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February2 NJIT W, 15-89 HOFSTRA L, 4-315 at #11 Virginia L, 11-824 at Cornell 1:00

March2 at Colgate* 12:009 ARMY WEST POINT* 1:0012 at Rutgers 7:0017 LAFAYETTE* 1:0023 at Navy* 12:0030 BOSTON U* 2:00

April6 at Loyola* 11:00 a.m.10 ROBERT MORRIS 5:0013 ST. BONAVENTURE 3:0020 BUCKNELL* 12:0026 at Holy Cross* 7:0030 PatriotLeagueQuarterfinals

May3 PatriotLeagueSemifinals5 Patriot League Championship Game *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS

LEHIGH IN THE POLLSDate Coaches Cascade/Maverick MediaPreseason 13 13Feb. 11 RV RVFeb. 18 -- RV

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Lehigh Cornell (2018)Overall Record 1-2 13-5Goals/Game 8.67 13.56 Goals Allowed/Game 7.67 9.22Shot Pct. .218 .389Shots/Game 39.7 34.9Shots Allowed/Game 30.3 33.2Assists 14 171Man-Up Percentage .308 (4-13) .375 (18-48)Groundballs 137 519Turnovers 51 205Caused Turnovers 39 128Faceoffs (W-L) 37-59 208-469Faceoff Percentage .627 .443Clears 52-60 282-328Clear Percentage .867 .860Penalties/Minutes 11/9:00 62/45:00Home Attendance 597 3,609Dates/Avg. 2/298 7/516

L E H I G H

SETTING THE SCENETheLehighmen’slacrosseteamlookstobouncebackfromtwostraightdefeatswhentheMountainHawkstraveltoupstateNewYorkforanothertoughtestatNo.4CornellSunday.Openingfaceoffisset for 1 p.m. on ESPN+. Despite playing short-handed, Lehigh enjoyed a strong start at No. 11 Virginia lastFriday,usinga5-0runonthewaytoa6-4halftimelead.Sundaywillbethesecondofthreestraightgamesontheroad,andthefinaltune-upbeforethePatriotLeagueopeneratColgateonMar.2.

TheCavalierstooka2-0leaddeepintothefirstquarterbeforeLehigh’srun,whichincludedfivegoalsinthespanof12:02.Virginiarespondedwithtwogoalslateinthesecondquarter,butaman-upgoalfrom junior Austin Pierce sandwichedinbetween,gavetheMountainHawksatwo-goalhalftimelead.DespiteUVAbeginningthesecondhalfona4-0run,seniorAlexander Tumminelloscoredhisthirdofthegameatthe13:43markofthefourthquartertopullLehighwithinone.However,theCavaliersendedthegamewiththreeofthefinalfourgoals.

LehighwasvyingforitsfirstACCvictorysince2012.TheMountainHawkshavebeenplayingwithoutsenior Andrew Pettit duetoinjury,asInsideLacrosseannouncedpriortogametimethathewillmisstheseasonduetoinjury.Lehighwasalsomissingotherplayers,includingseniorLucas Spence. Pettit andSpencefinished1-2ontheteaminpointslastseason.ThirdwasseniorTristan Rai,whohadastrongeffortatUVA,postingtwogoalsandtwoassists.Tumminellorecordedcareerhighsingoals(3),points(4)andgroundballs(4),goodforhisfirst-careerhattrick.Makinghisfirst-careerstart,freshmanTommy Schelling tallied a goal and assist. Senior Mickey Fitzpatrick dishedacareer-hightwoassists.

Junior Conor Gaffneywasstellarinthefaceoffcircle,winning15-of-23,primarilyagainstUVA’sJustinSchwenk,whofinishedNo.1intheACClastseasonwitha59.8faceoffwinningpercentageand5.70ground balls per game. Senior Craig Chick hadfourgroundballsandtwomorecausedturnoverstouphiscareertotalto127ashechasestheNCAAall-timerecordof158.JuniorAndrew Eichelbergerscoredagoalwhileaddingcareerhighsingroundballs(5)andcausedturnovers.FreshmanTeddy Leggett talliedfourgroundballsandacausedturnover.SophomoreJames Spence made eight saves in goal. Lehighwashurtby22turnoversandfinishingjust11-of-18onclears.

OnSundayatCornell,Lehighwillbevyingforitsfirstwinoveranationally-rankedfoesincebeatingNo.11/13Navyinlastseason’sPatriotLeagueSemifinals.Lehighhasn’tdefeatedatop-fiveteamsincebeatingNo.4NorthCarolinainMarchof2012.TheBigRedopentheirseasononFridayat5p.m.atHobart,beforereturninghomelessthan48hourslatertohosttheMountainHawks.

IF LEHIGH BEATS CORNELL•LehighwouldbeatatopfiveteamforthefirsttimesincebeatingNo.4NorthCarolinaonMarch3,

SCHEDULE/RESULTS

MEN’S LACROSSEGAME 4: LEHIGH AT NO. 4 CORNELL

LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (1-2, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE) at#4 CORNELL BIG RED (0-0, 0-0 IVY LEAGUE)

SUNDAY, FEB. 24, 2019 • 1 P.M.SCHOELLKOPF FIELD • ITHACA, N.Y.

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LEHIGH LACROSSEAT A GLANCE...

•Lehigh’s39victoriesfrom2012-14wastiedforthirdinthenationduring that span. Thewin totalonlytrailedDukeandLoyolaandwastiedwithDenver.•Lehighhasreacheddouble-fig-ure victories in four of the lastseven seasons (2012, 2013, 2014, 2018) after havingdouble-figurewins just four times in the first112 years of program history: 1969, 1993, 1994 and 1997.

Senior Craig ChickPreseason First Team All-American

127 Career Caused Turnovers(3rd in NCAA History)

2012bya9-8final.•TheMountainHawkswouldbeatanationally-rankedteamforthefirsttimesincebeatingNo.11/13Navyinlastseason’sPatriotLeagueSemifinals.•TheMountainHawkswouldsnapatwo-gamelosingstreakandwintheirfirstroadgameoftheseason.•LehighwouldbeatCornellforthefirsttimesince1916,snappingasix-gamelosingstreakagainsttheBigRed.

SCOUTING CORNELLCornellwillopenitsseasononFridaywhenitplaysatHobart,thenwillreturnhomelessthan48hourslater.Lastseason,theBigRedcameontothenationalscenebypostinga13-5recordandIvyLeagueTournamentChampionship.CornelldefeatedBrown(7-4)andYale(14-8)intheleaguetournamenttoearntheautomaticqualifierintotheNCAATournament,whereitbeatSyracuse(10-9)beforefallingtoMaryland(13-8)intheNationalQuarterfinals.Cornellisledbyoneofthenation’stopoffensiveplayers,JeffTeat,whotallied99


LAST TIME OUTCHARLOTTEVILLE,Va.(2/15/19)–TheLehighmen’slacrosseteamscoredfivestraightfirst-halfgoalstotakea5-2leadand6-4halftimeadvantage,butNo.11VirginiarespondedwithseveninthesecondtodowntheMountainHawks,11-8onFridayeveningatKlocknerStadium.JuniorConorGaffneywasstellarfacingoff,winning15-of-23witheightgroundballs.Offensively,seniorAlexanderTumminelloscoredthreegoalsforhisfirst-careerhattrick.TheMountainHawksreturntoactionnextSundaywhentheytraveltoNo.5/6CornelltofacetheBigRed.

Score By QuarterLehigh 2 4 0 2 8Virginia 2 2 3 4 11

Lehigh ScoringGOALS:AlexTumminello (3),TristanRai (2),AustinPierce (1),AndrewEichelberger(1),TommySchelling(1)ASSISTS:TristanRai(2),MickeyFitzpatrick(2),AlexTumminello(1),TommySchelling(1)

Final Statistics Lehigh VirginiaShots 33 34Groundballs 45 43Faceoffs 15-23 8-23Clears 11-18 17-19Extra-manopps 3-7 0-1Saves 8 11Turnovers 22 13

BETHLEHEM,Pa.(4/14/18)–No.9/11Cornelluseda4-0first-halfruntoturna2-2tieintoa6-2leadastheBigRedtoppedtheNo.17/18Lehighmen’slacrosseteam,12-10onSaturdayafternooninfrontof1,231fansattheUlrichSportsComplex.TheMountainHawkspulledwithin6-4atthehalf,butCornellslowlybuiltitsleadbackupinthesecond.JuniorLucasSpenceledtheLehighoffensewithfourgoalswhilesophomoreConorGaffneyenjoyedastrongbounce-backgame,winning16-of-23faceoffswithninegroundballs.

Score By QuarterCornell 4 2 4 2 12Lehigh 2 2 2 4 10

Lehigh ScoringGOALS:LucasSpence (4),TristanRai (2),AndrewPettit (2), IanStrain(1),AustinPierce(1)ASSISTS:CrewCintron(1),MickeyFitzpatrick(1),TristanRai(1)

Final Statistics Cornell LehighShots 23 32Groundballs 30 39Faceoffs 7-25 18-25Clears 17-21 9-11Extra-manopps 2-6 3-3Saves 10 5Turnovers 15 16

Patriot League Preseason HonorsPreseason All-League: CraigChick,EddieBouhall,ConorGaffney,TeddyLeggett,AndrewPettit

Patriot League Weekly HonorsOffensive Player of the Week: Defensive Player of the Week: CraigChick(2/4)Goalkeeper of the Week: Faceoff Specialist of the Week: Rookie of the Week:Honorable Mentions: LucasSpence (2/4),ConorGaffney (2/4), JudahHicks(2/4)

points(37goals,62assists)whileClarkePettersonledtheteamingoals,posting44goalswith19assists.Intheend,Cornellreturns10ofitstop11scorers,onlylosing JordanDowiakandhis47points (40goals,sevenassists).GoaltenderChristianKnight,whostarted 14 games last season, graduated, but Cornell returnsCaelahnBullen,whostartedfourgamesin2018,includingagainsttheMountainHawks.

ALL-TIME SERIES WITH CORNELLLehighleadstheall-timeserieswithCornell,9-7-3,buthasn’twonsince1916.Sincea5-4Lehighwin,Cornellwonin1954,1955,2006,2016,2017and2018.TheMountainHawksnearlywonin2016,droppinga slim13-12final at home.The last timeLehighplayedatCornell,theMountainHawksdroppeda16-11finalin2018.Theteamsfirstmetin1893,a5-0Lehighwin.LehighactuallysharedthenationaltitlewithCornellin1914and1916.

