Smith, a two-time All-American, finished her career at Cornell as one of the best defenders in women's lacrosse program history. A 2017 Tewaaraton Award candidate as a senior and an IWLCA first-team All-American, Smith finished as the Big Red's leading take-away defender for three consecutive years. As a senior, she set Cornell's single-season caused turnover record and led the Ivy League in that category for the second straight year (42). Smith was named the 2017 Ivy League Defender of the Year and the ECAC 2017 Co-Defensive Player of the Year after leading the conference in caused turnovers. The Berwyn, Pa., native was just the second player in program history to reach 100 career caused turnovers and finished second all-time with 105. Smith was named first-team All-Ivy in 2016 and 2017 and was named to the 2017 Ivy League All-Tournament team. The 2017 tri-captain was the backbone of a Cornell defensive unit that continually ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense and never gave up more than 12 goals in a game for the first time since the 2003 season. Smith helped Cornell to two consecutive NCAA tournament appearances and consecutive Ivy League Tournament Championship games, helping the Big Red win the program's first-ever title in 2016 en route to third-team IWLCA All-America honors. Smith was an expert one-on-one defender throughout her career and caused multiple turnovers in 31 of her 67 games. She was also named Academic All-Ivy in 2016 and earned four Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors during her career.
