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2012 Field Hockey

Brittany Benson #00 GK

  • Height:
    5-4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    New Trier
  • Hometown:
    Wilmette, Ill.

Summary

Biography

2012 (Senior): Started all 21 games in goal, finishing the season with a .812 save percentage ... was named first-team All-Region and All-NCAC ... played in the 2012 NFHCA Division III Senior Game ... finished second in the conference with 112 saves ... ends her career with 446 saves and 23.1 shutouts, making her the leader for most career saves and second for most career shutouts in the Denison field hockey record book.

2011 (Junior): Started all 20 games in goal for the Big Red ... was named NCAC Defensive Player of the Year after posting a .869 save percentage to go along with 11 shutouts ... made 86 saves on the year in 1,348 minutes of play ... was named first-team All-NCAC and first-team All-Great Lakes Region ... recorded a shutout, making seven saves, in the NCAC Championship game against DePauw on Nov. 5 ... named NCAC Player of the Week after recording three saves in a 2-0 victory over Ohio Wesleyan.

2010 (Sophomore): Started all 19 games in goal, finishing the season with a .817 save percentage, which was good enough for second in the NCAC.  She posted 125 saves in 1,341 minutes of action ... recorded a season-high 17 saves twice during her 2010 campaign, once against Lynchburg in the second week of the season and then again against Wittenberg in the 2010 NCAC Tournament Semifinals ... was named second-team All-NCAC.

2009 (Freshman):  Started all 19 games in her rookie campaign and posted a .741 save percentage which was third-best in the NCAC.  She recorded 123 saves in 1,374 minutes in the cage ... notched shutout wins against DePauw and Oberlin ... posted a career-high 19 saves against Lynchburg ... named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad.

Personal: Psychology major with a minor in history ... daughter of Nels and Sonia Benson ... was a two-time all-state field hockey player in Illinois ... won Illinois State Championship in high school (2007).

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Historical Player Information

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