As a senior: Wrapped up her Bulldog career appearing in 44 games while making 40 starts at first base in 2015 … Finished the year hitting a career-best .261 with 24 hits, four doubles, five homeruns, 16 RBI, and 12 runs scored (all career-highs) … Made just a single error in 262 chances (.996) at first base ... Recorded seven multi-hit games and four contests with 2+ RBI … Went 2-for-3 with two homers and four RBI vs. Maryland ES on Feb. 21 … Blasted a grand slam and scored two runs in a 12-3 win at LIU Brooklyn on April 25 … Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a run scored and a RBI vs. Sacred Heart on April 18.
As a junior: Made 46 appearances, earning 40 starts at first base, serving as Bryant’s defensive player … Finished the season hitting .225 with nine hits, five runs scored, two doubles, a homerun, and seven RBI … Posted a .979 fielding percentage in 335 total chances at first base, making 320 put outs and helping turn 10 double plays … Went 2-for-4 with a homerun, three RBI, and a run scored vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Feb. 23 … Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs scored, and a RBI vs. Maine on May 2.
As a sophomore: Appeared in 25 games, earning 24 starts at first base for the Black and Gold before suffering an injury that sidelined her for the final 15 games of the season … Posted a .196 average, collecting 10 hits including a double and a pair of homeruns to go along with three RBI and 12 runs scored … Collected a career-high three hits, including a solo homerun and three runs scored in a 10-1 victory over Brown on April 4 … Went 2-for-3 with a homer and two runs scored on March 30 vs. Wagner ... Named to NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman: Saw action in 18 games, making 14 starts during her first collegiate season with the Black and Gold ... Came up with four hits in 29 at-bats for a .138 batting average in her rookie year ... Launched one home run against LIU Brooklyn on April 1 ... Made just two errors in 100 chances at first base ... Produced back-to-back hits in a doubleheader against LIU Brooklyn on April 1 and also drove in a career-high three runs in that game against the Blackbirds.
Before Bryant: A four-year starter for the Belleville H.S. softball team ... Team advanced to the state semifinals during her junior season ... Named captain prior to her senior season, during which she was tabbed first-team all-league and second-team all-county ... Chosen as Belleville's Essex County Scholar/Athlete four times ... Named second-team all-league after her junior season.
Personal: Daughter of Ralph and Kristine Benacquista, Jessica Benacquista was born June 4, 1993 ... Has two sisters, Leah and Gianna.
Career Highs
Hits: 3, vs. Brown (April 4, 2013)
Runs scored: 3, vs. Brown (April 4, 2013)
RBI: 4, 2x, rec. at LIU Brookyln (April 25, 2015)
Home runs: 2, vs. Maryland ES (Feb. 21, 2015)
Stolen bases: 1, 2x, rec. vs. Sacrament St. (March 7, 2015)
Walks: 2, at Yale (April 3, 2013)
