North Carolina Tar Heels Murphy moved to the United States in 2021 to attend college at the
University of North Carolina and play for the
North Carolina Tar Heels under
Anson Dorrance. She started for the team during her freshman year, scoring 5 goals and leading the team with 6 assists in 15 games. She was named to the
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) all-freshman team. In her sophomore season in 2022, she featured primarily as a substitute but nearly matched her previous year's tally with 5 goals and 4 assists in 24 appearances. In her junior season, she scored 6 goals and 2 assists in 17 games. She scored and assisted
Caiya Hanks during a 4–1 win against
Florida State, ending their 32–game unbeaten streak. Wake Forest placed second in the ACC regular season and lost on
penalties to Florida State in the
ACC tournament semifinals. In the
NCAA tournament, Murphy scored in each of the first three rounds. She was named in the all-tournament team after helping the team advance to
first national final in program history, where the Demon Deacons lost 1–0 to the Tar Heels. Murphy finished the season with 7 goals and 8 assists in 23 games (both second to Hanks on the team) and was named second-team All-ACC. == Club career ==