SIUE

2006: Started all 20 games for the Cougars while scoring her first and only goal for SIUE ... Earned many honors including being named as a Great Lakes Valley Conference first team member ... Bencini was also named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Region team for the second time ... She was named to the GLVC All-Region first team and she was also named as a second-team All-Region member Daktronics All-Great Lakes Region honors by a vote of the region's sports information directors. 2005: Named to the 2005 Academic All-District V College Division first team ... Primarily a sweeper or marking back ... Started 22 of 23 games ... Recorded her first collegiate point with a game-winning assist on Oct. 23. 2004: Named to the 2004 Academic All-District V College Division third team ... Appeared in 19 games starting 18 of them ... Played a significant role on a defense that held opponents to a school-record 12 goals allowed. 2003: Started every game for the Cougars as a freshman ... Played important defensive role for the Cougars ... Recorded seven shots. High School: Named first team All-Conference her senior season at Carbondale Comm. High School ... Also played basketball ... Honor roll student all four years of high school ... Born: September 18, 1984 ... Major: Health Education. Career Statistics

OFFENSE               GP    G    A  Pts Shots Shot%  SOG  SOG%  GW  PK-Att   2003................  17    0    0    0     7  .000    1  .143   0   0-0   2004................  19    0    0    0     0  .000    0  .000   0   0-0   2005................  23    0    1    1     1  .000    0  .000   0   0-0   2006................  20    1    1    3    11  .091    9  .818   0   0-0   TOTAL...............  79    1    2    4    19  .053   10  .526   0   0-0