Ben Spencer

The Minutemen celebrate a goal by Ben Spencer

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Position:
Midfield
Height:
6-4
Weight:
215
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Danville, Calif.
High School:
Monte Vista

Career Highlights

• Finished his playing days with 67 career points on 52 goals and 15 assists over 59 career appearances
• Started in 52 of his 59 career games played
• Totaled 19 of his career goals during man-up situations with at least three scored in each of his four seasons
• Added 24 groundballs and four caused turnovers to his ledger

2019 • Senior

• NEILA All-Academic Team
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Played in 14 games and started eight as a first-line midfielder
• Totaled 14 points on 12 goals and two assists
• Scored four of his goals during man-up situations
• Also had three groundballs and two caused turnovers
• Tallied twice each at No. 4 Yale (3/2), in the win at Albany (3/5), against UMass Lowell (3/12) and at No. 9 Towson (4/13)
• Put forth a season-high three points on two goals and an assist at No. 9 Towson
• Scored once in his final collegiate game, the CAA Championship Semifinal matchup with Drexel (5/2)

2018 • Junior

• ECAC Academic Honor Roll
• Split time between the first and second-line midfields during appearances in all 17 games
• Had 15 points through 13 goals and two assists, with at least one point in 12 games played
• Recorded at least one point in each of the final six games, and nine of the last 10
• Earned one hat trick during the season, at Yale in the NCAA Tournament First Round (3 goals)
• Scored during man-up opportunities against Brown, Hartford, Harvard and NJIT
• Also scooped up six groundballs
• Tallied his first goal of the year and grabbed a groundball in the win over Sacred Heart (2/13)
• Scored twice, including once during a man-up series, and grabbed a groundball against Harvard (2/24)
• Tallied one goal during a man-up situation against Hartford (3/17)
• Completed the team's comeback from down two goals when he scored the eventual game-winner in the 11-10 win at Drexel (3/31)
• Totaled one goal during the 11-4 win at Fairfield (4/21)
• Assisted on one tally and grabbed a groundball in the Senior Night win over Hofstra (4/27)
• Scored once during the team's CAA Championship Semifinal Round win over Hofstra (5/3)
• Added his 10th goal of the season against Towson during the team's CAA Championship Game victory (5/5)
• Posted a hat trick on three goals, and grabbed one groundball, during the NCAA Championship First Round game at No. 3 seed and No. 5 nationally ranked Yale (5/12)

2017 • Sophomore

• Set single-season bests with 21 points and 15 goals and tied his freshman season campaign assists total (6)
• Took 50 shots overall, including 31 placed on-target
• Led the team with eight man-up tallies, tied for the second-most in the nation upon the completion of the 2017 UMass season (5/6)
• Grabbed nine groundballs and caused a turnover
• Provided 16 of his 21 points (10 goals, six assists) in the last eight games of the year
• Scored on 10 of his final 20 shots taken during the season (.500 shot percentage)
• Tallied his first collegiate hat trick with three goals, including two man-up strikes, at No. 20 Ohio State (2/18)
• Scored in back-to-back contests with one goal apiece at No. 9 Albany (3/1) and in the upset of No. 15 Yale (3/7)
• Provided a multi-point outing on a goal and assist against Brown (3/25)
• Scored on his lone shot and had three groundballs in the CAA-opening win over Delaware (4/1)
• Dished out two assists at No. 15 Towson (4/8)
• Had a goal and assist against Fairfield (4/15)
• Scored three times at No. 7 Hofstra (4/22)
• Posted a three-point outing on two goals and one helper during the Senior Night win over Drexel (4/28)
• Earned two goals during the 13-12 upset of No. 14 Hofstra in the CAA Championship Semifinal Round (5/4)
• Handed out one assist during the CAA Championship Game at No. 12 Towson (5/6)

2016 • Freshman

• CAA All-Rookie Team
• Led all UMass first-year players with 16 points earned through 12 goals and four assists
• Totaled three of his goals during man-up situations
• Added six groundballs and caused a turnover
• Took 41 total shots and placed 26 of those on-frame
• Scored twice on three shots and collected two groundballs on the second-line midfield at Army West Point (2/12)
• Added another two-point game with a goal and assist against No. 11 Ohio State (2/20)
• Earned another two-point day with a goal and assist to go with a pair of groundballs in the win over Hartford (3/1)
• Totaled a second two-goal game against No. 10 North Carolina (3/12)
• Posted his third two-goal game - second consecutive - at No. 20 Penn State (3/19)
• Provided one goal on three shots against No. 7 Towson (4/9)
• Scored once, his 10th goal of the year, and caused a turnover at Fairfield (4/16)
• Totaled two points through a goal and one assist with a groundball against Hofstra (4/23)
• Earned his 12th goal of the season via a turnaround, lefty jump-shot at Drexel (4/29)

Before Massachusetts

• Coached at Monte Vista High School by his father, Ted Spencer, where his brother, Devin, also played
• 2014-15 All-USA Today Northern California Boys Lacrosse Team
• 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