University of Massachusets Athletics
2017 Men's Lacrosse Roster
D.J. Smith
- Position:
- Goalie
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Billerica, Mass.
- High School:
- Billerica Memorial
2017 - Senior: NEILA East-West Senior All-Star Game selection ... Started all 15 games and accrued 835 minutes, 17 seconds between the pipes ... Earned a 10.27 goals-against average and .522 save percentage with 13 groundballs and one caused turnover ... Made 12 saves - then a career high - in the season-opener against Army (2/11) ... Added 10 stops at No. 20 Ohio State (2/18) ... Had 11 saves at Harvard before he made 14 more at No. 9 Albany (3/1) ... Added 11 saves at Yale in the 11-9 win over the No. 15 Bulldogs ... Stopped 12 shots in the 10-8 win over UMass Lowell (3/15), his sixth consecutive game in as many started during the season with double-digit stops ... Totaled a career high 16 saves during the game against Brown (3/25) ... Turned aside 13 shots in the 12-8 win over Fairfield (4/15), grabbed two groundballs and caused a turnover ... Made 15 saves against only eight goals allowed during the Senior Night win over Drexel (4/28) ... Made his most unconventional save of the season during the upset of No. 14 Hofstra, doing so with the right leg hole on his shorts (5/4) ... Capped the year with 11 stops and a groundball at No. 12 Towson (5/6) during the CAA Championship Game.
2016 - Junior: Saw time in nine games and made six starts ... Played a total of 188 minutes, three seconds in the cage ... Secured a 10.85 goals-against average and .452 save percentage with 34 goals allowed versus 28 saves made ... Started at Army West Point (2/12) and played 30 minutes with four saves against as many goals allowed ... Also earned the start between the pipes against No. 11 Ohio State and made three saves during the first half ... Stopped seven shots against three goals allowed during the first and second quarters against No. 14 Harvard (2/27) ... Took home the win against Hartford (3/1) with two saves over the first half ... Stopped a season-high eight shots at No. 7 Brown (3/5).
2015 - Sophomore: Saw time in four games with 111:07 played in the cage ... Owned a 13.50 goals-against average and .468 save percentage with 22 stops and 25 tallies allowed ... Made his first collegiate appearance in relief of starter Zach Oliveri against Brown (2/28), when he made nine saves in more than 51 minutes of action ... Played the final 6:19 of the win over Quinnipiac (3/10) when he made three saves against one goal allowed ... Made six saves during 23:22 in the cage at Hartford (4/11) ... Closed the Delaware (4/24) game with four saves against three goals allowed in 30 minutes between the pipes when he also scooped up three groundballs and caused a Blue Hens turnover.
2014 - Freshman: Did not compete.
Before UMass: Four-year starter in goal for coach Craig Flynn at Billerica Memorial High School ... Was a four-year Merrimack Valley Conference Champion at Billerica, starting in goal each season ... Finished his high school career with a 72-19 record and 870 saves, the most wins and stops by a goalie in school history ... Named an MVC All-Star in each season ... Two-time MVC Player of the Year (2012-13) ... 2012 ESPN Boston All-State Team selection ... Invited to the 2013 BostonLax All-America Game ... Picked to the Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic teams ... Finished his scholastic career with a standout senior campaign, earning 258 saves and 37 groundballs while winning 16 games ... Tallied 295 stops for a .660 save percentage as a junior while earning U.S. Lacrosse All-America honors ... Played club level for Laxachusetts, taking second at the Vail Shootout in 2012.
Personal: Daniel Marshall Smith Jr. ... Prefers to go by D.J. over his given first name ... Son of Dan and Robin Smith ... Has one sister, Heather.
