University of New Hampshire Athletics
Murray of Women’s Soccer to Play Professionally in Finland
2/10/2016 12:34:00 PM | Women's Soccer
DURHAM, N.H. – Senior Caroline Murray (New Canaan, Conn.) of the University of New Hampshire women's soccer team has signed a professional soccer contract to play in Finland, the first Wildcat to play professionally in program history.
Murray is set to play with Sudet, who is based in Kouvola, Finland. Sudet plays in the Finnish First Division in the Ykkonen Women's League. The Finnish league has a promotion/regulation system which Europe and the rest of the world has for their major professional soccer leagues.
"We are so excited for Caroline and her family and you would be hard pressed to find someone who deserves it more," said head coach Steve Welham. "All of Caroline's hard work, determination, and sacrifice as a youth player and at the college level has furnished Caroline with this wonderful opportunity. There is no doubt that Caroline is a talented player but she never stopped working on her game and making herself better. We have no doubt that she will succeed at the professional level. Caroline represents the best of UNH and what we are all about…we are very proud of her."
Last season, Sudet finished eighth out of 12 teams with seven wins, 12 losses and three draws for 24 points.
"I'm very excited to be joining Sudet and I think it will be a great environment for me to develop and grow as a player," said Murray. "I am very grateful to Sudet and Christopher McCollum at SoccerViza for such a great opportunity. It has always been a dream of mine to play in Europe and I am looking forward to getting started next month. I feel very fortunate to get to continue playing after college and Coach Welham and UNH played a huge role in making that possible."
Murray is coming off a season where she earned America East Midfielder of the Year after leading the league with eight assists. She was named to the All-Conference First Team and All-Academic Team following the season. The recognition didn't end there. Murray was selected to play in the New England Women's Intercollegiate Soccer Association (NEWISA) Senior Bowl and was named National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Northeast Region Third Team. Murray finished the 2015 season ranked 40th in the nation in assists and tied for 46th in the country for assists per game (0.4 apg). The Connecticut native finished her New Hampshire career with three goals and 13 assists for 19 points in two seasons.
Other notable awards Murray compiled this past season were NEWISA Division I All-New England First Team honors and NSCAA Scholar All-East Region Third Team, as she was the only America East member to be recognized in the latter. Murray arrived at UNH for her junior season after playing two years at Ohio State University. The midfielder played 27 games at OSU with one start and four assists. In her first season with the Wildcats, Murray led the team to its first America East championship where she scored the game's second goal in an eventual 2-1 win over Hartford University.
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Murray is set to play with Sudet, who is based in Kouvola, Finland. Sudet plays in the Finnish First Division in the Ykkonen Women's League. The Finnish league has a promotion/regulation system which Europe and the rest of the world has for their major professional soccer leagues.
"We are so excited for Caroline and her family and you would be hard pressed to find someone who deserves it more," said head coach Steve Welham. "All of Caroline's hard work, determination, and sacrifice as a youth player and at the college level has furnished Caroline with this wonderful opportunity. There is no doubt that Caroline is a talented player but she never stopped working on her game and making herself better. We have no doubt that she will succeed at the professional level. Caroline represents the best of UNH and what we are all about…we are very proud of her."
Last season, Sudet finished eighth out of 12 teams with seven wins, 12 losses and three draws for 24 points.
"I'm very excited to be joining Sudet and I think it will be a great environment for me to develop and grow as a player," said Murray. "I am very grateful to Sudet and Christopher McCollum at SoccerViza for such a great opportunity. It has always been a dream of mine to play in Europe and I am looking forward to getting started next month. I feel very fortunate to get to continue playing after college and Coach Welham and UNH played a huge role in making that possible."
Murray is coming off a season where she earned America East Midfielder of the Year after leading the league with eight assists. She was named to the All-Conference First Team and All-Academic Team following the season. The recognition didn't end there. Murray was selected to play in the New England Women's Intercollegiate Soccer Association (NEWISA) Senior Bowl and was named National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Northeast Region Third Team. Murray finished the 2015 season ranked 40th in the nation in assists and tied for 46th in the country for assists per game (0.4 apg). The Connecticut native finished her New Hampshire career with three goals and 13 assists for 19 points in two seasons.
Other notable awards Murray compiled this past season were NEWISA Division I All-New England First Team honors and NSCAA Scholar All-East Region Third Team, as she was the only America East member to be recognized in the latter. Murray arrived at UNH for her junior season after playing two years at Ohio State University. The midfielder played 27 games at OSU with one start and four assists. In her first season with the Wildcats, Murray led the team to its first America East championship where she scored the game's second goal in an eventual 2-1 win over Hartford University.
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