The Beneducci File
- Four-year starter with 63 career games played
- 100 career ground balls
- Three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection (2021-23)
- 2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- 2022 Second Team All-Big Ten
- 2022 All-Big Ten Tournament Team
2023 (Senior): Started at 17 games on defense ... finished with 18 ground balls and seven caused turnovers ... scooped the 100th ground ball of her career to help Rutgers to victory over No. 16 Johns Hopkins, securing the Scarlet Knights a trip to the Big Ten Semifinal (4/29) ... tallied two ground balls in overtime win against Ohio State (4/20) ... caused a turnover in win over No. 6 Stony Brook (4/12) ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2022 (Junior): Second Team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten selection ... finished fifth in the Big Ten in ground balls (43) and caused turnovers (25) during 21 starts on defense ... caused multiple turnovers in nine games with a season-high three in wins over Lehigh and Villanova ... helped RU produce a top-20 scoring defense ... named to the All-Big Ten Tournament team after she caused back-to-back turnovers against No. 3 Maryland and No. 4 Northwestern (5/6-8) ... dished out two assists in win over San Diego State (4/16) ... scooped up a season-high six ground balls in win at No. 21 James Madison (3/13).
2021 (Sophomore): Finished second collegiate season with 24 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers in 16 starts on defense ... helped Rutgers to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999 ... scooped up five ground balls and caused two turnovers in win over No. 13 Penn State (4/15) ... caused two turnovers at Maryland (4/8) ... in on two ground balls and two caused turnovers against No. 3 Northwestern (3/21) ... caused a turnover in win over Ohio State (2/28) ... 2021 Academic All-Big Ten selection & Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
2020 (Freshman)
- Started all nine games on defense and finished second on the team in caused turnovers (8) and tied for second in ground balls (16)
- Registered two ground balls and caused a turnover in win at Temple (2/12)
- Made first collegiate start in season opener and recorded a team-high four caused turnovers and three ground balls in win over LIU (2/8)
Prior to Rutgers: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Mendham … finished her scholastic career with 70 goals, 61 assists, 66 draw controls and 93 ground balls … three-time All-Morris County and all-league sophomore through senior seasons … produced 15 goals, 22 assists, 28 draw controls, 18 forced turnovers and 25 ground balls as a senior … helped Mendham to its first Morris County Tournament title since 2011 … had 20 goals, 22 assists, 35 ground balls and 38 draw controls as a junior … netted a career-high 32 goals as a sophomore in 2017 … also a four-year letterwinner in soccer, where she was named a second-team all-conference player as a senior in 2018 … brother, Joe, played football at Michigan … father, Joe Sr., played basketball and soccer at Drew University and was a three-year captain on the soccer team … mother, Bonnie, played field hockey and lacrosse at Drew University, where she holds the program record for most ground balls in a career and was elected into the athletic department’s hall of fame in 1995.
