2019: Voted 2019 America East Fan’s Choice Player of the Year... Appeared in all 23 matches and 88 sets this season... Started 17 of those matchups... Posted a career high 348 digs... Eclipsed her career high in digs ten times this season, setting it at 28 at New Hampshire... Named Co-Defensive Specialist of the Week by the America East for the week of October 1st and Defensive Specialist of the Week during the weeks of September 14th and November 17th... Third in the America East in digs per game with 3.95.
2018: Appeared in 21 matches and 83 sets for the season. Recorded 94 kills and 13 aces….. 164 digs…. Scored 119.5 points for the team…Tied a career-high 16 digs against Belmont on Aug. 31, and then again on Oct 7 against UMass Lowell. Recorded a season-high 10 kills against Robert Morris, along with 13 digs.
2017: Appeared in 21 matches and 64 sets... Recorded 42 kills, hitting at a .118 hitting percentage, and had 126 digs... Had a season high 7 kills against New Hampshire on Nov. 12, and a season high of 13 digs against Presbyterian on Sep. 8.
2016: Had a phenomenal match against Columbia on September 16, stacking up 12 kills (zero errors) and 8 digs with a huge .545 hitting percentage to help the Retrievers sweep the hosts…Had a career-high 13 kills against Akron… Posted a career-high 16 digs against Providence. She appeared in 18 matches and 65 sets…. She recorded 99 kills, hitting at a .130 hitting percentage on the year…
Background: Selected to the All-County First Team three times as a sophomore, junior, and senior… Led Linganore High School to Annual Linganore Tournament championships and won… Honor Roll student.
Personal: Daughter of Paul Bentz, Christy Bentz, and Brian Hayden… Has two younger siblings, Blake and Aiden… Plans to major in Sociology… Born August 30, 1998… Favorite professional team is the Washington Nationals.
