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Women’s Soccer Alumna Melissa Murphy ’03 Part of CACC Hall of Fame Class of 2022

Women’s soccer alumna Melissa Murphy ’03 was one of four honorees inducted into the CACC Hall of Fame Class of 2022.

Murphy became Holy Family’s fourth CACC Hall of Fame inductee, joining former women’s basketball coach Mike McLaughlin, the 2007-08 women’s basketball team, and Catherine Carr ’11. Murphy was honored during halftime of the January 25 women’s and men’s basketball doubleheader.

Murphy had a sensational career on the pitch as she starred from 1999-02.

She is the only goalkeeper in program history to hold a career goals against average under 1.00 (0.99), and she also is the program’s all-time leader with 426 career saves.

Murphy was a three-time All-CACC selection and went on to earn the league’s player of the year award in 2002 when she was also named all-region and NAIA All-America Honorable Mention.

The program thrived under her stellar play as Holy Family won three consecutive CACC Championships from 1999-2001 while earning a bid to the NAIA regional tournament in each of her four seasons.

Volleyball Leads League with Five All-CACC Honorees

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Holy Family Tied for 21st in Division II’s ASR for Most Recent Cohort

Holy Family University ranked in a tie for 21st in the NCAA Division II Academic Success Rate (ASR) for the most recent cohort, which considered student-athletes who entered college from 2012 through 2015.

The ASR is the percentage of studentathletes who graduate within six years of initial college enrollment and includes virtually all Division II student-athletes, including transfers and those not receiving athletics scholarships.

The Division II ASR also captures about 50 percent more college athletes than Division I’s Federal Graduation Rate (FGR). Unlike the FGR, the ASR also counts student-athletes who transfer to a school after initial enrollment elsewhere and removes the student-athletes who leave school while academically eligible.

Holy Family’s ASR was 92 percent, compared to the national average of 76.

In addition to tying for 21st in Division II, Holy Family ranked third amongst the 22 DII institutions in Pennsylvania and fourth in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC).

Holy Family had three teams – women’s basketball, women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball – achieve a perfect ASR.

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Meanwhile, men’s soccer (96 ASR), women’s lacrosse (94), softball (94), men’s basketball (83) and women’s cross country/track & field (77) were all higher than the national averages for their respective sport.

Women’s Basketball Advances to the CACC Tournament Semifinal

The women’s basketball team defeated Felician University 71-62 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament Quarterfinal matchup in the Campus Center but were unsuccessful in a semifinal match-up against Post University later that week.

The women’s basketball team finished sixth in the East Region in the third and final installment of the NCAA Regional Rankings.