Bennington finished the tournament in a tie for seventh place. She shot a 76 on day one, 75 on day two, 79 on day three and a 78 on day four.  Bennington had a four-day total of 308 (+20).  She finished seven shots off the lead.  Nathalie Silva (California Baptist University) won the tournament with a 301 (+13).

The 129-player championships field was comprised from 14 automatic qualifying teams from NAIA affiliated conferences/unaffiliated groupings and 10 at-large team selections, which were determined using the final Top 25 rating released on May 7. South Dakota School of Mines & Technology qualified as the host institution.

Three individuals, Caitlin Duval of Davenport (Mich.), Lewis-Clark State's (Idaho) Courtney Shrout, Maegan Rice of Mobile (Ala.) earned a spot in the event through automatic qualification. Charlotte Guilleux of Wayland Baptist (Texas) earned an automatic qualification as a returning All-Tournament Team member from 2009. Cumberlands' (Ky.) McKinzie Price and Bennington each earned an at-large berth.

This was the second appearance for Bennington at the NAIA National Championships.  She qualified with the WWU women's team last year and finished 33rd individually.  Bennington shot rounds of 84, 82, 80, and 77 (+35) last year on the same course.

Bennington was the 2009 American Midwest Conference Freshman of the Year.  She was the 2010 AMC Player of the Year and All-AMC recipient.

You can view the complete list of team and individual scores at the NAIA Women's Golf web page.