Owen Beninga Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 9/14/2026 Sport Men's Soccer School UC Santa Barbara Year Sophomore Position Goalkeeper Hometown Jackson Hole, Wyo. High School American HS UC Santa Barbara goalkeeper Owen Beninga allowed one goal in two outings to secure The Big West Defensive Player of the Week honor. This is the second career defensive weekly honor from the league for Beninga. The Jackson Hole, Wyo. product compiled three saves in a 1-0 shutout win at Rutgers on Monday. Beninga made seven saves, tying a career high, in a 2-1 road win at Grand Canyon, Saturday night. One of the seven rejections came in the form of a last-minute kick save to preserve the win. UC Santa Barbara has a 3-1-2 record this season. Beninga has two shutouts this season with a goals-against average of 0.83.