University of Massachusets Athletics
2021 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Devin Spencer
- Position:
- Attack
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Danville, Calif.
- High School:
- Monte Vista
2021 • Graduate Student
• Appeared in and started all 10 games on the season, either at attack or on the first-line midfield
• Tallied 25 points via nine goals and 16 assists
• Posted a .643 shot percentage (9-of-14), the best on the team
• Recorded at least one point in eight outings and multiple in six
• Also had nine groundballs and two caused turnovers
• Provided five points through a pair of goals and three assist in the 13-7 win over Drexel (3/20)
• Had a career-best six points through two goals and four assists in the 16-10 win at Hofstra (3/30)
• Provided three points each at Drexel (4/3) via a goal and two assists and at Fairfield (4/24) through two goals and one assist
2020 • Senior
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Played in all seven games with four starts at attack and three appearances in the midfield
• Scored five goals on the season and had two groundballs
• Posted his first point on the year with a goal in the 9-7 win at No. 12 Ohio State (2/15)
• Tallied a hat trick and a groundball in the win over UAlbany (3/3)
• Scored once and picked up one groundball against LIU (3/10)
• Season was cut short due to nation-wide cancellation of spring sport seasons in response to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 • Junior
• CAA All-Championship Team
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Started all 15 games at attack and recorded a career-best 33 points via 20 goals and 13 assists
• Also grabbed 10 groundballs and caused a pair of turnovers
• Had multiple goals and notched three or more points in seven games
• Totaled three hat trick on the year: at NJIT (3/9), vs. UMass Lowell (3/12) and against Drexel in the CAA Championship Semifinal (5/2)
• Posted two goals and an assist in the overtime loss at No. 4 Yale (3/2)
• Followed with four points on two goals and as many assists in the win at Albany (3/5)
• Scored three times each against NJIT (3/9) and UMass Lowell (3/12) before he had four points on two goals and two assists versus Utah (3/17)
• Recorded a goal and two assists at Hofstra (4/6)
• Closed the season with his first collegiate five-point game on three goals and two assists in the CAA Championship Semifinal Round (5/2)
2018 • Sophomore
• ECAC Academic Honor Roll
• Started all 17 games on attack
• Totaled 23 points via 19 goals and four assists
• Scored on 40.4 percent of his total shots and 54.3 percent of his on-target attempts
• Produced three hat tricks with three goals apiece against Drexel, Harvard and Yale in the regular season
• Notched at least one point in 12 games, including the final five games of the season, and had at least one goal in each of those appearances
• Averaged 1.8 points per game during the final five contests via six goals and three assists
• Also had 17 groundballs and three caused turnovers
• Spread his 17 groundballs across 12 games
• Scored the first Minuteman goal of the year with his conversion at No. 16 Army (2/10)
• Provided his second goal of the season in the win over Sacred Hear (2/13)
• Recorded his first collegiate hat trick with three goals against Harvard (2/24)
• Followed with his second collegiate hat trick, which included a career-high four points (three goals, one assist) and also featured three groundballs against No. 11 Yale (2/27)
• Tallied three goals on as many shots, scooped up a groundball and caused one turnover in the 11-10 win at Drexel (3/31)
• Grabbed three groundballs and scored one goal at Delaware (4/6)
• Scored twice and dished out one assist alongside two groundballs during the 11-4 win at Fairfield (4/21)
• Totaled a goal, assist and groundball during the 12-8 victory over Towson in the CAA Championship Game (5/5)
• Scored once, handed out an assist and scooped up a groundball in the NCAA Championship First Round game at No. 3 seeded and No. 5 nationally ranked Yale (5/12)
2017 • Freshman
• Made four appearances on attack, all as a reserve
• First time on the field came against Army (2/11)
• Also saw minutes versus UMass Lowell (3/15) and at No. 7 Hofstra (4/22)
• Scored on his lone shot, the eventual game-winning tally, during Senior Night against Drexel (4/28)
Before Massachusetts
• Played scholastically at Monte Vista High School
• 2016 East Bay Times Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year
• Led Monte Vista to the 2016 North Coast Section Division I and East Bay Athletic League championships
• Had 100 points on 52 goals and 48 assists in 2016, including six points on two goals and four assists in the 14-6 North Coast Section finale victory over De La Salle
• Went 22-1 with Monte Vista in 2016
• Monte Vista was ranked No. 2 in the regional (West) rankings and No. 25 nationally during 2016 according to LaxPower.com
• Named a top performer at the Blue Chip Club Nationals
• Also a 2015 All-USA TODAY Northern California Boys Lacrosse Team selection
Personal
• Coached at Monte Vista High School by his father, Ted Spencer, where his brother, Ben, also played
• Is the younger brother of current Minuteman, Ben Spencer
• Father, Ted, played at Massachusetts in the 1980s and was the head coach at Fairfield for 13 seasons after assistant coaching tenures at Brown and Yale
