2015 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Mike Bender
- Position:
- LSM
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Emmaus, Pa.
- High School:
- Emmaus (Bellarmine)
Bender's Honor Roll
- 2015 Academic All-Big Ten
As a senior (2015): Appeared in all 19 games, collecting five ground balls and causing four turnovers after switching positions to short stick defensive midfielder ... made fi rst appearance of season in 8-1 win at Navy (2/14)...caused one turnover in win against No. 11 Penn (2/24) ... picked up one ground ball against No. 10 Princeton (3/7) ... posted Maryland career-highs in ground balls (2) and caused turnovers (2) against Penn State (4/4) ... picked up a ground balland caused a turnover against No. 19 Loyola (4/8) ... had a groundball in NCAA First Round vs. Yale (5/9).
As a junior (2014): Appeared in nine games, scooping two ground balls and causing one turnover...made Maryland debut in 16-3 win vs. Mount St. Mary's (2/8) ... one groundball in 14-3 win over UMBC (2/15) ... one groundball in 16-8 win at No. 2 Syracuse (2/22) ... saw late time in 16-8 win over Bryant (5/17) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.
As a sophomore (2013 at Bellarmine): Started all 14 games on the year ... recorded one goal in 10-4 win vs. Detroit (3/5) ... second on the team with 22 caused turnovers ... second on the team with 40 groundballs ... also recorded two assists – one in 11-10 win over Air Force (3/9) and one in 12-7 loss at Virginia (4/20).
As a reshirt freshman (2012 at Bellarmine): Played in 11 games with two starts – Robert Morris (2/11) and at Mercer (2/18) ... two caused turnovers in 12-6 loss at Denver (4/6) ... tied for sixth on the team with 19 groundballs ... one caused two turnovers in 13-2 loss at Ohio State (3/24).
As a freshman (2011 at Bellarmine): Redshirt season
Before College: Four-year letterwinner for coach Andy Scott at Emmaus High School … helped lead the Hornets to four Lehigh Valley Lacrosse League championships … finished his senior season with 16 goals and 11 assists ... totaled 40 points on 24 goals and 16 assists for his prep career … named league MVP and first team All-State ... four year member of All-Conference team ... team captain during senior season ... member of two time defending National Champion Duke’s Lacrosse Club ... also lettered in football as a running back and linebacker.
Personal: Son of Terry & Hope Bender and Veronica & Greg Ortiz … younger brother of Jess and older brother of RJ … majoring in business.
| Bender's Scoring Statistics | |||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | A | Pts. | Shots | EMG | GB | CT | Pen |
| 2012 (BU) | 11/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1/0:30 |
| 2013 (BU) | 14/14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 22 | 7/5:00 |
| 2014 | 9/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1/1:00 |
| 2015 | 19/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0/0:00 |
| Total | 53/16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 29 | 9/6:30 |