SEASON-OPENING WIN VS. NJIT (FEB. 2)-TheseasonopenerwasoriginallyscheduledtobeplayedatNJIT,butwasmovedtoLehigh.-TheMountainHawksjumpedouttoaquick4-0lead,withseniorLucas Spencehavingahandintwoofthosegoals.NJITpulledwithintwo,butthat’sascloseasitwouldcome.TheMountainHawksscoredfiveofthenextsixgoalstotakea9-3lead,andlaterwentona5-0runtotakea14-5advantage,ontheway to the 15-8victory and their fourth straightseason-openingvictory(alloverNJIT).-Overall,itmarkedLehigh’sninthseason-openingwininitslast10tries.-Spenceledtheoffensewithsixpointsbehindtwogoalsandacareer-highfourassists.JuniorAndrew Eichelbergerscoredacareer-highthreegoalsforhisfirst-careerhattrickwhileseniorMickey Fitzpatrick tiedacareer-highthreepoints.-Intheend,Lehigh’sstartingattackandmidfielderscombinedfor11goalsandsevenassists.Includedwerefirst-careergoalsfromfreshmenMike Monitto and Cole Kirst whoboth started in themidfield,whileTommy Schellingtalliedhisfirst-careergoalaswell.SeniorAlexander Tumminelloscoredtwice,anewcareerhigh.-Lehigh’sclosedefensecombinedfor17groundballs

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AWARDS & HONORS

Overall: Lehigh leads, 9-7-3LastMeeting: Apr.14,2018Last Result: Cornell, 12-10CurrentStreak: Cornell-6winsLast 10: Cornell,

Last 10 meetings:Apr. 14, 2018 at Lehigh Cornell, 12-10Apr. 15, 2017 at Cornell Cornell, 16-11Apr. 16, 2016 at Lehigh Cornell, 13-12Mar.15,2006 atCornell Cornell,12-31955 at Lehigh Cornell, 11-01954 at Cornell Cornell, 17-91916 Unknown Lehigh,5-41915 at Lehigh Tie, 1-11914 at Lehigh Tie, 1-11913 at Lehigh Cornell, 3-0

LAST GAME VS. CORNELL (NOTES)-Lehigh’s12-10losswastheMountainHawks’fourth straight at home, all coming againstnationally-rankedteamsorteamsthatwouldgoontobenationallyrankedintheensuingweeks.-Lehighscoredjustoveraminuteinvs.Cor-nell,buttheBigRedbrokea2-2tiewithfourstraightgoals,whichprovedtoomuchfortheMountainHawkstoovercome.Lehighpulledbackwithin6-4andthenlaterwithin12-10,butcouldn’tgetanycloser.-LucasSpenceledLehigh’soffensewithfourgoalsandacareer-hightyingfourgroundballsthe13thtimein13gameswithmultiplepointsin 2018. -ClassmateTristanRaiaddedtwogoalsandan assistwhileAndrewPettit scored twice.Lehigh’s defense hung tough after a tough beginning; Cornell scored six goals in thegame’sfirst17:16,butwasheldtojustsixoverthe remaining 42:44. -TheMountainHawksheldtheBigRedtotheirfewestgoals in sixgames, since they scored11onMar.17vs.Yale.Cornellhadbeenaver-aging18.6goalsoveritspreviousfivegamesentering the day. -LehighheldtheBigRedscorelessforastretchof13:29bridgingthesecondandthirdquarters.ItwasthelongeststretchCornellhadbeenheldscoreless since the sameMar. 17Yale gamewhenitwasshut-outfor14:44.-LehighheldCornelltobyfaritslowestshottotaloftheseason(23).TheBigRed’spreviouslowestwas30.-CraigChickfinishedwithfourgroundballsandtwocausedturnovers,reaching111inhiscareertomoveinto10thplaceinNCAAhistory.EddieBouhall caused two turnovers, asdidTeddy Leggett and Ian Strain.

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SUSTAINED SUCCESSTheLehighmen’slacrosseteamwastiedforthirdinthenationinwins from2002-14,winning39gamesover those threeseasons.Dukeledthewaywith48winsinthatspanwhileLoyola had 44 and Lehigh and Denver tallied 39.

Team Wins Win Percentage1. Duke 48 .7872. Loyola 44 .8463 . LEHIGH 39 .750 Denver 39 .7225. Bryant 38 .6556. Syracuse 36 .679 Notre Dame 36 .7208. Maryland 35 .7149. Cornell 34 .723 North Carolina 34 .69410. Drexel 32 .653 Fairfield 32 .681 JohnsHopkins 32 .696 Yale 32 .681

WINS FROM 2012-14



and12causedturnovers,astheMountainHawkscaused19ofNJIT’s30turnovers.- Senior Craig Chick ledthewaywithninegroundballs(justonefromtyingacareerhigh)andsevencausedturnoverstoearnPatriotLeagueDefensivePlayeroftheWeekforthethirdtimeinhiscareer.HemovedfromeighthintoatieforfourthplaceinNCAAhistoryforcareercausedturnovers(123).-Meanwhile,classmateEddie Bouhall hadcareerhighsingroundballs(7)andcausedturnovers(5),whileMatt Rimoltalliedacareer-hightwocausedturnovers.Bouhallalsomovedintofourthplaceinschoolhistoryincausedturnovers(67).- Freshman Judah Hickshadfourgroundballsandtwocausedturnoversinhiscollegiatedebutwhilejunior Christian McHughrecordedtwogroundballsandtwocausedturnovers.- Junior Conor Gaffney won14-of-20faceoffswith10groundballs,winning13ofhisfinal17afterlosingtwoofhisfirstthree.

LEHIGH RANKED 13TH IN PRESEASON POLLSWiththeseasonsettoopenthisSaturdayagainstNJIT,theLehighmen’slacrosseteamhasbeenrankedNo.13inbothpreseasonpollsreleasedMonday–theUSILACoachesPollandInside Lacrosse Division I MediaPoll.ThiscomesaftertheMountainHawkswerealsoranked13thintheInside LacrosseFace-OffYearbookandLacrosseMagazineNike/USLacrosseRankings. ThenationalrankingsareLehigh’shighestsincebeingranked11thbythecoachesand10thbythemediaentering the 2013 season.

TEAM CAPTAINS ANNOUNCEDWiththe2019seasonopenernowlessthanthreemonthsaway,Lehighheadmen’slacrossecoachKevin Cassese announcedtheMountainHawks’2019captainsonMonday.SeniorsCraig Chick, Andrew Pettit and Chris Kiernanwillallserveascaptains,withEddie Bouhall and Lucas Spence holding the role of assistantcaptains.

PRESEASON HONORS FOR LEHIGHLehighhasbeenpredictedtofinishsecondinthePatriotLeague,inavoteoftheleague’sheadcoachesandSportsInformationDirectors,asannouncedbeforetheseason.Inaddition,theMountainHawksfeaturealeague-highfivepreseasonAll-Leaguehonorees:seniorsCraig Chick, Andrew Pettit and Eddie Bouhall, junior Conor Gaffney and sophomore Teddy Leggett. TheMountainHawksfinishedwith109pointsandtwofirst-placevotes,onlytrailingLoyola,whogarneredtheother18first-placevotestofinishwith128points.LehighiscomingoffaruntothePatriotLeagueChampionshipGamelastseason,itsfourthtitle-gameappearanceinsevenyearsandfirstsince2004.AfterLehighinthepreseasonpollwasNavyinthird(96points),BostonUniversity(89),ArmyWestPoint(62),Bucknell(57),Colgate(56),HolyCross(24)andLafayette(20).

Patriot League AwardsOffensivePlayeroftheYear–PatSpencer,LoyolaMaryland,Sr.,ADefensivePlayeroftheYear–JohnSurdick,ArmyWestPoint,Sr.,D

All-Patriot League TeamAttack:ChrisGray,BostonUniversity,So.;Attack:MikeHawkins,Colgate,So.Attack: Andrew Pettit, Lehigh, Sr .;Attack:PatSpencer,LoyolaMaryland,Sr.Midfielder:ReedMalas,Bucknell,Sr.;Midfielder:JohnDuffy,LoyolaMaryland,Sr.Midfielder:GreysonTorain,Navy,Sr.;Midfielder:RyanWade,Navy,Sr.Defense:JohnSurdick,ArmyWestPoint,Sr.;Defense:MattFarrell,HolyCross,Sr.Defense: Eddie Bouhall, Lehigh, Sr .; Defense: Craig Chick, Lehigh, Sr .Goalie:JacobStover,LoyolaMaryland,Sr.;Faceoff Specialist: Conor Gaffney, Lehigh, Jr .Long-Stick Midfielder: Teddy Leggett, Lehigh, So.;Short-StickDefensiveMidfielder:WillBlumenberg,Colgate, Sr.Student-athletesarelistedbyposition;thenalphabeticallybyschool Preseason Poll1.LoyolaMaryland–128(16first-placevotes)2. LEHIGH – 109 (2 first-place votes)3. Navy – 964.BostonUniversity–895.ArmyWestPoint–626.Bucknell–577. Colgate – 568. Holy Cross – 249. Lafayette – 20

PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS League Overall W L W LArmyWestPoint 0 0 3 0Loyola 0 0 2 0Navy 0 0 2 0BostonUniversity 0 0 3 1Lafayette 0 0 3 1Colgate 0 0 2 1LEHIGH 0 0 1 2Bucknell 0 0 1 2Holy Cross 0 0 1 2*Before Games Saturday, Feb. 23

Upcoming Patriot League ScheduleSaturday BucknellatOhioState 12p.m.BinghamtonatLafayette 12p.m.MarylandatNavy 12p.m.Loyola at Rutgers 2 p.m.ArmyatSyracuse 2p.m.

Team (Record) Pts Last1 Loyola (2-0) 758 22 Penn State (3-0) 357 (2) 43 Maryland(3-0) 333 34 Cornell (0-0) 284 65 Duke(3-1) 280 86 Notre Dame (1-0) 266 77 Yale(0-1) 258 18 Denver (1-1) 241 59 Towson(2-0) 227 1010 North Carolina (3-0) 186 1211 Ohio State (3-0) 180 1312 Virginia (1-1) 168 1113 High Point (3-0) 135 1614 Villanova (1-1) 124 NR15 Army West Point (2-0) 102 1916 Georgetown(2-0) 92 1717 Colgate (2-0) 86 2018 Rutgers (2-1) 66 919 Princeton(1-0) 65 1820 Syracuse(1-1) 55 NRAlso receivingvotes:Marquette,Navy, JohnsHopkins,Brown,Michigan,Penn,Hofstra,Albany(NY),Richmond,Massachusetts,St.John’s(NY)andSaintJoseph’s.

Team (Record) Pts Last1 Loyola (2 - 0) 615 (26) 2 2 Penn State (3 - 0) 588 (5) 4 3 Maryland(3-0) 556 34 Cornell (0 - 0) 524 5 5 Duke(3-1) 437 106 Yale(0-1) 404 17 Towson(2-0) 403 78 Notre Dame (1 - 0) 398 9 9 Denver (1 - 1) 366 6 10 Ohio State (3 - 0) 302 12 11 High Point (4 - 0) 284 13 12 Virginia (1 - 2) 282 11 13 Army West Point (2 - 0) 222 22 14 North Carolina (3 - 0) 196 1415 Villanova (1 - 1) 183 28 16 Colgate (2 - 0) 170 18 17 Syracuse(1-1) 139 2018 Georgetown(2-0) 122 1619 Rutgers (2 - 1) 104 8 20 Princeton(1-0) 60 21ReceivingVotes:Michigan,Navy, JohnsHopkins,Mar-quette,LEHIGH, Hofstra, UAlbany, Hobart, Penn

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CASSESE INDUCTED IN US LACROSSE HALL OF FAMEFollowinganAll-AmericaplayingcareeratDukeandsuccessinbothinter-nationalandprofessionallacrosse,Lehighheadcoach Kevin Cassese wasinductedintotheNationalLacrosseHallofFamethisSeptemberaspartoftheClassof2018.Asaplayer,Cassesewasathree-timeAll-AmericanatDukebeforeplayingontheU.S.Men’sNationalTeams in2002,2006and2010,winningtwogoldmedalsandservingascaptainofthe2010squad.Cassesewasinductedaspartoftheclassofnine,whichalsoincludedElizabethLeighBradleyFriedman,A.J.Haugen,AlexKahoe,PhyllisKilgour,DavidMorrow,RyanPowell,DeniseWescott,andTamiWorley.TheceremonytookplaceonSaturday,Sept.29atTheGrandLodgeinHuntValley,Md.

