2016 Beach Volleyball Roster
Biography
Career Stats
As A Senior (Beach 2016)
Teamed with fellow senior Eleonora Kazarian at No. 1 … Finished the season 7-12 featuring at No. 1 … Won a pair of ASUN matches over Jacksonville (Mar. 19) and Mercer (Mar. 25) … Won four-straight matches from Mar. 31 to Apr. 9 with wins over South Carolina, UAB, and College of Charleston.
As a Senior (Indoor 2015) | Match-By-Match
Second Team All-Atlantic Sun … A-Sun Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 12, Oct. 19) … Transitioned to libero following a season-ending injury her junior year… Led the team with 558 digs, the second-highest single season total in program history … Benke’s 4.65 digs per set a new program record for a single season … Recorded a career-high 33 digs at Jacksonville (Oct. 17) … Had 10 matches with 20 or more digs and 23 matches 15 or more digs … Reached the 30 dig mark again against Jacksonville (Oct. 31) … Recorded five aces in the season-opener against New Orleans (Aug. 28) … Finished the season with 22 aces, good for third on the team.
As A Junior (Indoor 2014) | Match-by-Match
Made 11 starts in as many games before an injury ended her season… produced a season-best 17 kills and 15 digs in the season-opener against FAMU (Aug. 29)… Added 16 kills against Seton Hall (Aug. 30)… Registered 12 kills and nine digs against Ohio State (Sept. 5)… Produced 16 kills and season-high 18 digs against UMKC (Sept. 20).
As A Junior (Beach 2014)
Finished 7-8 overall as part of the no. 3 duo…recording wins over Warner University, Tulane, Jacksonville, Florida Atlantic, North Florida, LSU and Grand Canyon…went 1-5 at no. 2… went 0-2 in the A-Sun tournament… finished the season at 8-13.
Personal
Born June 9, 1992 … from Toledo, Brazil … attended Ofelia Fonsera HS … daughter of Euclides Benke … has one sister, Caroline … majoring in Finance.
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