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2009 Men's Lacrosse

31 Nick Smith

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hillsborough, N.J.
  • Highschool Taft School

Biography

2009 (Senior):
Team captain ... Appeared in all 13 games, starting seven ... Ledthe team with 55 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers ... Rankedfourth in the Ivy League with 4.23 ground balls per game ... Snaredthree ground balls in win at Stony Brook (Feb. 28) ... Had a groundball against Massachusetts (March 7) ... Grabbed a career-high 15ground balls, won 14 face-offs, scored a goal and caused threeturnovers in 18-7 win over Hartford (March 13); Named CoopStudent-Athlete of the Week and selected to Ivy League honor rollfor effort (March 16) ... Collected three ground balls and handedout an assist in win over Penn (March 21) ... Caused a turnover andhad four ground balls at Georgetown (March 25) ... Had three groundballs against Presbyterian (March 27) ... Collected a ground balland caused two turnovers at Cornell (April 4) ... Picked up sevenground balls, won a face-off and caused a turnover at Princeton(April 11) ... Grabbed five ground balls and caused two turnoversagainst Brown (April 15) ... Scored a goal, picked up five groundballs and caused a turnover in win over Holy Cross (April 18) ...Tallied a goal and picked up three ground balls against Yale (April25) ... Grabbed five ground balls and caused a turnover in victoryat Dartmouth (May 2).

2008 (Junior):
Started all 14 games ... Led Harvard with 59 ground balls ... Won97 of 179 faceoffs (.542) ... Had an assist and five ground ballsagainst Cornell (April 5) ... Scored a goal and had three groundballs at Denver (March 29) ... Grabbed five ground balls at Duke(March 25) ... Collected seven ground balls in 9-6 victory overStony Brook (March 1); also won 11 of 18 faceoffs ... Scored firstgoal of year at Penn (March 22) ... Collected assists in winsagainst Fairfield (March 15) and at Holy Cross (April 19) ... Hadsix ground balls at Siena (Feb. 23) ... Grabbed five ground ballsin four consecutive games (March 8-22) ... Had three ground ballsvs. Princeton (April 12) ... Grabbed two ground balls at Yale(April 26) ... Won seven faceoffs and grabbed ground ball at Brown(April 16) ... Collected four ground balls and won seven faceoffsagainst Dartmouth (May 3).

2007 (Sophomore):
Saw action in all 12 games as a sophomore as a shortstickdefensive midfielder ... Had two ground balls in five differentgames ... Had two GBs and two caused turnovers in the 12-9 winagainst Holy Cross April 21 ... Scored a goal as part of theCrimson''s 7-6 win against Penn March 24 ... Had an assist againstFairfield March 18.

2006 (Freshman):
Made six appearances at longstick midfielder as a freshman ... Hadthree ground balls each against Yale and Hofstra.

Before Harvard:
Four-year letterwinner in lacrosse at The Taft School ... Alsolettered in football ... Captain of lacrosse team ... All-NewEngland selection as a senior.

Personal:
Father, Richard ''74, was a member of the Crimson''s men''s crew ...Sister, Emily ''04, played ice hockey at Harvard ... Grandfather,James, also attended Harvard ... Spent three months teachingEnglish to Tibetan refugees in 2004 and 2005 ... Hobbies includemountaineering and biking.

Career Statistics:

OFFENSE               GP    G    A  Pts Shots Shot%  SOG  SOG% GWG  UP  DN  GB  TO  CT Faceoff  Pct. Pen-PIM


2006................ 6 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 7 1 0 0-0 .000 4-3.5


2007................ 12 1 1 2 4 .250 1 .250 0 0 0 12 1 5 0-0 .000 6-4.5


2008................ 14 2 3 5 10 .200 6 .600 0 0 0 59 10 4 97-179 .542 2-1.5


2009................ 13 3 1 4 12 .250 8 .667 0 0 0 55 5 15 15-28 .536 2-1.0


TOTAL............... 45 6 5 11 27 .222 15 .556 0 0 0 133 17 24 112-207 .541 14-10.5

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2006First-Year

    Midfield
    5'10" 180 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2007Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'10" 180 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2008Junior

    Midfield
    5'10" 180 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2009Senior

    Midfielder
    5'10" 180 lbs
    31