PROLIFIC PETTITSenior Andrew Pettit has emerged into one of the Patriot League’s, and na-tion’s,topgoalscorers.HeledtheMountainHawksingoals(46)andpoints(66),goodforfourthandninthinschoolhistory.Hefinished10thnationallyingoalspergame(2.71)and20thinpointspercontest(3.88).Pettitwasalsothirdinthecountryinman-upgoals(10).

Lastseason,PettitledtheMountainHawksingoals(ortiedforthelead)ninetimesin17games,andhadninehattricksin2018.Onehighlightwasaca-reer-hightyingfive-goaleffortatArmyWestPoint,whichincludedanaturalhattrick(threestraightgoals)inthefourthquartertoturnaone-goaldeficitintoatwo-goallead.Healsohadsevenpoints(threegoals,fourassists)ina13-8winatNo.18/19Hofstra(Mar.20),contributingtomoregoalshimself(7)thanHofstra(thenation’sNo.1scoringdefense)wereallowingenteringtheday(6.33).PettittiedacareerhighandPatriotLeagueTournamentsin-gle-gamerecordwithfivegoalsinthePatriotLeagueQuarterfinalvictoryoverColgate.HeshatteredthePatriotLeaguerecordforgoalsinanentireleaguetournament(12);thepreviousrecordwaseight.PettitwasaddedtotheTewaaratonAwardWatchListonMar.22.

Pettit has recorded multiple goals in 27 of his last 32 games dating back to the end of his freshman season .Heowns28-careermulti-goalgames,31-careermulti-pointgamesand16-careerhattricks.Pettit has scored a goal in 17 straight games, tied for the fourth longest active streak in the nation entering the season .

RISE OF THE DEFENSEStellardefenseplayedakeyroleinLehigh’ssuccessfrom2012-14whenitwontwoconsecutivePatriotLeagueChampionshipsin2012and2013thenmadeitbacktothetitlegamein2014.Lastseason,theMountainHawksonceagain featured one of the nation’s top defenses.

Sofarthisyear,Lehighstands10thnationallyinscoringdefense(7.67).

Year National Rank Goals Allowed/Game2019 10th 7.672018 22nd 9.472017 26th 10.002016 47th 10.872015 30th 10.062014 2nd 7.222013 6th 7.942012 2nd 6.82

TREMENDOUS TRIOSenior Craig Chick, sophomore Teddy Leggett and senior Eddie Bouhall havehadaknackoftakingtheballaway.Lastseason,thethreebyfarandawayleadthenationincausedturnoversamongthreeteammates.The85combinedcausedturnoverslastseasonweretiedforthemostbyanyLehightrioinschoolhistory.

Sofarthisyear,thethreehavecombinedfor18.Chick(9)-Bouhall(6)-Leggett(6)

Caused Turnovers among three Lehigh teammates, single season(Since 2010 when caused turnovers became an official NCAA statistic)1. Chick(37)-Telesco(30)-Bouhall(18)(2016)-85 Chick (41) - Bouhall (24) - Leggett (20) (2018) - 853. Telesco(36)-O’Shaughnessy(24)-Mikelinich(18)(2014)-784. Chick(40)-Bouhall(20)-Norris(15)(2017)-755. Noone (26) - Souders (19) - Lanius (19) (2013) - 64 Noone(28)-Molnar(21)-Souders(15)(2012)-64

STELLAR SENIORSLehigh’scurrentseniorclasshasbeenstellar.Assophomores,theycombinedfor 80 goals (58.4% of team total), 42 assists (46.7%), 145 groundballs (32.6%) and76causedturnovers(65.5%)lastseason(2017).Asateam,Lehighfinishedwith137goals,90assists,445groundballsand116causedturnovers.Sevenstartedmuchof their sophomoreyears (Eddie Bouhall, Craig Chick and Matt Rimol on defense, Lucas Spence inthemidfieldandAndrew Pettit and Tristan Rai atattack,andChris Kiernan in goal). Mickey Fitzpatrick alsostartedthreegamesinthemidfield.

Asjuniors,theclasscombinedfor127goals(outof180,70.6%ofteamtotal)and77assists(outof112,68.8%).Defensively,theclasstallied207groundballs(outof524,39.5%)and82causedturnovers(outof131,62.6%).

So far this season, as seniors, they have combined for 15 goals (out of 26, 57 .7 percent), 12 assists (out of 14, 85 .7 percent), 54 groundballs (out of 137, 39 .4 percent) and 23 caused turnovers (out of 39, 59 .0 percent) .

EXTRA-MAN PROFICIENCYLehighhasconsistentlyfeaturedoneofthenation’stopextra-manunits.In2018,theMountainHawksledthenationwitha63.4percentage(26-of-41),foodforsecondinNCAAhistory.Detroitholdstheall-timerecord,convertingata70.8percentclipin2014.So far this year, Lehigh is 30 .9 percent on the man-up (4-of-13) .

All-Time Man-Up Efficiency (Entering 2019)Team Year Man-Up Goals Opportunities Pct.Detroit 2014 34 48 .708Lehigh 2018 26 41 .634Marist 2016 17 28 .607JohnsHopkins 2017 26 43 .605Denver 2015 38 63 .603

RAI’S SCORING- Senior Tristan Rai enjoyedasensationalstarttohiscollegiatecareer,fin-ishing2016secondontheMountainHawksingoals(31)andpoints(41).Heledthenationinshootingpercentage(.534),turning58shotsinto31goals.-As a sophomore,Rai tied for the team leadwith 46points (24 goals,team-leading 22 assists).- As a junior, Rai posted 48 points via 23 goals and 25 assists.-Sofarasasenior,Raiownssevenpointsviafourgoalsandthreeassists.-Forhiscareer,Raihasmultiplegoalsin22 games, multiple points in 34 and 15 hattricks.

HAT TRICKING-Lastyear,Lehighrecorded19hattrickswithonein14-of-17games.-Sofarthisyear,theMountainHawkshavetwo.-Hereisthebreakdownofhattricksbyplayerthisseason:Andrew Eichel-berger (1) and Alexander Tumminello (1).

-atVirginia(2/15)(1):AlexanderTumminello -vs.Hofstra(2/2)(1):AndrewEichelberger

- Pettit leads the current team in active career hat tricks with 16, while Rai has 15, Spence has six, Fitzpatrick has two and Eichelberger and Tumminello each have one .

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NCAA Statistics

Lehigh - 2018-19 Men's Lacrosse Ranking Summary thru games 02/19/2019

StatisticNational

Rank

Conference

RankValueNational Leader Value

Conference

LeaderValue

Assists Per Game (68 ranked) 56 7 4.67 Hobart 14.50 Boston U. 8.50

Caused Turnovers Per Game (68 ranked) 5 2 13.00 Notre Dame

Brown

VMI

15.00

15.00

15.00

Holy Cross 14.00

Clearing Percentage (69 ranked) 23 4 0.867 VMI 0.967 Army West Point 0.919

Face-Off Winning Percentage (69 ranked) 10 1 0.627 Penn 0.778 Lehigh 0.627

Ground Balls Per Game (67 ranked) 3 1 45.67 Brown 50.00 Lehigh 45.67

Man-Down Defense (67 ranked) 12 3 0.900 10 teams tied 1.000 Navy 1.000

Man-Up Offense (61 ranked) 39 4 0.308 Hartford 1.000 Boston U. 0.417

Points Per Game (69 ranked) 56 7 13.33 Hobart 36.00 Loyola Maryland 25.00

Saves Per Game (69 ranked) 55 8 9.67 St. Bonaventure 18.00 Loyola Maryland 15.00

Scoring Defense (69 ranked) 10 2 7.67 Notre Dame

Delaware

6.00

6.00

Navy 7.00

Scoring Margin (69 ranked) 30 7 1.00 Princeton 16.00 Loyola Maryland 7.00

Scoring Offense (68 ranked) 55 7 8.67 Princeton 23.00 Loyola Maryland 17.50

Shot Percentage (69 ranked) 58 7 0.218 Notre Dame 0.528 Loyola Maryland 0.427

Turnovers Per Game (69 ranked) 32 5 17.00 4 teams tied 11.00 Lafayette 12.50

Winning Percentage (49 ranked) 38 8 0.333 19 teams tied 1.000 Army West Point

Navy

Loyola Maryland

1.000

1.000

1.000

NEAR THE TOP OF THE NATION (AS OF FEB. 21)

Statistic PlayerNational

Rank

Conference

RankValueNational Leader Value

Conference

LeaderValue

Assists Per Game (102 ranked) Mickey Fitzpatrick

Tristan Rai

102

102

11

11

1.00

1.00

Grant Ament, Penn St. 5.67 Chris Gray, Boston U. 3.75

Caused Turnovers Per Game (74 ranked)Craig Chick

Eddie Bouhall

Teddy Leggett

9

39

39

1

6

6

3.00

2.00

2.00

Kyle Walsh, VMI 5.00 4 players tied 3.00

Face-Off Winning Pct (73 ranked) Conor Gaffney 8 1 0.660 Gerard Arceri, Penn St. 0.796 Conor Gaffney, Lehigh 0.660

Goals Per Game (86 ranked) Dylan Jinks, Hartford 8.00 Kevin Lindley, Loyola Maryland 4.50

Goals-Against Average (64 ranked) James Spence 7 2 7.09 Colby Kneese, Penn St. 3.91 Ryan Kern, Navy 7.00

Ground Balls Per Game (73 ranked) Conor Gaffney

Craig Chick

Teddy Leggett

18

23

38

1

3

6

6.67

6.00

5.00

Matthew Pedicine, Hobart 17.50 Conor Gaffney, Lehigh 6.67

Individual Man-up Goals (36 ranked) Austin Pierce

Tristan Rai

Tommy Schelling

Alexander Tumminello

36

36

36

36

4

4

4

4

1

1

1

1

James Burr, Boston U.

Ryan Lanchbury, Richmond

4

4

James Burr, Boston U. 4

Points Per Game (145 ranked) Dylan Jinks, Hartford 9.00 Pat Spencer, Loyola Maryland 7.00

Save Percentage (64 ranked) James Spence 18 5 0.574 Colby Kneese, Penn St. 0.809 Ryan Kern, Navy 0.659

Saves Per Game (75 ranked) James Spence 46 8 9.00 Nick DiMuccio, Quinnipiac

Alexzander Hunt, NJIT

17.00

17.00

Jacob Stover, Loyola Maryland 15.00

Shot Percentage (74 ranked) Emmet Cordrey, Princeton 0.857 Kevin Lindley, Loyola Maryland 0.643

AMONG THE NATION’S ELITE-AnumberofMountainHawkscurrentlystandamongthenation’sleadersincareercategories.

