Junior three-time All-OAC forward Rachel Bender, senior All-OAC defender Lauren Haynam and senior three-time All-OAC midfielder Anna Poptic
Junior three-time All-OAC forward Rachel Bender and senior two-time All-OAC midfielder Alex Elliott
Junior three-time All-OAC and Academic All-OAC forward Rachel Bender
Junior three-time All-OAC forward Rachel Bender (Photo by Caitlin Shoemaker)
Junior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC forward Rachel Bender
Rachel Bender

11 Rachel Bender

  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Massillon
  • High School:
    Jackson
  • Position:
    F/MF
g 16
a 8
pts 40
gw 6

2017

  • College Sports Information Directors of America  (CoSIDA) Academic All-America second-team selection
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Co-Forward of the Year
  • All-OAC first-team selection 
  • United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III All-Great Lakes Region second-team selection
  • Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association All-Ohio first-team selection
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 selection
  • Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Academic All-Ohio first-team selection
  • Named as the OAC Women's Soccer Player of the Week on Sept. 18
  • Herb Lauffer Memorial Tournament Most Valuable Player
  • BW Offensive Player of the Year award recipient
  • Appeared in and started all 20 games
  • Scored a team- and conference-leading 16 goals, including six game winners
  • Second in the OAC with her team-leading eight assists
  • Recorded a team- and conference-leading 45 points
  • Took 115 shots and put 57 on goal
  • Earned third varsity letter

2016

  • National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Great Lakes Region third-team selection
  • All-OAC first-team selection (second straight year)
  • Academic All-OAC and Academic All-Ohio selection 
  • Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association All-Ohio first-team selection
  • Named OAC Women's Soccer Player-of-the-Week on Sept. 6
  • Herb Lauffler Memorial Tournament Most Valuable Player
  • Appeared and started in all 22 games, scored a team leading and career-high 19 goals including six game-winners
  • Credited with a team-leading and career-high 10 assists
  • Tallied a team-leading and career-high 48 points 
  • Took 110 shots and put 66 on goal
  • Earned second varsity letter

2015

  • All-OAC first-team selection
  • OCSA All-Ohio second-team selection
  • Appeared in all 22 games and made 20 starts
  • Scored a team-high and career-high 11 goals
  • Totaled up a team-high and career-high 25 points
  • Took 77 shots and put 32 on goal  
  • Earned first varsity letter

High School

  • Earned four varsity letters in soccer 
  • Earned four varsity letters in track
  • Part of the the Federal League Leadership Committee

Personal 

  • Communications Disorders and Psychology major 
  • Carries a 3.931 grade point average
  • Dean's List student and a Jacket Scholar
  • Member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society 
  • Daughter of Kevin and Lisa Bender
This page was last updated on April 19, 2018

 

Recent Games
Oct 14 Muskingum W, 6-1
Oct 18 at Heidelberg W, 3-2
Oct 21 Otterbein W, 1-0
Oct 24 at Ohio Northern L, 7-2
Oct 27 at Capital L, 3-1
Oct 30 at Otterbein L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 20 9
Games started 20 9
Goals 16 6
Assists 8 2
Points 40 14
Shots 115 44
Shot Pct .139 .136
Penalty kicks 0-1 0-0
Game-winning goals 6 2
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Sep 1 vs. Fredonia (N.Y.) W, 4-0 1 1 2 4 11 .091 0-0 0
Sep 2 at Penn State Behrend W, 3-1 1 0 1 1 4 .000 0-0 0
Sep 5 at Oberlin L, 3-1 1 0 1 1 4 .000 0-0 0
Sep 9 vs. Rutgers-Newark (N.J.) L, 2-1 1 1 0 2 8 .125 0-0 0
Sep 10 at Buffalo St. (N.Y.) L, 2-0 1 0 0 0 8 .000 0-1 0
Sep 13 Case Western Reserve W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Sep 16 at Bluffton W, 5-0 1 4 0 8 14 .286 0-0 1
Sep 19 at Hiram W, 3-0 1 1 2 4 4 .250 0-0 1
Sep 23 Defiance W, 6-0 1 2 0 4 7 .286 0-0 1
Sep 26 Grove City (Pa.) W, 2-0 1 1 0 2 7 .143 0-0 1
Sep 29 at Marietta W, 4-0 1 2 1 5 3 .667 0-0 1
Oct 4 Mount Union T, 1-1 1 0 0 0 8 .000 0-0 0
Oct 7 at Wilmington L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 6 .000 0-0 0
Oct 10 John Carroll L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
Oct 14 Muskingum W, 6-1 1 3 0 6 11 .273 0-0 1
Oct 18 at Heidelberg W, 3-2 1 1 1 3 8 .125 0-0 0
Oct 21 Otterbein W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
Oct 24 at Ohio Northern L, 7-2 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Oct 27 at Capital L, 3-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 30 at Otterbein L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Total 20 20 .80 .40 2.00 5.75 .139 2.85 .496
Conference 9 9 .67 .22 1.56 4.89 .136 2.22 .455
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
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Home 7 7 .86 .00 1.71 5.86 .146 3.00 .512
Away 11 11 .73 .55 2.00 5.00 .145 2.45 .491
Neutral 2 2 1.00 1.00 3.00 9.50 .105 4.50 .474
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Wins 11 11 1.36 .64 3.36 6.73 .203 3.73 .554
Losses 8 8 .13 .13 .38 4.13 .030 1.75 .424
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September 11 11 1.09 .64 2.82 6.55 .167 3.45 .528
October 9 9 .44 .11 1.00 4.78 .093 2.11 .442
  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Total 20 20 16 8 40 115 .139 57 .496 0 0 0-1 6
Conference 9 9 6 2 14 44 .136 20 .455 0 0 0-0 2
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0 -
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Home 7 7 6 0 12 41 .146 21 .512 0 0 0-0 3
Away 11 11 8 6 22 55 .145 27 .491 0 0 0-1 3
Neutral 2 2 2 2 6 19 .105 9 .474 0 0 0-0 0
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Wins 11 11 15 7 37 74 .203 41 .554 0 0 0-0 6
Losses 8 8 1 1 3 33 .030 14 .424 0 0 0-1 0
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September 11 11 12 7 31 72 .167 38 .528 0 0 0-1 5
October 9 9 4 1 9 43 .093 19 .442 0 0 0-0 1