A Colonel’s Mission to See His Daughter Play
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The following article featuring Yale forward Caroline Murphy appeared in the February 16 issue of the Yale Daily News.
By Alison Griswold
Staff Reporter
Saturday was Senior Day for the women’s hockey team, and
Ingalls Rink was filled with spectators — one of whom
traveled more than 6,000 miles to be there.
Among a sea of spectators ready to watch the Bulldogs take on
Cornell in Yale’s final home game of the season, one
uniformed man stood out: Col. David Murphy, the father of Bulldog
captain Caroline Murphy ’10. On a two-week leave from army
duty in Afghanistan, the colonel made the trip to New Haven to
watch his daughter play.
“When I heard he was going to try and make it back for the
last two weeks of my season, I didn’t believe it for a
second,” said Caroline, the family’s oldest daughter
and a forward for the Bulldogs.
Complete article can be accessed via the Daily News Web site by clicking here.
