophomore Year: Played in all 23 games, making 22 starts … Led the nation in points (105) and goals (74) … Ranked 10th in the nation in points per game (4.57) and 12th in goals per game (3.22) … IWLCA All-America First Team selection … First-team All-Northeast Region honoree … Unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team … Named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team … Also named to the WomensLax.com and SynapseSports.com All-America First Team … 2012 ‘Cuse Awards Female Performance of the Year award winner … Posted career highs in points, goals, assists (31) and ground balls (15) … Set the single-game school record for goals in a game with eight against Boston College in the season opener … Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week after recording five points (2g, 3a) against No. 9 Notre Dame and seven points (6g, 1a) against Rutgers … Three-time member of the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll … Recorded seven goals against Connecticut and Cincinnati and finished with eight points in both contests … Scored four or more goals in nine games and posted five or more points in 12 games … Finished with four points against Dartmouth, North Carolina and Florida in the NCAA Tournament … Led SU in scoring in the tournament with 13 points.
Freshman Year: Started every game for the Orange … Tied for the team lead in draw controls (32) … Ranked third on the team in scoring with 48 points (24 goals, 24 assists) … Matched a career-high of five points (one goal, four assists) and one draw control against Loyola in the Big East Tournament…Had three points (one goal, two assists) against Villanova … Tallied four points (two goals, two assists) against Loyola … Recorded three points (one goal, two assists) and four draw controls against Cornell … Scored two goals and had one assist against Cincinnati … Registered one goal and three ground balls against Louisville … Had four points (two goals, two assists) and three draw controls against Georgetown … Picked up a career-best four ground balls and had two goals against Connecticut … Tallied a pair of goals and two draw controls against Dartmouth … Scored two goals against Rutgers … Registered two assists against Northwestern … Recorded five points (three goals, two assists) . .. Registered a career-best four draw controls against Virginia … Recorded four points (two goals, two assists) in her collegiate debut in the season opener against Colgate … Registered three draw controls against the Raiders.
High School: 2009 US Lacrosse All-America honoree… Finished her high school career with 284 goals and 279 assists, a New York state record… Named All-Suffolk County four times… Two-time Newsday All-Long Island Team honoree… Served as team captain in 2009 and 2010… Also a member of the basketball team… Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born in March 1992… Daughter of Ray and Lisa Murray… One sister… Father, Ray, played lacrosse at Adelphi University… Mother, Lisa, swam at the University of Connecticut … Majoring in child and family studies.
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ILWomen Committed Academy 2023: Day 1 Results & Standouts From More Than a Dozen DI Programs
Jun 26, 2023
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By Alyssa Murray Cometti, Matt Kinnear
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Tuesday June 27th, 2023 11:00am (Inside Lacrosse Photos: Jim Beaver)Day 1 of Committed Academy was full of meeting future teammates and competitive lacrosse. Six teams made up of players from 58 DI programs met to take part in an ILWomen run event hosted by Top of the Bay Sports at DE Turf in Frederica, DE. Teams were broken up into four different pools with two game each day.
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Virginia’s Julie Myers Steps Down After 28-Year Tenure as Head Coach
Jun 21, 2023
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By Emily Considine, Matt Kinnear, Alyssa Murray Cometti
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Wednesday June 21st, 2023 6:00pm (Photo Courtesy of Virginia Athletics)Julie Myers, the highly accomplished head coach of Virginia women’s lacrosse, has officially resigned from her position, announced in a press release Wednesday afternoon. Myers was at the helm of UVA’s program for the past 28 years, leading her teams to the postseason every year except for 2020 when NCAA spring championships were canceled due to the pandemic.
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Brown Announces Katrina Dowd as Bears’ New Head Coach
Jun 21, 2023
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By Emily Considine, Matt Kinnear, Alyssa Murray Cometti
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(Inside Lacrosse Photo: John Strohsacker)Brown University announced Katrina Dowd as its new head coach in a press release earlier today.