Career Faceoff Percentage1 TDIerlan,Yale 0.7492 GerardArceri,PennSt. 0.6593 Conor Gaffney , Lehigh 0 .6054 AlexWoodall,Towson 0.6055 MatthewPedicine,Hobart 0.6016 JustinInacio,OhioSt. 0.5967 Dan O’Connell , Holy Cross 0.5938 AJKrstulovic,VMI 0.5739 JustinSchwenk,Virginia 0.55510 SeanChristman,BostonU. 0.552

(As of Thursday, Feb . 21)

Career Faceoff Wins1 TDIerlan,Yale 7002 JarettWitzal,Bucknell 4763 GerardArceri,PennSt. 4504 JustinSchwenk,Virginia 4205 AustinHenningsen,Maryland 4186 MatthewPedicine,Hobart 4037 AlexWoodall,Towson 3898 Conor Gaffney , Lehigh 3889 TrentHarper,AirForce 36810 TreyArnold,RobertMorris 329

Career Faceoff Wins1 TDIerlan,Yale 4662 GerardArceri,PennSt. 2743 AlexWoodall,Towson 2194 Conor Gaffney , Lehigh 2175 KyleWalsh,VMI 1966 JarettWitzal,Bucknell 1927 MattNeufeldt,Denver 1898 MatthewPedicine,Hobart 1869 Craig Chick , Lehigh 18510 JohnTachon,NJIT 178



CHAOTIC CHICKSenior Craig Chickhasemergedasapremierdefensiveplayerinthecountryas he is first in caused turnovers since the beginning of 2016 (127) (as of Thurs-day, Feb . 21) . HeisalreadythirdinNCAAhistoryincareercausedturnovers.

Chickfinishedhisfreshmanseasonasthenationalleaderincausedturnoverswith37.HisbigbreakoutcameonApr.12atPrincetonwhenheposted10groundballsandeightcausedturnovers.TheeightcausedturnoverswerethemostbyaLehighplayersinceEvanGuerrerohadnineagainstSaintJoseph’sonFeb.14,2009.Chicktiedforthemostcausedturnoversinthenationin2016(DivisionI)andtiedPrinceton’sSherrerdFieldrecord,originallysetbyVillanova’sBrianKaralunas.Chick followedwith sevengroundballs andsevencausedturnoversjustfourdayslateragainstCornell.Chickfinishedtheseasonwith41groundballsand25causedturnoversoverhislasteightgames.Asasophomore,Chickposted58groundballsandschool-record40caused turnovers (third in thenation).Onfivedifferentoccasions,Chicktalliedfourormorecausedturnoversandhadastretchof10straightgameswithmultiplecausedturnovers.Thenasajunior,Chickbrokehisownschoolrecordbyposting41causedturnovers.HebrokeTrippTelesco’sschoolrecordatHofstraandbrokethePatriotLeaguemarkatBostonUniversity.Withtwocausedturnoversvs.Cornell,Chickmovedintothetop10inNCAAhistory.

2019 Season Notes-OnFeb. 15atNo. 11Virginia,Chickposted fourgroundballs and twocausedturnovers.-OnFeb.9againstHofstra,ChickrecordedfivegroudballsandtwocausedturnoverstomoveintothirdplaceinNCAAhistoryforcausedturnoversinacareer(125).-OnFeb. 2vs.NJIT,Chickhadfive caused turnovers (alongwithninegroundballs)tomovefromeighthintoatieforfourthinNCAAhistorywith123CTsinhiscareer.Followingtheeffort,hewasnamedPatriotLeagueDefensivePlayeroftheWeekforthethirdtimeinhiscareer.

Caused Turnovers - Since start of 2016 season(As of Thursday, Feb . 21) Player Games CT Per Game 1 Craig Chick (Lehigh) 49 127 2 .592 BrendanHynes(Richmond) 32* 86 2.693 KyleWalsh(VMI) 43 90 2.094 RyanO’Donoghue(SacredHeart) 31* 78 2.52*Hynes and O’Donoghue graduated in 2017

Final 2018 Caused Turnovers Player Cl Games CT Per Game1 FosterHuggins,LoyolaMaryland(Patriot) Sr. 17 52 3.062 Craig Chick, Lehigh (Patriot) Jr . 17 41 2 .413 ZacharyBryant,RobertMorris(NEC) Sr. 18 37 2.064 CharlieHayes,DetroitMercy(MAAC) Sr. 16 34 2.13 KyleWalsh,VMI(SoCon) Jr. 13 34 2.626 AndrewPark,Wagner(NEC) Sr. 14 32 2.29

Final 2017 Caused Turnovers Player Cl Games CT Per Game1 BrendanHynes,Richmond(Southern) Sr. 16 50 3.132 RyanO’Donoghue,SacredHeart(Northeast) Sr. 15 45 3.003 Craig Chick, Lehigh (Patriot) So . 14 40 2 .86 TylerMayes,Towson(Colonial) Sr. 17 40 2.355 ScottHooper,Virginia(AtlanticCoast) Jr. 15 35 2.33

Final 2016 Caused Turnovers Player Cl Games CT Per Game1 Craig Chick, Lehigh (Patriot) Fr . 15 37 2 .472 BrendanHynes,Richmond(Southern) Jr. 16 36 2.253 LarkenKemp,Brown(IvyLeague) Jr. 19 35 1.844 ChristopherKeating,Yale(IvyLeague) Jr. 16 34 2.135 RyanO’Donoghue,SacredHeart(Northeast) Jr. 16 33 2.06 RobertDuvnjak,Harvard(IvyLeague) Sr. 16 33 2.06

Lehigh all-time career caused turnovers (As of Thursday, Feb . 21)Rank Number Player Years1. 127 Craig Chick 2016-pres .2. 97 TrippTelesco 2013-163. 71 MikeNoone 2010-134 . 68 Eddie Bouhall 2016-pres .5. 65 Evan Guerrero 2007-106 . 62 Eddie Bouhall 2016-pres .

7. 59 RichardBradley 2008-118. 56 Ty Souders 2011-149. 56 DanHoneywell 2006-0910. 49 CaseyEidenshink 2013-16 49 NoahMolnar 2010-13

Caused Turnovers - NCAA History (As of Thursday, Feb . 21)Since 2010 when caused turnovers became an official NCAA statistic Player Years Games CTs1. Jordan Houtby, Detroit 2010-13 61 158 2. BrendanHynes,Richmond 2014-17 65 1513. Craig Chick, Lehigh* 2016-18 49 127 4. RyanO’Donoghue,SacredHeart 2014-17 57 1245. Jamie Hebden, Detroit 2010-13 60 123 JohnLoCascio,Villanova 2011-14 61 1237. BrianKaralunas,Villanova 2010-11 31 1228. LarkenKemp,Brown 2014-17 65 1199. Jason Noble, Cornell 2010-13 65 11510.TylerPrasnicki,VMI 2012-15 53 112

Next active player KyleWalsh,VMI 2016-18 43 90

DEFENSE IS KEY-Lehighownedthenation’ssecond-rankeddefensein2012(6.61goalspergame)and followedbyfinishing sixth in2013 (7.94) and second in2014(7.22).In2015,theMountainHawksallowed10.06goalspergamewhiletheyallowed10.87percontestin2016.In2017,Lehighallowed10.00goalspergame.Thenin2018,theMountainHawksallowed9.47goalspergame,22nd in the nation.-TheMountainHawksallowedsingle-digitgoalsin10games,includingfivegamesallowingsevengoalsorfewer.- So far this year, Lehigh has allowed 7 .67 goals per game, 10th in the nation .-IntheseasonopeneronFeb.2vs.NJIT,theMountainHawksheldtheHigh-landerstojust21shots,includingfourinjustthefirstandsecondquarters.Lehighallowedjustthreegoalsoverthegame’sfirst32:46.-Aweeklater,LehighheldHofstra(Feb.9)tojustfourgoals,includingnoneforthefirst24:07andonlyoneoverthegame’sfirst46:22.-TheMountainHawkshelddownapotentVirginiaoffenseonFeb.15,whichfinishedseventhnationallyinscoringin2018.Lehighallowedjusttwogoalsinthegame’sfirst23:20andonlyfourinthefirsthalf.

SHUTOUT STREAKS•In2012,theLehighdefensewasdominantinstretches,pitchingashutoutstreakof15ormoreminutes in15-of-17games, including13-of-14wins.Thenin2013,thedefenseposted17separateshutoutstreaksof15+minutesincludingin10ofits12wins.In2014,theMountainHawkshad15streaksof15+minutesand25streaksof10+minutes.In2015,Lehighhad11streaksof 15+ minutes and 25 of 10+ minutes. •In2016,theMountainHawksownedfourstreaksof20+minutes,eightstreaksof15+minutesand20of10+minutes.•In2017,Lehighowned11streaksof15+minutesand20of10+minutes.•In2018, theMountainHawkshad14streaksof15+minutesand35of10+ minutes.•Sofarin2019,Lehighhasfourstreaksof15+minutesandeightof10+minutes(fullbreakdownbelow).

Game Opponent Shutout StreaksFeb. 15 at No. 11 Virginia 19:34 (bridging 1st and 2nd) 10:43(4thquarter)Feb. 9 Hofstra 24:07 (bridging 2nd and 3rd) 22:15 (bridging 2nd through 4th) 10:01(4thquarter)Feb.2 NJIT 13:13(1stquarter) 11:21 (bridging 2nd and 3rd) 16:59 (bridging 3rd and 4th)

UP NEXT....FollowingSunday’sgame,theMountainHawkswillopenPatriotLeagueplayonSaturday,Mar.2atNo.16/17Colgate.Openingfaceoffissetfor12 p.m.



