2020 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Biography
- Second on the program's all-time face-off percentage list with a .589 face-off percentage.
- Tied for third on the program's all-time ground balls list with 215.
Accolades: Marist Male Sportsperson of the Year, USILA/Warrior and New Balance Division I Scholar All-American, MAAC All-Academic Team, MAAC Preseason Co-Player of the Year, Preseason All-MAAC, MAAC Defensive Player of the Week (2/10, 3/9), Senior CLASS Award Candidate
- Appeared in all six games, making five starts.
- Finished the season with a .638 face-off percentage, ranking 11th in the NCAA (1st in the MAAC).
- 10th in the NCAA and 1st in the MAAC in ground balls per game (9.0).
- Led the team with 54 ground balls on the season.
- Scored his only goal of the season, and 2nd of the career, against Bucknell.
- Won a season-high 22 face-offs against Delaware.
- Also picked up a career-high 16 ground balls against Delaware.
Accolades: MAAC All-Academic Team, USILA Team of the Week (3/4), MAAC Face-Off Specialist of the Year, All-MAAC First Team, 3x MAAC Defensive Player of the Week (3/4, 4/8, 4/29).
- Played all 17 games as the primary faceoff specialist
- Finished the season with a .630 faceoff win percentage, ranking 11th in the NCAA
- Won 247 faceoffs on the season
- Went 27-of-31 against Hartford. Scored his first career goal in addition to scooping up a career high 14 ground balls
- Won 17-of-21 against Canisius in the MAAC Semifinal in addition to picking up 12 ground balls
- Forced two turnovers against Monmouth
Accolades: MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Saw action in 12 games as a faceoff specialist
- In the opener against Bucknell, picked up four ground balls and won 13 of 23 faceoffs
- Scooped up six ground balls against Siena April 7
- Matched a career high eight ground balls against Monmouth April 7 while also going 14 for 20 from the faceoff X
- Tied for second on the team with 29 ground balls
- Played in 10 games as a faceoff guy for the Red Foxes
- Collected a career-high eight ground balls at Princeton on February 21, while also taking two shots on goal and winning 11 out of 12 faceoffs
- Won 44 out of 81 faceoffs on the year (.543) for the best percentage on the team
- Collected 17 ground balls on the season
Prior to Marist: One of the nation’s top faceoff prospects, Peyton Smith won 79 percent of the faceoffs he took as a senior. Smith was crowned the national champion at the 2015 Faceoff Academy National Showcase and placed in the Elite 8 at the same event in 2016. He led his team in ground balls each year of his high school career before finishing with a total of 590. A team MVP his junior and senior seasons, he was a three-time All-Conference, two-time Second Team All-Region, and two-time Second Team All-State selection. Smith is the fourth Marist player in the last three years to be selected to North Carolina’s Great 38 All-Star Game. Smith earned Academic All-Conference for four years and was a junior marshal. He was involved in the community in the Cary Youth Leadership Club and Athens Drive Health Science Academy.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2017Freshman
Midfield
6'0"
175 lbs
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2018Sophomore
Faceoff
6'0"
185 lbs
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2019Junior
Faceoff
6'0"
185 lbs
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2020Senior
Faceoff
6'0"
188 lbs
