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2023 Baseball Roster

Brandon Poli
Abbey Lipcsik
Brandon Poli
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Jim Pierce
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Jim Pierce
Jim Pierce
Jim Pierce
Jim Pierce

22 Spenser Smith

  • Position INF
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Wellesley, Mass.
  • Highschool Belmont Hill School

Biography

AWARDS: 
  • 2x CAA All-Tournament Team (2022, 2023)
  • CAA Defensive Player of the Year (2023)
  • CAA Rookie of the Week (5/20/19)
2023:
  • Appeared in 48 games for the Huskies, starting 46
  • Had a career-best .977 fielding percentage with 141 assists and 69 putouts on 218 chances
  • Tied his career-high in doubles (6) and drew a career-high 22 walks
  • Started all seven postseason games for Northeastern - had hits in his last four games of the postseason including a solo home run against George Mason in the NCAA tournament

2022:
  • Started all 56 games he played in (3rd on the team; tied for 3rd in the CAA)
  • On the team (hitting), 4th in batting average (.241), 1st in runs scored (36), 4th in hits (45), 3rd in RBIs (25), 4th in total bases (61), 4th in slugging percentage (.326), and 4th in stolen bases (11)
  • On the team (fielding), 4th in catches (258), 1st in assists (168) and 2nd in double plays (31)
  • In the CAA, 9th in runs scored, tied for 9th in stolen bases, tied for 13th in catches, 1st in assists and 3rd in double plays
  • Went 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs in a win over Merrimack (3/16)
  • Best game of the season came against Elon (4/08) going 2 for 4, scoring in 2 runs, and hitting 3 RBIs including his first home run of the season
  • Recorded 9 assists against William & Mary (5/25)
2021:
  • Recorded 39 hits, 26 runs, and 25 RBIs in 47 games played
  • No. 3 on team in walks (20)
  • No. 3 in CAA in 3B (2)
  • No. 7 in CAA in stolen bases (12)
  • 117 assists led the team
  • No. 7 on team w/ 12 multi-hit games, six multi-RBI games
  • Went 2-for-4 with a career-high four RBIs at Old Dominion (3/5)
  • Went 2-for-6 with two doubles, two runs scored, four RBIs and a stolen base in Northeastern's record setting 26-4 victory at Delaware (5/15)
  • Went 2-for-3 in the Fayetteville Regional NCAA Tournament matchup vs. NJIT (6/5)
2020:
  • Started all 15 games before season canceled early due to Coronavirus
  • Had three multi-hit games
  • Hit two doubles with three runs batted in and two runs scored in 17-7 win over Eastern Michigan (3/01)
  • Went 3-for-3 with one run batted in and three runs scored against Western Michigan (3/04)
  • Hit first career home run and had three runs batted in in 6-1 win against Florida Atlantic (3/08)
2019:
  • Appeared in 21 games for the Huskies, starting in 20 of them
  • Named CAA Rookie of the Week (5/20) after recording five hits, scoring one run, and driving in one run over three games against Towson
  • Finished the year with 16 hits and a batting average of .235
Before Northeastern: Went to Belmont High School ... Lettered in baseball, basketball & football and was captain his senior year of baseball ... Named 2017 All ISL Shortstop

Personal: Son of Jay and MaryLynn ... Dad played tennis at Westmar College ... Uncle played tennis at Nebraska ... Has two sisters, Sabrina and Katrina  ... Business administration major ...  Class of 2022.

Why Northeastern? Coach Glavine and the baseball program as a whole ... Opportunity to co-op ... Close to home. Best athletic performance? During summer baseball going 4-of-5 with two doubles, a stolen base and three RBIs.

Statistics

Season:
2023

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

    Infielder
    6'2" 175 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2020Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'2" 175 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    INF
    6'2" 190 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2022Redshirt Junior

    INF
    6'2" 190 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2023Redshirt Senior

    INF
    6'2" 190 lbs
    22