2018: Played in 43 games, earning 39 starts … Second on the team with six round-trippers … Drove in 19 runs and scored 16 times while posting a .513 slugging percentage … Drove in a run and scored once in the opening win over Belmont Abbey … Doubled and scored against Lees-McRae … Smashed a two-run homer in the victory over the Bobcats … Launched a solo homer and scored twice at Erskine … Blasted a homer, doubled, singled, drove in two and scored once in the victory over the Flying Fleet … Singled against Catawba … Blasted a double at Carson-Newman … Singled and doubled in the same inning in the win at Flagler … Singled and scored against the Saints … Had a base hit and scored at Embry-Riddle … Notched two hits and scored a run against No. 12 Lenoir-Rhyne … Singled against the No. 12 Bears … Tallied two hits and scored in the opener at Georgia Southwestern … Doubled in a run against the Lady Canes … Doubled at Claflin … Singled against Young Harris … Singled in the opener at Georgia College … Launched a two-run homer while also picking up a single in the win at Augusta … Drove in a run at Augusta … Notched two hits, including a double, while driving in one against Lander … Launched two homers, drove in three and scored twice in the win over Francis Marion … Drove in a run against the Patriots … Doubled and scored against No. 2 North Georgia … Singled in two runs, tying the game, in the opening victory over Claflin … Drove in a run off a solid base knock in the 4-0 win over the Panthers … Doubled and scored in the win over UNC Pembroke.
2017: Played in 43 games, earning 37 starts … Second on the team with 23 RBI … Recorded a .500 slugging percentage and a .993 fielding percentage … Tied the school record for homers in a game with two against Georgia Southwestern … Singled in a run and scored in the season-opening victory over Limestone … Registered a pinch-hit single, driving in two, in the nightcap win over the Saints … Singled at Belmont Abbey … Doubled in the tie with the Crusaders … Singled in a run in the victory at Newberry … Recorded a base hit in the win at Converse … Had a base hit and scored a run against the Falcons … Smashed a pair of hits and scored a run in the opening victory against Claflin … Was hit by a pitch in the victory over the Panthers … Walked and scored a run in the win over St. Augustine’s … Singled and scored at UNC Pembroke … Pounded out two hits, including a double, in the victory at Francis Marion … Doubled and scored in the first win at Queens … Tripled and scored twice in the nightcap victory against the Royals … Doubled in a pair of runs at Lenoir-Rhyne … Posted two hits, including the walk-off three-run homer in the 10-inning victory over Flagler … Singled and scored the game-winning run in the win over the Saints … Posted two hits in the opening win over Montevallo … Notched two hits, including a double, while driving in one and scoring once in the victory over the Falcons … Singled against Armstrong State … Had a hit against the Pirates … Notched two hits, drove in one and scored once at Barton … Singled in a run in the win over Georgia Southwestern … Homered twice, doubled and singled while driving in four and scoring twice against the Hurricanes … Singled in a run and scored twice in the win at Claflin … Had a hit at North Georgia … Singled at Young Harris … Had a base hit against the Mountain Lions … Posted two hits, including a double, while driving in three and scoring twice in the win over Augusta … Recorded a walk-off single in the opener against Erskine … Belted a three-run homer in the victory over the Flying Fleet.
2016: Played in 47 games, earning 46 starts … Led the team with 10 sacrifice hits … Fifth on the team with a .279 batting average … Fourth on the team with five home runs … Third on the squad with 18 runs scored … Posted a .414 slugging percentage … Went two-for-three in the season-opening victory over Mars Hill … Singled and then doubled home the game-tying run in the bottom of the seventh in the nightcap win over the Lions … Singled in the win over
Claflin … Recorded a base hit in the win at Limestone … Posted a hit against the Saints … Singled and scored in the win over Converse … Drove in a run against Pfeiffer … Drove in the game-winning run in the win over Francis Marion … Was three-for-four with a double, one RBI and scored twice in the win over
Claflin … Doubled and scored in the win at Flagler … Scored a run in the victory against the Saints … Singled in the win over No. 18
Lenoir-Rhyne … Smashed a three-run homer in the win over No. 18
Lenoir-Rhyne … Scored a run against Lander … Hammered out three hits, including a homer, drove in two and scored twice in the win at
Erskine … Singled and scored in the first shutout of Columbus State … Had a base hit in the shutout of the Cougars … Singled in the game-winning run in the shutout of Georgia Southwestern … Went four-for-four with a homer, two RBI and one run scored against the Hurricanes … Had a base hit against Armstrong State … Pounded out three hits against Young Harris … Singled against No. 7 North Georgia … Had a base hit against the No. 7 Nighthawks … Launched a double and drove in a run in the win at
Montevallo … Rattled off three hits, including a homer, while driving in two and scoring once in the victory over the Falcons … Scored a pair of runs in the win over UNC Pembroke … Posted two hits and scored a run against Georgia College … Singled and scored the game-winning run in the PBC Quarterfinal win over Armstrong State … Smashed a two-run homer over the netting 235 feet away in the PBC Semifinal victory over Young Harris … Laid down a sacrifice bunt in the NCAA Tournament game against
Lenoir-Rhyne.
2015: Started all 39 games … Batted .283 on the season … Recorded a pair of homers and six RBI … Boasted a .987 fielding percentage … Led the team with nine sacrifice hits … PBC Freshman of the Week … Scored twice, including the game-winning run, in the win over Queens ... Recorded her first career hit in the 4-3 victory over the Royals … Had a double against Newberry … Went three-for-four with a double and two runs scored in the win over the Wolves … Doubled in the win over Concord … Had two hits, including a double, and scored in the 15-8 win at Lander … Scored a run in the victory over the
Bearcats … Had a hit and scored a run in the win over Pfeiffer … Pounded out three hits and scored twice in the victory over the Falcons … Singled in the win over Carson-Newman … Had a hit against the Eagles … Went three-for-three with three RBI and scored twice while also stealing home in the victory over the Cougars … Singled in the win over Georgia Southwestern … Singled in the win over the Saints … Had a pair of hits, including a double, at Young Harris … Pounded out a pair of hits and scored once in the win over Young Harris … Scored a run against Armstrong State … Registered two hits and scored a run in the win over the Pirates … Doubled against North Georgia … Singled and scored a run at Georgia College … Had a pair of hits, including a double, while scoring once in the win over West Georgia on Senior Day … Singled in the victory over the Wolves on Senior Day … Recorded a hit at UNC Pembroke … Blasted a two-run homer against the Braves … Scored a run against the Patriots … Singled and made an outstanding catch in right field in the PBC Quarterfinals against North Georgia.
High School: Attended
Finneytown H.S. ... Four-time all-conference selection, including three times as a first-team member ... Two-time Cincinnati Hills League Softball Athlete of the Year ... Three-time team MVP ... Three-time all-academic honoree ... Cincinnati Enquirer Division II-IV All-Star Team selection ... Posted a .556 batting average as a junior, slugging .972 ... Batted .592 as a sophomore ... Led her team to the ASA Nationals three times ... Guided her squad to a top-25 ASA Nationals ranking.
Personal: Sydney Murphy was born Jan. 27, 1996 in Cincinnati, Ohio ... Daughter of Jimmy and Vicki Murphy ... Has an older sibling, Alex, who played soccer at Georgia Southern and a younger sibling, Delaney, who is a gymnast ... Majoring in exercise and sports science.