2019 ROSTERNo. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School1 CrewCintron Jr. A 6-1 185 RockyRiver,Ohio/SaintIgnatius2 JoelTrucksess So. M/FO 5-11 165 Perkasie,Pa./HaverfordSchool3 MickeyFitzpatrick Sr. M 6-1 187 Duxbury,Mass./Duxbury4 SamCharlton So. LSM/D 5-10 180 Berwyn,Pa./MalvernPrep5 JacksonMonnin Sr. M 6-2 200 Charlotte,N.C./CharlotteLatin6 MattIlchuk So. M/A 6-0 170 BayShore,N.Y./BayShoreHighSchool7 AndrewPettit Sr. A 5-11 185 Wilmington,Del./TowerHillSchool8 KevinGersbeck So. M 5-9 175 MillerPlace,N.Y./MillerPlaceHighSchool9 MikeMonitto Fr. M 5-9 175 Melville,N.Y./HalfHollowHillsEast10 ParkerKent Jr. M 6-1 185 Norwell,Mass./TheRoxburyLatinSchool11 ColinKirst Jr. G 5-9 190 Bernardsville,N.J./SetonHallPrep12 RyanKlose Jr. A 6-2 190 WestLinn,Ore./WestLinn13 CraigChick Sr. D/LSM 6-0 195 Edgewater,Md./SouthRiver14 DennyNealon So. A 5-10 175 GarnetValley,Pa./GarnetValleyHighSchool15 AustinClibanoff Jr. M 5-9 160 Ambler,Pa./LaSalleCollegeHighSchool16 AustinPierce Jr. A/M 5-10 185 Chatham,N.J./Chatham17 JustinAngelel So. M 6-2 190 Bellevue,Wash./BellevueHighSchool18 MichaelHagenberger Fr. D/LSM 6-2 175 MountSinai,N.Y./MountSinai19 JamesSpence So. G 5-10 170 Springfield,Pa./SpringfieldHighSchool20 ColeKirst Fr. A 6-2 200 Bernardsville,N.J./SetonHallPrep21 JudahHicks Fr. LSM/D 6-0 196 Moorestown,N.J./Moorestown22 TommySchelling Fr. A 5-10 165 Warren,N.J./Delbarton23 HaydenTrautmann So. D 6-4 220 HuntingtonValley,Pa./AcademyoftheNewChurch24 JohnChace Fr. M 5-9 165 Providence,R.I./PomfretSchool25 ChadKittaka Fr. A 5-9 165 Carmel,Ind./Carmel26 NickMarren So. D 6-0 205 Perkiomenville,Pa./PerkiomenValleyHighSchool27 ErikDiGirolamo Jr. M 5-9 185 Allentown,Pa./Parkland28 MattRimol Sr. D 6-3 205 Londonderry,N.H./Londonderry29 MichaelVenezia Fr. G 5-10 160 Massapequa,N.Y./Massapequa30 BrianMeyer Sr. M/FO 5-11 170 PennValley,Pa./WashingtonCollege31 LiamLynch So. M 5-7 180 Foxboro,Mass./BrewsterAcademy32 MikeSisselberger Fr. FO/M 5-9 190 CenterValley,Pa./SouthernLehigh34 MichaelDiRienzo Sr. D 6-3 210 Holbrook,N.Y./SachemHighSchoolEast35 RalphShields Sr. M 5-10 184 Coopersburg,Pa./SouthernLehighHighSchool36 PatrickMcIlroy Fr. D 5-11 185 Westfield,N.J./Westfield37 MattMarker Fr. A 6-0 165 Bethlehem,Pa./AllentownCentralCatholic38 ConorGaffney Jr. M/FO 5-10 190 MountLaurel,N.J./Lenape39 WilliamGunn Sr. A/M 6-0 163 SteamboatSprings,Colo./SteamboatSprings40 EddieBouhall Sr. D 6-1 200 Lynbrook,N.Y./Lynbrook41 AlexanderTumminello Sr. M 5-10 185 FortLauderdale,Fla./UniversityofMaryland42 MichaelDonaghy So. M 6-3 190 OldTappan,N.J./IMGAcademy(Fla).43 DavidPeterson So. D/LSM 6-0 200 MenloPark,Calif./SacredHeartPrep44 TristanRai Sr. A 6-0 175 Edmonton,Alberta/WestminsterSchool45 TeddyLeggett So. LSM/D 5-8 165 Vaughan,Ontario/TheHillAcademy47 KevinTsao Sr. M 5-11 175 Moorestown,N.J./MoorestownHighSchool48 JackBarclay Fr. M 6-3 185 Ridgewood,N.J./Ridgewood49 ChrisKiernan Sr. G 5-11 171 ChevyChase,Md./St.Albans50 DanielRivera Jr. D 6-5 210 Newtown,Pa./LaSalleCollegeHighSchool55 AndrewEichelberger Jr. M 6-4 225 TheWoodlands,Texas/JesuitCollegePreparatory66 MattDouglas So. D 6-3 210 Randolph,N.J./DelbartonSchool77 ChristianMcHugh Jr. M 6-3 190 Bronxville,N.Y./IonaPrep88 AnthonyTangredi Fr. D 5-11 175 Smithtown,N.Y./Chaminade99 LucasSpence Sr. A 5-11 175 Springfield,Pa./Springfield

Smith Family Head Lacrosse Coach: KevinCassese(Duke’03),12thSeasonAssociate Head Coach: WillScudder(Lehigh’11)Assistant Coaches: TomCompitello(StonyBrook’13),CaseyEidenshink(Lehigh‘16)Director of Quality Control:TomCassese(C.W.Post’67)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 6 CrewCinron(cin-TRONE)7 AndrewPettit(PET-it)8 KevinGersbeck(GERZ-beck)14 Denny Nealon (NEAL-in)17 Justin Angelel (ANJ-ul-ell)18 MichaelHagenberger(HAY-gen-ber-gurr)27 ErikDiGirolamo(DE-ja-rall-eh-moe)28 MattRimol(RIM-ull)29 MichaelVenezia(Vi-NET-zee-ahh)34 MichaelDiRienzo(DEE-Ree-en-zoe)40 EddieBouhall(BOO-hall)

41 AlexanderTumminello(AlexanderTOMB-in-ell-oh)44 TristanRai(TristanRYE)47 KevinTsao(KevinSOW)


KEVIN CASSESESmithFamilyHeadCoach12thSeasonasLehighHeadCoach

AU.S.LacrosseNationalHallofFame inductee,KevinCasseseentershis12thseasonasLehigh’sheadmen’slacrossecoachin2019.InCassese’s time, hehas led theMountainHawks toback-to-backPatriotLeagueChampionshipsin2012and2013followedbyathirdstraightappearanceintheleaguetitlegamein2014andareturntriptothechampionshipgamein2018.Lehighistheonlymen’slacrosseprograminthe leaguetoreacheightof the lasteightPatriotLeagueTournamentsasexcitementcontinuestobuild.Headingintothe2019season,theMountainHawkshavebeenrankedinevery“way-early”rankings,cominginashighasNo.8bytheBaltimoreSun. Inthepastyear,CasseseledtheMountainHawkstothreewinsovernationally-rankedopponentsandareturntothenationalrankings(ashighasNo.12)asLehighadvancedtothePatriotLeagueChampionshipGameforthefirsttimesince2014.Lessthanamonthaftertheseason,CassesewasnamedaninducteeintheNationalLacrosseHallofFameClassof2018followingastellarplayingcareeratDuke,inMajorLeagueLacrosseandforTeamUSA. The2018seasonsawLehighjumpbackintothenationalspotlight,beginningwithroadwinsatNo.12ArmyWestPointandNo.18/19Hofstrainthespanof10days.TheMountainHawkswentontofinishtheseason10-7,including5-3inPatriotLeagueplay.EarningtheNo.4 seed in the league tournament, Lehigh dominated Colgate at home (11-6)thenpickedupa10-9overtimewinagainstNo.11/13Navy,justdaysaftertheMidshipmenwonatSyracuse.LucasSpencescoredthegame-winnerlessthanoneminuteintoovertimeasSpence(58points:35goals,23assists)andAndrewPettit(66points:46goals,20assists)combinedfor124pointsin2018.Pettit,defensemanCraigChickandfa-ceoffspecialistConorGaffneywerenamedfirstteamAll-PatriotLeaguewhile Spence,defensemanEddieBouhall and long-stickmidfielderTeddyLeggettearnedsecond-teamlaurels.LeggettalsowontheLehighAthletics’ J.DanielNolanAwardpresented to thedepartment’s topfirst-yearmalestudent-athlete.GaffneywasnamedthePatriotLeagueScholar-AthleteoftheYearwhilebeingnamedathirdteamAcademicAll-AmericanbyCoSIDA. Chickcontinuedtore-writetherecordbooks,breakinghispreviousschoolrecordforcausedturnoverswith41.Heendedtheyearwith118inhiscareer,whichisalreadyaschoolandPatriotLeaguerecord,andtop10inNCAAhistory(withChick’ssenioryearlefttoplay).Aftertheseason,ChickwasnamedasecondteamInsideLacrosseAll-AmericanwhilegarneringhonorablementionAll-AmericafromtheUSILA.Asateam,theMountainHawksledthenationinextra-manoffenseforthesecondtimeinsevenyearsasLehigh’s63.4percentagewasgoodforsecondinNCAAhistory.Atonepoint,Lehighconvertedeightstraightman-up opportunities and 16-of-19. In2017,Lehigh’sseasonwashighlightedbytwoconsecutivehomewinsovernationally-rankedfoes,defeatingNo.16/18BostonUniversity(10-6)andNo.13/14Princeton(15-10)whileearninga9-6homevicto-ryoverrivalBucknellonSeniorNighttoearntheprogram’sseventhstraightPatriotLeagueTournamentberth.ThreeMountainHawksearnedAll-League,includingChick,whowasnamedtothefirstteamandgarneredhonorablementionAll-AmericabyInsideLacrosse.Chickbrokeaschoolrecordwith40causedturnovers,oneyearafterleadingthenationinthatcategory. Theprogram’sbreakthroughcamein2012whenLehighfinished14-3andwonitsfirst-everPatriotLeagueTournamentChampionshiptoadvancetotheprogram’sfirstNCAATournament.TheMountain

