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2010 Men's Soccer Roster

13 Estiven Benitez

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Warren, NJ
  • High school Watchung Hills H.S.

Biography

NOTES: Finished four-year career in Scarlet & Black tied for fourth in assists (15) and ranked ninth in shots (86).

SENIOR (2010): All-NJAC second team… tri-captain… paced 12-9-1 Raiders with five assists while playing in 20 matches with 18 starting assignments… put 52.6% (10-19) of his shots on goal but did not record a marker… got the assist on the game-winning goal in the 108th minute of a 2-1 double-overtime victory over Randolph College (9/5)… assisted on tying goal in a 4-1 come-from-behind win over Albright (9/11) in the opening round of the Scarlet Raider Soccer Classic… got assists on the first two goals of a 4-1 win over Wisconsin Lutheran (9/12) in the second round of the Scarlet Raider Soccer Classic to earn all-tournament honors... picked up an assist in the Raiders’ 4-0 win over Berkeley (11/3).

JUNIOR (2009): First-team All-NJAC selection and All-ECAC Metro second-team after helping Raiders to 13-6-4 mark, their first NJAC Championship Tournament berth and their second straight ECAC Metro Championship invitation… tied for third on the squad in points (15) and goals (6) while adding three assists… netted two game-winning goals… put 13 of his 30 shots on goal… drilled game-winning gold goal in the 106th minute of a 3-2 double-overtime victory over Richard Stockton (10/10/09) to cap a two-game outburst… netted game-winning goal in a 5-3 road win over St. Joseph’s LI (9/16/09)… scored the Raiders’ lone goal in a 1-1 double-overtime tie against Brandeis (9/5/09)… contributed a goal and an assist in a 4-0 win over Farmingdale State (9/9/09)… assisted on insurance goal in a 2-0 win over New Jersey City (9/26/09)… posted assist in a 2-2 tie against Rutgers-Camden (10/14/09)… also found the back of the net in a 7-0 win over Medgar Evers (9/13/09). 

PROFILE OF THE WEEK
(November 5, 2008)

SOPHOMORE (2008): Named to NSCAA Metro Region Third Team and the Honorable Mention All-NJAC list after helping Rutgers-Newark gain its first berth in the ECAC Metro Championship title match... started in 16 of the 18 matches in which he played... only goal proved to be the game winner in a 3-1 victory over Farmingdale State (9/10/08), also notching an assist in the match... assisted on the Raiders’ lone goal in the 1-1 double-overtime tie against William Paterson (11/17/08) in the ECAC Championship match which R-N lost in the shootout round... also had an assist in the Raiders’ 4-1 win over Medgar Evers (9/7/08) in the Scarlet Raider Soccer Classic.

FRESHMAN (2007): Played in every Rutgers-Newark match as a rookie, earning 16 starts for the 9-10-1 squad… tied for seventh on team with seven points… scored both of his goals in a season-opening 4-3 win over SUNY Maritime (8/31/07)… contributed assists in a 3-3 tie against St. Joseph’s LI (9/9/07), a 3-2 loss to TCNJ (9/29/07) and a 12-0 win over Staten Island (10/8/07).

HIGH SCHOOL: All-state forward at Watchung Hills Regional HS, helping the Warriors to the county quarterfinals as a senior…three-time All-Somerset Conference performer who was twice named to the All-Somerset County team…led team in assists (14), goals (16) and points (46) as a senior captain.  

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2008Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'7"
    13
  • 13
    C

    2009Junior

    Midfielder
    5'7"
    13
    C
  • 13
    C

    2010Senior

    Midfielder
    5'7"
    13
    C