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2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

10 Elise Benjamin

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Desoto, Texas
  • Highschool Desoto

Biography

2019: Started all 19 matches she was available for, as a senior… Finishes her career third all-time with 0.99 blocks per set, fifth with 224 block assists, and ninth with 255 total blocks… Tallied 117 kills with a .218 it percentage, 79 total blocks, a team-high 12 solo blocks, and 1.07 blocks per set, tied for sixth-highest in a single season at Fordham… Began her season strongly with six kills (.857), six blocks, six digs, and an ace in a win over Lamar (8/30)… Hit .556 with five kills and six blocks, two solo, against Hartford (9/13)… Notched eight kills at a .375 clip with three blocks, one solo, against Hofstra (9/14)… Returned from injury with 10 kills and six blocks in a win at Rhode Island (9/28)… Recorded a season-high 11 kills with a .308 percentage, seven blocks, an ace, and a dig at Saint Louis (10/4)… Went for six kills and six blocks in the home match against Saint Louis (10/19)… Had eight kills and four blocks, two solo, against La Salle (11/3)… Finished her season well with a combined 31 kills and 18 total blocks over the final two weekends, starting with eight kills and three blocks against VCU (11/8)… Had six blocks, one solo, with six kills against Davidson (11/9)… Tallied nine kills and four blocks, one solo, at George Washington (11/15)… Had a career-high four solo blocks, five total, with eight kills in a win at George Mason (11/16).

2018: Appeared in 17 matches, making 14 starts, around injuries, as a junior… One-time Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week… Despite missing 10 matches due to injury, finished with the most solo blocks, eight, and the second-most blocks, 81, and the second-highest blocks per set average in a single season, 1.35… Notched 55 kills with a .222 hit percentage, second-highest on the team… Made her season debut with four blocks, one solo, and three kills at UNLV (9/7)… Helped the Rams to a win over Cal State Fullerton with seven blocks (9/8)… Combined for 12 blocks, two solo, and eight kills in a doubleheader against St. Francis Brooklyn and Dartmouth (9/15)… Earned DPOW honors despite the team having just one match that weekend, tallying a career-high 11 blocks, one shy of the five-set record, one solo, to go with three kills in a win over Rhode Island (9/22)… Recorded seven more blocks against Duquesne (9/28)… Combined for 13 blocks, two solo, and 10 kills, including a season-high nine at a .571 clip against the Colonials, at George Mason and George Washington (10/5-6)… Notched seven more blocks, plus three kills, at Saint Louis (10/14)… Blocked six shots and had seven kills on 12 attempts against Davidson (10/19)… Added seven blocks, one solo, and five kills on nine attempts against VCU (10/21)… Finished her season with five kills and two blocks, one solo, against George Washington (11/9).

2017: Limited to 12 matches and 36 sets due to injury as a sophomore... Tallied 58 kills (1.61 per set), a .262 attack percentage, and 24 blocks, two solo... Notched five kills, three blocks (one solo), one assist, and one dig in her season debut against Southeast Missouri (8/25)... Matched what was her career-high with nine kills (.357) with three blocks at Manhattan (8/30)... Blocked a season-high five attacks against Saint Louis (10/7)... Set a new personal-best with 12 kills on 18 attacks (.556) with three blocks (one solo) in a win at La Salle (10/13)... Posted a career-high 23 attacks with nine kills (.304) in a win over Davidson (10/22). 

2016: Appeared in 25 matches, starting 24, as a freshman… Finished the year with 101 kills, fourth-most in the squad and had a team-high 71 total blocks… Made her debut with four kills and three blocks in a win over Lehigh (8/26)… Notched six blocks to go with four kills against Manhattan (8/31)… Tallied five kills and blocks against NJIT (9/3)… Later in the day, tallied a career-best seven blocks, two solo, to go with three kills in a win over Quinnipiac (9/3)… Had eight kills (.538) and season-high five digs against Binghamton (9/10)… Smacked season-high nine kills, adding four blocks, against Providence (9/17)… Enjoyed three straight contests, and four of five, with seven kills, tallying 18 blocks over that stretch… Added six more blocks at Duquesne (10/14).

Before Fordham: Four year varsity volleyball player at Desoto High School... Earned First and Second Team All-District and All-Academic honors... Played club volleyball for ACE Smack Black and helped them to the NTR Tournament championship.

Major: Communications.
 
SEASON HIGHS
Kills: 11, at Saint Louis (10/4/19)
Assists: 1, 2x, last at Davidson (10/11/19)
Digs: 6, vs. Lamar (8/30/19)
Service Aces: 1, 2x, last at Saint Louis (10/4/19)
Blocks: 7, 2x, last at Saint Louis (10/4/19)
 
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 12, at La Salle (10/13/17)
Assists: 2, vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (9/15/18)
Digs: 6, vs. Lamar (8/30/19)
Service Aces: 1, 6x, last at Saint Louis (10/4/19)
Blocks: 11, vs. Rhode Island (9/22/18)

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2016Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    10
  • 10

    2017Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    10
  • 10

    2018Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    10
  • 10

    2019Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    10