Hawksfollowedthatwitha12-5campaignin2013,winningboththeregular season and tournament titles. Despite losing a large and talented seniorclass,Lehighstillwent13-5in2014andadvancedtothePatriotLeagueChampionshipGameonceagain. In2012,Cassese led theMountainHawks toaschool-record14wins,aprogramrecordnine-gamewinningstreakandtheirhighest-evernationalranking;LehighcameinatNo.4nationallyinthefinalCoachesPollfollowingtheregularseason. Following a home-opening loss toVillanova in 2012, Lehighpromptlywonninestraightgamesand13-of-14toadvancetotheNCAATournamentas theNo.7overall seed.TheMountainHawkshostedeventualNationalFinalistMarylandandgavetheTerpstheirtoughestfightontheirroadtothetitlegame.Despitefallingdown6-1inthefirsthalf,Lehighrespondedwithsevenstraightgoalsinfrontofastandingroomonlycrowdof2,278attheUlrichSportsComplex(andinfrontofanationalaudienceonESPNU). Lehighpostedanimpressive8-3recordagainstnationally-rankedfoes,includingabig9-8winatNo.4NorthCarolinainMarch,propellingtheMountainHawksintothenationalpollsforthefirsttimesince2000.Lehighendedanumberoflongdroughts,defeatingUNCforthefirsttimesince1951,Yaleforthefirsttimesince1918andPennStateforthefirsttimesince1971.AbigpartofthesuccesscamefromtheMountainHawks’defense,whichstoodastheNo.2scoringdefense(onlybehindNotre Dame), holding opponents to only 6.81 goals per game. Lehigh pickedupitsfirstshutoutin40yearswitha13-0triumphoverMan-hattan,allowedonlytwogoalstoVMIandfiveorfewertoPennState,Navy,HolyCross,PennandSaintJoseph’s.CassesewasnamedPatriotLeagueCoachoftheYearwhilefreshmanMattPoillonbecameLehigh’sfirst-everGoalkeeperoftheYear.EightcrackedtheAll-PatriotLeagueTeam,tiedformostinschoolhistory. In2013,LehighwonsevenstraightgamestofinishundefeatedinPatriot League play and earn the right to host the league tournament. Lehighwenton todominateBucknellon itshome turf (11-5) for itssecondstraightleaguechampionship.TheawardscontinuedtorollinfortheMountainHawksasPoillonwasnamedPatriotLeagueGoalieoftheYearforasecondstraightseasonandaschool-recordfourplayerswerenamedUSILAAll-Americans,breakingtherecordofthreesetaseasonprior. Inaddition, theMountainHawksplaceda league-bestthreeplayersontheAcademicAll-PatriotLeagueTeam. Thesuccesscontinuedinto2014astheMountainHawkswon13games,justoneshyoftyingtheschoolrecordsetjusttwoyearsprior.Lehighearnedathrilling7-6tripleovertimevictoryoverNo.20Vil-lanovainFebruaryandearnedconvincingleaguewinsoverBucknell(9-3),Navy(13-2),HolyCross(20-4)andLafayette(17-6).TheMountainHawksdefeatedNavyinthePatriotLeagueQuarterfinalsathomebeforeearninga12-11semifinalvictoryoverArmybehindaReidWebergoalwithjustthreesecondsremaining. SeveralMountainHawksenjoyedbreakoutseasons,ledbyattack-manDanTaylorwhorecorded45pointsoverhislastsevengamestofinishwith76points,whichfarandawayledthePatriotLeagueandwasmostamongCanadianplayersinallofDivisionILacrosse.TaylorwasnamedafirstteamAll-PatriotLeaguehonoree,aswasdefensemanTrippTelescowhofinishedwith44groundballsand36causedturnovers.ThreeotherswerenamedAll-LeaguewhilePoillon,TaylorandTelescowerenamedhonorablementionAll-Americansaswell. After struggling tobegin2015, theMountainHawksended theseasononahighnote,winningfiveoftheirlastsixregularseasongames,defeatingapairofnationally-rankedopponentsinafive-dayspan(No.14PrincetonandNo.18StonyBrook).Taylorenjoyedanothersensa-tional season, posting 77 points to earn Patriot League Offensive Player of theYearhonorsandhonorablementionAll-America recognition.Meanwhile,ayoungteamin2016wentontoadvancetotheprogram’ssixthstraightPatriotLeagueTournament,finishing4-4inleagueplayhighlightedbyathrilling8-7winatNo.20BostonUniversity. Settingthestagefortheprogram’sbreakthroughof2012,theMoun-tainHawksjumpedsquarelyintothenationallacrossepicturein2011bynotonlyqualifyingforthePatriotLeaguepostseason,butalsoprovingtheycouldcompetewithanyoneinthecountry.LehighadvancedtoitsfirstPatriotLeagueTournamentsince2006.TheMountainHawksgot



offtoaquick3-1start,whichincludeda14-10triumphoverNavy,theprogram’sfirstvictoryovertheMidshipmeninnearly100years.Lehighpostedthenation’seighthbiggestimprovementin2011,accordingtoLaxPower.com’scomputerrankings,whichtakesintoaccountmanyofthefactorsusedbytheNCAATournamentselectioncommittee. InhisfirstfouryearsatLehigh,CassesementoredatotalofnineAll-PatriotLeaguehonorees,includingfourin2011.FaceoffspecialistRyanSnydercrackedthefirstteamafterwinning61.6percentofhisdrawsand scoopinga then-PatriotLeague record118groundballs.JonathanStumpfwasnotonlynamedtothesecondteam,butalsobe-cameLehigh’sfirst-everCoSIDAAcademicAll-AmericanwhilebeingnamedaSeniorCLASSAwardfirstteamAll-American,USILAScholarAll-AmericanandPatriotLeagueScholar-AthleteoftheYear.Stumpf(alongwithteammateandcurrentLehighassistantcoachWillScudder)alsoplayedintheUSILANorth-SouthAll-StarGamewherehenettedtheeventualgame-winninggoalfortheSouth. UnderCassese’swatch,Lehighhassentseveralplayerstoprofes-sionallacrosse.SevenhavebeenselectedintheMajorLeagueLacrosseCollegiateDraftsince2013whilemultipleothershavebeenpickedinthe player pool. Roman Lao-Gosney (Florida) has played in more than 50 careergames since joining the league in2012while twinbrotherCameron(Florida),MikeNoone(Ohio)andNoahMolnar(Denver)areallveteransoftheleaguewithMolnarwinninganMLLChampionshipin2016andNoonein2017.Inaddition,TaylorwasthefirstselectionofdefendingNationalLacrosseLeagueChampionSaskatchewanRushinthe2015NLLCollegiateDraft.Hewaspicked12thoverallandwentontowinachampionshipwiththeRushin2016. Cassese’splayershavebeen involved inUSLacrosseaswellasdefenseman Ty Souders tried out for the U.S. Under-19 Team as part of athree-daytrainingcampatUMBC.CameronandRomanLao-GosneyalsoparticipatedinnumerousscrimmagesforTeamUSA,beginningwiththeCapitalLacrosseClassiconOct.7,2012. Onapersonallevel,CassesemadehiscoachingdebutforUSLa-crosseatthe2014WorldLacrosseChampionshipsinDenver,servingasanassistantcoachunderTeamUSAheadcoachRichieMeade(Furman),alongsideassistantsDavePietramala(JohnsHopkins)andJeffTambroni(PennState).Cassese’sresponsibilitiesincludedfaceoffcoordinatorandgoaliecoordinatorwhilehandlingrides,clearsandthesubgame. Asaplayer,Cassesehadan impressive career representing theUSA.Hewasnamedtothe2010UnitedStatesMen’sNationalLacrosseTeam,travelingtoManchester,England.Hewasnamedco-captainofthatgoldmedalwinningteam,alongsideRyanPowell(Syracuse).Thatmarked the third timeCasseseearnedaspoton theNationalTeam.Cassese also helped the United States to the gold medal at the 2002 InternationalLacrosseFederationWorldChampionships,whilestillanundergraduateatDukeUniversity.HewasalsoamemberoftheUnitedStatesteamthatplacedsecondatthe2006ILFWorldChampionshipsin London, Ontario. Casseseisoneofthemostdecoratedstudent-athletesinDukehisto-ry.Hewasatwo-timecaptainandthree-timeAll-ACCselection.CassesehelpedleadtheBlueDevilstothreeNCAATournamentappearancesandapairofACCChampionshipsduringhiscollegiatecareer.CasseseearnedAll-Americahonorsonthreeseparateoccasions,includingfirst-teamaccolades in2002and2003.Cassese,who scored80goals andhandedout38assistsinhiscareer,wasatwo-timeTewaaratonTrophyfinalistandgarneredACCPlayeroftheYearhonorsin2001.In2002,CassesewastherecipientoftheLt.DonaldMacLaughlin,Jr.Awardasthenation’stopmidfielder.Hewasalsoastandoutintheclassroom,graduatingwitha 3.59GPAwhile earninghisBachelor’sDegree inSociologyfromDuke.HewasselectedasaUSILAScholarAll-Amer-ican,ACCAcademicHonorRollmember,andwasnamedtheACC’sWeaver-James-CorriganHonoraryAward recipient for outstandingathleticandacademicachievement. Afterhis timeatDuke,Cassesecontinuedhisplayingcareer inMajorLeagueLacrosse for sevenyears. Hewas the secondoverallselectioninthe2003MLLDraftbytheRochesterRattlers.AmonghisprofessionalaccomplishmentsareapairofMLLRookieoftheWeekhonorsandaspotinboththe2006and2010MLLAll-StarGames.HewasnamedMVPofthe2006All-StarGame.Cassesewastradedtothe

PhiladelphiaBarrageduringthesummerof2007(whichcoincidedwithhishiringatLehigh)andhelpedleadhisnewteamtothe2007MajorLeagueLacrosseChampionship, aswell as a spot inChampionshipWeekendin2008. Cassese’s coaching careerbeforeLehigh includeda stint as anassistantcoachathisalmamaterfrom2005-07,helpingleadtheBlueDevils to the 2007 National Championship Game. He also served as Duke’s interimhead coach forpartof the summerof 2006.Prior toDuke,CassesespentoneseasonatStonyBrookasanassistantwherehedirectedthenation’stopextramanoffenseandhelpedtheSeawolvestoa10-6recordinthespringof2005. AnativeofPortJeffersonStation,NewYorkandgraduateofCom-sewogueHighSchool,Casseseandhiswife,KatieGransonCassesewhoattendednearbyFreedomHighSchool,weremarriedinBethleheminDecemberof2006.Theyhadtheirfirstchild,Drew,inJulyof2011,theirsecondchild,Anna,inAugustof2013andthirdchild,Claire,inJulyof2016.

Cassese’s Coaching Resume

Year Record PL Home Notables2008 6-9 2-4 4-4 2009 4-11 2-4 0-6 Wonat#16Armyand#20St.John’s2010 8-7 2-4 4-3 Defeated #9 Villanova and #19 Lafayette2011 7-9 3-3 5-4 PLSemifinals2012 14-3 5-1 5-2 School-record14wins Highestrankinginschoolhistory(#4) First Patriot League Championship2013 12-5 6-0 7-2 SecondStraightPLChampionship Hosted PL Tournament for 1st time2014 13-5 6-2 7-1 ThirdStraightPLTitleGameAppearance2015 7-9 3-5 3-4 WinsoverrankedPrinceton&StonyBrook2016 6-9 4-4 3-4 WinoverrankedBostonU2017 7-7 4-4 5-1 WinsoverrankedBostonU&Princeton2018 10-7 5-3 4-4 Patriot League Championship Game2019 1-2 0-0 1-1Total 95-83 ( .534) 42-34 ( .553) 48-36 ( .571)




WILL SCUDDERAssistantCoachSixthSeasonatLehigh

FormerLehighmen’slacrossestandoutWillScudder‘11

entershissixthseasononthecoachingstaffin2019,firstasassociateheadcoachandfourthasdefensivecoordinator.

