And the Falcons men's side nabbed a 4-3 shootout win after drawing 3-3 with the Alpiners men.
They had trailed 3-1 late in the final quarter but Oscar Nation drilled a late goal and conversion to send the game to penalties.
But Smith was the star of the show in the capital.
The 30-year-old took just two minutes to get on the scoreboard.
Busy Falcons midfielder Emma Rainey made a weaving run into the circle and picked out the dangerous Smith, who flicked it in the goal with little fuss.
Smith added a second when she lobbed the conversion over goalie Kirsty Nation.
The visitors replied when Millie Calder smacked in a penalty corner.
But the Falcons restored the two-goal buffer and went into the first break leading 3-1.
Tessa Reid steered in a deflection from a penalty corner early in the second period to close the gap once again.
But the Falcons strung together a series of penalty corners before Kaitlin Cotter slammed one in to make it 4-2.
Smith got creative in the circle again and then slapped in a deflection from her own cross.
She slotted the conversion to take her personal tally to four.
A deflated Alpiners outfit found themselves trailing 6-2 at halftime and that is how the score stayed.
Jessie Anderson and Jaimee Eades put in a big shift each for the Alpiners, but the combined Otago-Canterbury team was comprehensively outplayed.
The Falcons made 40 circle entries and had 20 scoring opportunities, compared with the Alpiners who made 17 entries and had eight scoring opportunities.
In the men’s game, neither side could find the back of the net in the opening quarter.
The Alpiners had twice as many opportunities to score but were thwarted.
But striker James Nicolson slotted a drag flick into the corner early in the second period to give the Alpiners the lead.
The visitors were building some momentum and George Baker doubled the score just before the break with a nice strike from a penalty corner.
Sam Lints ramped in a third goal from another well-executed penalty corner early in the third.
Dylan Thomas clawed a goal back and goalie Dom Dixon saved a stroke to keep the Falcons in the hunt with 15 minutes remaining.
They pulled their goalie late in the match to gain an attacking advantage and pressed hard.
Oscar Nation got the goals they were looking for to set up a shootout, which the home team won.
