Ranks second in Mercy history with145 career hits, 74 RBI and 217 total bases; tied-second with14 home runs; third with 436 at-bats and 71 runs; fourth with 28doubles; t-10th with a .489 slugging percentage; t-13th with a .333batting average and t-17th with 31 walks.
2013: Her 161 at-bats ranked second in Mercysingle-season history (just three behind her own record set in2012); also ranked second in hits (57), t-fourth in doubles (13),fifth in RBI (31) and total bases (85), t-seventh in runs (32) and21st in batting average (.354)...Named First Team ECCAll-Conference…Named ECC Player of Week for Week7…Made ECC Honor Roll for Week 9…Played and startedin 50 games…Hit .354 (57-for-161) with 32 runs, 31 RBI, 13doubles and five homeruns…Recorded a .528 sluggingpercentage, and a .406 on base percentage, while posting a .988fielding percentage…Was 2 for 2 on stolen bases...Went 2-3with two walks, one run and one RBI at Post on March 22...Batted4-7 with one walk, three runs and two RBI over a doubleheader atNYIT on March 30...Was 2-4 with a double, two walks, two runs andtwo RBI vs. Queens on April 4...Hit 3-4 with a double, one run andtwo walks at Dowling on April 9...Went 3-4 with a home run, double,three runs and three RBI at STAC on April 11...Was 2-4 with a homerun, three runs and two RBI vs. NYIT on April 13...Batted 4-5 witha home run, double, three runs and one RBI at Chestnut Hill onApril 25...Went 2-3 with a home run, one walk, two runs and two RBIagainst Dowling on April 27.
2012:Set the single season record with 164at-bats, also ranking tied-fourth in hits (49), tied-fifth in totalbases (73), tied-sixth in home runs (five), tied-14th in doubles(seven) and tied-17th in RBI (20)...named to the ECC Honor Roll for WeekEight...started all 49 games…led the team with 164at-bats…tied for the team lead with five homeruns…ranked second on the squad with 49 hits…wasthird in doubles (seven), RBI (20) and stolen bases(4-4)…her .979 fielding percentage at first base rankedfourth on the team…was fifth in batting average (.299), runs(18) and slugging percentage (.445)…went 2-2 with two runs,one RBI and a stolen base vs. Holy Family on March 18…was3-4 with a run against Southern N.H. on March 26…smacked herfirst home run of the season, a three-run shot, against STAC onApril 1…legged out a triple while going 2-2 at Molloy onApril 3…was 2-4 with two runs and two RBI vs. Chestnut Hillon April 6…went 2-3 with a double, one run, a walk and astolen base at Queens on April 13…recorded two or more hitsin four of her final five games…pitched one inning inrelief.
2011:Her four home runs ranked tied-eighth insingle season history, while she also ranked tied-eighthin doubles (eight), 11th in RBI (23), tied-11th in hits(39), tied-12th in total bases (59) and tied-17th inat-bats (111)...her save tied her for second in single seasonhistory in the circle, as her 4.74 ERA also ranked20th...named Second TeamAll-ECC...named Rookie of the Week twice...appeared in 37games, starting all but one…led the team with 229putouts…was third with a .351 batting average, eight doublesand .980 fielding percentage…finished fourth in home runs(four), RBI (23), slugging percentage (.532) and on-base percentage(.415)…scored 21 runs (fifth)…made seven appearanceson the mound over 10.1 innings pitched, picking up one win and twolosses…recorded a 4.74 ERA, one save (the Mavericks’only one) and five strikeouts…tossed 2.1 IP in reliefagainst American International on March 5, allowing only two hitsand one walk while striking out one and picking up thewin…earned the Mavericks’ only save against Urbana onMarch 6, pitching 1.1 IP and giving up only one hit and onewalk…went 1-4 with three runs scored, two RBI and a walkagainst Holy Family on March 19…was a perfect 3-3 with awalk at the plate versus NYIT on April 2, scoring two runs andknocking in four on a double and home run…scored two runsand batted in three RBI on two hits, including a home run, in fourat-bats against C.W. Post on April 6…went a combined 3-5,including a home run, with four runs scored, five RBI and a walkover a doubleheader with Bridgeport on April 8…went aseason-high 4-4 at the plate with one RBI against Queens College onApril 30.
Prior to Mercy: Named to Honor Roll andAll-League in each of her four years of high school...namedAll-Section in 2009 and 2010...a 2009 All-State selection...servedas Varsity captain in 2009 and 2010...inducted to Brewster HighSchool Hall of Fame in 2010.
Personal: Born in Mt. Kisco, N.Y....daughter ofKevin and JoElllen Bentson...has one brother, Jeff (25), and onesister, Kim (23)...majoring in management accounting:computerand information systems.