ScudderreplacedTomCompitellowhoacceptedapositionatSacredHeart(andhassincereturnedtoLehigh), thenwaspromotedpriortothe2015season.Scudderwaspromotedtoassociatedefensivecoordinator,faceoffcoordinator and camps/clinics/tournaments coordinator afterBrendanCallahanwasnamedheadcoachatDartmouth.Hewas thennamedde-fensivecoordinatorpriortothe2016seasonwhenErrolWilsonwasnamedoffensivecoordinator,andnamedassociateheadcoachfollowingthe2018season.ScudderwasaformerteamcaptainandAll-PatriotLeaguehonoreeasaMountainHawk. ScudderhashelpedLehighjumpbackintothenationalspotlightasheadingintothe2019season,theMountainHawkshavebeenrankedinevery“way-early”rankings,cominginashighasNo.8bytheBaltimoreSun.TheMountainHawksaretheonlyteamintheleaguewhohasadvancedtothelast eight Patriot League Tournaments. In2018,theMountainHawks,wererankedashighas12thnationallyanddefeatedthreenationally-rankedteams–beginningwithroadwinsatNo.12ArmyWestPointandNo.18/19Hofstrainthespanof10days.TheMountainHawkswentontofinishtheseason10-7,including5-3inPatriotLeague play. Earning the No. 4 seed in the league tournament, Lehigh domi-natedColgateathome(11-6)thenpickedupa10-9overtimewinagainstNo.11/13Navy,justdaysaftertheMidshipmenwonatSyracuse.LucasSpencescoredthegame-winnerlessthanoneminuteintoovertimeasSpence(58points:35goals,23assists)andAndrewPettit(66points:46goals,20assists)combinedfor124pointsin2018. Pettit,defensemanCraigChickandfaceoffspecialistConorGaffneywerenamedfirstteamAll-PatriotLeaguewhileSpence,defensemanEddieBouhallandlong-stickmidfielderTeddyLeggettearnedsecond-teamlau-rels.Leggettendedtheyearwith61groundballs,becomingjustthethirdnon-faceoffspecialisttoreach50GBsinKevinCassese’s11-yeartenureasLehighheadcoach,theothersbeingCaseyEidenshinkandChick.LeggettalsowontheLehighAthletics’J.DanielNolanAwardpresentedtothede-partment’stopfirst-yearmalestudent-athlete.GaffneywasnamedthePatriotLeagueScholar-AthleteoftheYearwhilegarneringthirdteamAcademicAll-America recognitionbyCoSIDA.A former faceoff specialisthimself,ScudderworkedextensivelywithGaffney,wholedthePatriotLeagueinfaceoffpercentage(59.4),whileshatteringtheschoolrecordforfaceoffwins(212)–whichisalsogoodforsecondinleaguehistory. ScudderoversawadefensethatenteredAprileighthnationallyinal-lowingjust8.30goalspergame.TheMountainHawkswentontoallowjustsixgoalsinthequarterfinalstoColgateandnineinthesemifinalsvs.Navy.Lehigh’sdefensewasledbyChick,whocontinuedtore-writetherecordbooks,breakinghispreviousschoolrecordforcausedturnoverswith41.Heendedtheyearwith118inhiscareer,whichisalreadyaschoolandPatriotLeaguerecord,andtop10inNCAAhistory(withChick’ssenioryearlefttoplay).Aftertheseason,ChickwasnamedasecondteamInsideLacrosseAll-AmericanwhilegarneringhonorablementionAll-America from theUSILA. Inhisfirstyearon theLehighstaff, Scudderhelpedcoacha strongtandematfaceoffin2014thatwon54percentofitsdraws;RyanButtenbaumwon55percentandCaseyMcAdamwon52percentattheX.McAdamwasnamedPatriotLeagueRookieoftheWeekafterwinning17-of-23faceoffsagainstMonmouththen15-of-20vs.HolyCross. Asateam,LehighadvancedtoitsthirdstraightPatriotLeagueCham-pionshipGamein2014,finishingtheseason13-5andwithinjustonewinof tying the school record set twoyearsprior.Thedefenseallowed just7.22goalspergame,goodforsecondinthenationandjust0.01behindthenation’s leader. In2015,apairofMountainHawkssplittimeatfaceoff,bothimpressingdownthestretch.FreshmanMattErnstshowedflashesofgreatness,whichincludedafour-gamestretch(atMonmouth,HolyCross,Colgateandvs.Princeton),whichsawhimwin58percentofhisdraws(49-of-85).McAdam

endedhisseasononahighnote,winning14-of-21faceoffs inthePatriotLeagueQuarterfinalsatBucknell. TheMountainHawksstruggledtobegin2015,butbouncedbackinabigway.Lehighdefeatedapairofnationally-rankedopponentsinafive-dayspan,earningwinsoverNo.14PrincetonandatWilson’salmamaterandNo.18StonyBrook.TheMountainHawksdefeatedLafayetteintheirregularseasonfinale,theirfifthwininsixgames,toreachtheirfifthstraightPatriot League Tournament. Lehighadvancedtoitssixthstraightleaguetournamentin2016,finish-ing4-4inPatriotLeagueplay.TheMountainHawks’defensehadplentyofhighlightmoments.Justafreshman,Chickledthenationincausedturnoverswith37whileseniorTrippTelescofinishedtiedforninthwith90.LehighallowedjustfourgoalstoNJIT,sixtoLafayetteandseveninadramaticwinatNo.20BostonUniversity,whichessentiallyclinchedtheMountainHawks’berth into the league tournament. ScudderhelpedleadLehightoitsseventhstraightleaguetournamentberthin2017.Asateam,theMountainHawksallowedjustsixgoalsinahomewinoverNo.16/18BostonUniversity.Inthenexthomegame,Lehighallowedjust10inawinoverNo.13/14Princeton,holdingthenation’sNo.3rankedoffensetoitssecondlowesttotaloftheseasonwhichwasfivegoalslessthanitsseasonaverageenteringthegame.Individually,Chickcontinuedhisstellarplay,settingaschoolrecordwith40causedturnovers.HeandclassmateBouhallcombinedfor100groundballsand60causedturnoversontheseason,bothearningAll-PatriotLeaguehonors.ChickwasnamedtothefirstteamandgarneredInsideLacrossehonorablementionAll-Americarecognition. Scudderplayedin51gamesoverhiscareerintheBrownandWhite,highlightedbyhisjuniorcampaignwhenhewon56percentofhisfaceoffs(140-of-251)toearnSecondTeamAll-PatriotLeaguehonors.Thiscameafterasophomoreseasonwhichsawhimwin56percent (152-of-273)with69groundballs.ScudderplayedakeyroleintheriseoftheMountainHawks’program,advancingtotheleaguetournamentasaseniorin2011andhelpingsetthestageforthetwostraightPatriotLeagueChampionshipsthatfollowedin 2012 and 2013. Scudder endedhis collegiate careerbywinning331-of-612 faceoffs(54.1percent)with156groundballs.Healsoadded threegoalsand fourassists.ScudderplayedintheprestigiousNorth-SouthSeniorAll-StarGamefollowinghisseniorcampaign. Upongraduation,ScudderworkedwithA.G.Administrators,Inc.inthesportsinsuranceindustryfromSummer2011untilSpring2013,whilealsoservingasanassistantlacrossecoachatGreatValleyHighSchoolinFall2012andSpring2013.WhileatGreatValley,hehelpedleadtheschooltoitsfirstleaguetitle,coachedsixFirstTeamAll-Chesmontplayers,twomembersoftheAll-StateteamandoneALLAmerican.HethenmovedontoFeverLacrosseInc.inHaverford,Pa.whereheservedandcontinuestoserveasDirectorofOperations,inchargeofmanagingtournaments,camps,clinics,andthe14clubteamswithintheFeverProgram. CoachScudder resides inHistoricBethlehemwithhiswifeMegan,formerLehighgraduate‘10andwomen’slacrosseplayer.

TOM COMPITELLOAssistantCoachFirst Season at Lehigh TomCompitellobeginshisfirstseasonatLehighasfull-timeassistantcoachin2019,andthirdoverall.Compitello,whobeganhis coaching career as avolunteer assistant

duringtheMountainHawks’back-to-backPatriotLeagueChampionshipseasonsin2012and2013,wasmostrecentlyontheYalecoachingstaff.Inhissevenyearsasacollegiatecoach,Compitellohashelpedhisteamstoachampionshipinfiveyears–fourconferencechampionshipsandthe2018NationalChampionshipwithYale.Includinghistimeasaplayer,Compi-tello’steamshaveadvancedtoaconferencechampionshipgameineightofthe last 10 years. CompitellowillcoachontheoffensivesideofthefieldfortheMountainHawks,whilealsoservingasthegoaliecoach,somethinghehasexperiencewithduringhistimeatYaleandalsoatBryant,wherehecoachedthepro-gram’sall-timeleaderinsaves,GunnarWaldt,whofinishedhisincrediblecareerasaUSILAAll-Americanin2016.


2019 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 4: LEHIGH AT NO. 4 CORNELL • FEBRUARY 24, 2019 • PAGE 11 CompitellobeganhiscareerontheMountainHawkcoachingstaffforLehigh’sfirsttwoPatriotLeagueTournamenttitlesandNCAATournamentappearancesinprogramhistory.WhileatLehigh,heservedastheassistantoffensive coordinator, assistant extra-manoffense coordinator, and thesubstitutiongamecoordinator.In2012,Lehigh’sman-upunitwasNo.1inthenation(54.2percent),somethingtheMountainHawksalsoaccomplishedthispast season–when theywere thenation’sbestunitat63.4percent.Lehigh’s offense exploded in thePatriotLeagueTournament, scoringaleaguetournamentrecord29goals.TheMountainHawksfollowedin2013bywinningthePatriotLeagueRegularSeasonandTournamenttitles.Intheend,Compitellohelpedcoachthreeoftheprogram’stopfivepoint-gettersinschoolhistory:DanTaylor(second,220),DavidDiMaria(third,205)andDanteFantoni(fifth,177). CompitellothentransitionedtoSacredHeartwhereheledthePioneerstoa4-2NECmarkandNo.3seedintheconferencetournamentin2014,whichstillstandsasprogramrecordsforNortheastConferencewinsandbestfinish(thirdplace)inprogramhistory.Compitelloactedasoffensiveandextra-mancoordinator,asSacredHeartfinishedthirdintheconferenceingoalspergame(10.13)andtiedforthemostassistspercontest(6.20). CompitellomovedontoBryantUniversitywhereheledtheBulldogstoNECTournamentTitlesandNCAATournamentberthsintwoofhisthreeseasons,servingasBryant’soffensivecoordinator,extra-mancoordinatorandgoaliecoach.In2016,theBulldogsfinished19thnationallyinscoringoffense(11.20goalspergame)asBryantfinished10-5overalland5-1intheconference.CompitelloledtheBulldogstoNCAATournamentberthsin2015and2017,whichincludesbeatingMonmouthinthe2017NCAATournamentbeforedroppingacompetitive13-10finalatNo.1Maryland. In2018,CompitelloservedasanassistantcoachatYale,coordinatingthenation’sNo.11extramanunit,assistingwiththenation’sNo.2scoringoffense andalsomentoring thegoaltenders on theway to theBulldogsfirst-everNationalChampionship.Underhisguidance,JackStarrenjoyedastrongNCAATournament,makingninesaves,allowingjustfivegoalsinthequarterfinalsvs.Loyola,beforecombiningfor16stopsinthesemifinalsandchampionshipgames.InthesemifinalsagainstAlbany,StarrstoppedfiveofthefirstsevenshotssenthiswaytohelptheBulldogsscorethegame’sfirstsevengames. A2011graduateofStonyBrook,CompitellowasanAll-AmericanandfirstteamAll-Conferenceattackman.Heposted146careerpoints(68goals,78assists)andwasnamedtotheTewaaratonAwardWatchListasasenior.Hewasalsothe28thoverallselectioninthe2011MajorLeagueLacrosseDraft.CompitelloledStonyBrooktothe2010AmericaEastChampionship,includinganNCAATournamentwinoverDenvertoreachtheNationalQuarterfinals.StonyBrookalsoreachedtheAmericaEastfinalsin2009and2011.

CASEY EIDENSHINKAssistantCoachSecondSeasonatLehigh FormerMountainHawks’standoutCaseyEidenshinkbeginshissecondseasonatLehighasassistantcoachin2019.Aclosedefensemanandlong-stickmidfielderasa

player, the2016graduatewasanAll-PatriotLeagueandAcademicAll-LeaguehonoreeatLehigh,finishinghiscollegiatecareerwithaGPAover3.3. InhisfirstyearatLehigh,EidenshinkhelpedLehighjumpbackintothenationalspotlight.TheMountainHawks,wererankedashighas12thnationallyin2018anddefeatedthreenationally-rankedteams–beginningwithroadwinsatNo.12ArmyWestPointandNo.18/19Hofstrainthespanof10days.TheMountainHawkswentontofinishtheseason10-7,including5-3inPatriotLeagueplay.EarningtheNo.4seedintheleaguetournament,LehighdominatedColgateathome(11-6)thenpickedupa10-9overtimewinagainstNo.11/13Navy,justdaysaftertheMidshipmenwonatSyracuse. EidenshinkhelpedcoachadefensiveunitwhichenteredAprileighthnationallyinallowingjust8.30goalspergame.TheMountainHawkswenton toallow just sixgoals in thequarterfinals toColgateandnine in thesemifinalsvs.Navy.Lehigh’sdefensewasledbyCraigChick,whocontin-uedtore-writetherecordbooks,breakinghispreviousschoolrecordfor

causedturnoverswith41.Heendedtheyearwith118inhiscareer,whichisalreadyaschoolandPatriotLeaguerecord,andtop10inNCAAhistory(withChick’ssenioryearlefttoplay).Aftertheseason,Chickwasnameda second team InsideLacrosseAll-AmericanwhilegarneringhonorablementionAll-AmericafromtheUSILA. AttackmanAndrewPettit,ChickandfaceoffspecialistConorGaffneywerenamedfirstteamAll-PatriotLeaguewhileattackmanLucasSpence,defensemanEddieBouhallandlong-stickmidfielderTeddyLeggettearnedsecond-teamlaurels.Leggettendedtheyearwith61groundballs,becomingjustthethirdnon-faceoffspecialisttoreach50GBsinKevinCassese’s11-yeartenureasLehighheadcoach,theothersbeingEidenshinkandChick.LeggettalsowontheLehighAthletics’J.DanielNolanAwardpresentedtothedepartment’stopfirst-yearmalestudent-athlete. Alsoin2018,GaffneywasnamedthePatriotLeagueScholar-Athleteof theYearwhilebeingnameda third teamAcademicAll-AmericanbyCoSIDA.GaffneyledthePatriotLeagueinfaceoffpercentage(59.4),whileshatteringtheschoolrecordforfaceoffwins(212)–whichisalsogoodforsecondinleaguehistory. Theexcitementwithintheprogramiscarryingforwardasheadinginto2019,theMountainHawkshavebeenrankedinevery“way-early”rankings,cominginashighasNo.8bytheBaltimoreSun.TheMountainHawksaretheonlyteamintheleaguewhohasadvancedtothelasteightPatriotLeagueTournaments. Eidenshinkplayedin55gamesoverhiscareer,with30starts,tallying115groundballsand49causedturnovers(tiedforeighthinschoolhistory).He played in seven games during Lehigh’s 2013 Patriot League Champi-onshipcampaign.Eidenshinkthenplayedinall18gamesasasophomore,recording29groundballsand16caused turnovers tohelp theMountainHawksbacktotheleaguetitlegame.Hehadacareer-high50groundballsand23causedturnoversasa junior,alongwith32groundballsandninecausedturnoversasasenior. Asa senior,Eidenshinkwasnameda candidate for theprestigiousSeniorCLASSAward,played in theUSILANorth-SouthAll-StarGameandwasaUSILAScholar-All-American.HewasselectedbytheCharlotteHoundsinthe2016MajorLeagueLacrosseSupplementalDraft. Followinghisplayingdays,Eidenshinkhasworked forLincoln In-vestmentPlanningas a JuniorResearchAnalyst.Heworkedunder twoPortfolio/WealthManagers,assistingwithMutualFundandETFresearchfortheirportfolios,whicharegloballydiversifiedandsetuptohelpclientssave and prepare for their retirements. EidenshinkhastaughtthegameoflacrosseaspartoftheHeadStrongLacrosseClub.HegraduatedLehigh inMayof 2016withaBachelorofScienceinfinance.



INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS: GOALS-ASSISTS-POINTS, GROUNDBALLSPLAYER1 CrewCintron2 JoelTrucksess3 MickeyFitzpatrick4 Sam Charlton5 JacksonMonnin6 MattIlchuk7 AndrewPettit8 KevinGersbeck9 MikeMonitto10 ParkerKent11 ColinKirst12 RyanKlose13 CraigChick14 Denny Nealon15 Austin Clibanoff16 AustinPierce17 Justin Angelel18 MichaelHagenberger19 JamesSpence20 ColeKirst21 JudahHicks22 TommySchelling23 Hayden Trautmann24 JohnChace25 ChadKittaka26 NickMarren27 ErikDiGirolamo28 MattRimol29 MichaelVenezia30 BrianMeyer31 LiamLynch32 MikeSisselberger34 MichaelDiRienzo35 Ralph Shields36 PatrickMcIlroy37 MattMarker38 Conor Gaffney39 WilliamGunn40 EddieBouhall41 AlexTumminello42 MichaelDonaghy43 David Peterson44 Tristan Rai45 Teddy Leggett47 KevinTsao48 JackBarclay49 ChrisKiernan50 Daniel Rivera55 AndrewEichelberger66 MattDouglas77 ChristianMcHugh88 Anthony Tangredi99 LucasSpence

NJIT2-3, 10:493-5, 49:11

DNPDNP

HofstraDNP

16-4, 60:00DNPDNP

VirginiaDNP

8-11, 60:00DNPDNP

INDIVIDUAL GOALIE STATISTICS: SAVES-GOALS ALLOWED, MINUTES

PLAYER11 ColinKirst19 JamesSpence29 MichaelVenezia49 ChrisKiernan

NJIT2-6, 33.0

DNPDNP

14-20, 70.0

HofstraDNPDNPDNP

6-10, 60.0

VirginiaDNPDNPDNP

15-23, 65.2

INDIVIDUAL FACEOFF STATS: WIN-TOTAL, PCT.PLAYER2 JoelTrucksess30 BrianMeyer32 MikeSisselberger38 Conor Gaffney

NJIT0-0-0, 00-0-0, 12-1-3, 0DNP

0-0-0, 00-0-0, 0DNP

0-0-0, 01-1-2, 30-0-0, 00-0-0, 00-0-0, 00-0-0, 90-0-0, 0DNP

0-0-0, 00-0-0, 00-0-0, 10-0-0, 21-0-1, 00-0-0, 41-0-1, 0DNP

0-0-0, 0DNP

0-0-0, 00-0-0, 00-0-0, 1DNPDNP

0-0-0, 0DNPDNP

0-0-0, 00-0-0, 1DNP

0-0-0, 100-0-0, 00-0-0, 72-0-2, 00-0-0, 0DNP

2-1-3, 31-0-1, 50-0-0, 00-0-0, 0DNP

0-0-0, 03-0-3, 20-0-0, 00-0-0, 2DNP

2-4-6, 5

Hofstra0-0-0, 0DNP

2-0-2, 3DNPDNP

0-0-0, 0DNPDNPDNP

0-0-0, 1DNP

1-0-1, 20-0-0, 5DNPDNP

0-0-0, 1DNP

0-0-0, 00-0-0, 30-0-0, 2DNP

0-0-0, 1DNPDNPDNPDNP

0-0-0, 20-0-0, 0DNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP

0-0-0, 2DNP

0-0-0, 10-0-0, 1DNPDNP

0-0-0, 20-0-0, 6DNP

0-0-0, 0DNPDNP

0-0-0, 00-0-0, 00-0-0, 0DNP

0-0-0, 4

Virginia0-0-0, 1DNP

0-2-2, 1DNPDNPDNPDNPDNP

0-0-0, 50-0-0, 0DNP

0-0-0, 20-0-0, 4DNPDNP

1-0-1, 0DNPDNP

0-0-0, 20-0-0, 10-0-0, 11-1-2, 1DNPDNPDNPDNP

0-0-0, 10-0-0, 0DNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP

0-0-0, 8DNP

0-0-0, 33-1-4, 4DNPDNP

2-2-4, 10-0-0, 4DNP

0-0-0, 0DNPDNP

1-0-1, 5DNPDNPDNPDNP



2019 TOP PERFORMANCES

2019 TEAM TENDENCIESOverallRecord 1-2Home 1-1Road 0-1Neutral 0-0

PatriotLeagueRecord 0-0Non-LeagueRecord 1-2Postseason 0-0

Leadingafteronequarter 1-1Trailingafteronequarter 0-0Tiedafteronequarter 0-1

Leading at the half 1-2Trailing at the half 0-0Tied at the half 0-0

Leadingafterthreequarters 1-1Trailingafterthreequarters 0-1Tiedafterthreequarters 0-0

In overtime 0-0

Lehigh has more shots 1-1Opponent has more shots 0-1Shots are even 0-0

Lehigh has more saves 0-1Opponent has more saves 1-1Saves are even 0-0

Lehighwinsmorefaceoffs 1-2Opponentwinsmorefaceoffs 0-0Faceoffsareeven 0-0

Lehigh has more groundballs 1-2Opponent has more groundballs 0-0Groundballs are even 0-0

LehighscoresanEMOgoal 1-1Lehighdoesn’tscoreanEMOgoal 0-1

Gamesdecidedbyonegoal 0-1Gamesdecidedby2-4goals 0-1Gamesdecidedby5-8goals 1-0Gamesdecidedby9+goals 0-0

Lehighscoreslessthan10goals 0-2Lehighscores10-14goals 0-0Lehighscores15ormoregoals 1-0

Opponentscoreslessthan5goals 0-1Opponentscores5-9goals 1-0Opponentscores10ormoregoals 0-1

vs.UnrankedTeams 1-1vs.RankedTeams 0-1

Lehigh in February 1-2LehighinMarch 0-0Lehigh in April 0-0

vs . the conferencesACC 0-1CAA 0-1NEC 1-0



#3 MICKEY FITZPATRICKSr.•A/M•6-1•187•Duxbury,Mass.

2019 UPDATE:-Dishedacareer-hightwoassistsandaddedagroundballatNo.11Virginia(2/15).-Scoredtwice,whileaddingthreegroundballsvs.Hofstra(2/9).-Tiedacareer-highthreepoints(twogoals,oneassist)inseason-openingwinoverNJIT(2/2).

CAREER HIGHSGoals:3,twotimes;lastatLafayette(3/17/18)Assists: 2 at Virginia (2/15/19)Points: 3, four times; last vs. NJIT (2/2/19)Groundballs: 3atJacksonville(2/11/17)Multi-Goal Games: 5; Multi-Point Games: 9; Hat Tricks: 2

#7 ANDREW PETTITSr.•A•5-11•185•Wilmington,Del.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 5, three times; last vs. Colgate (4/24/18)Assists: 5 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18)Points: 7, three times; last at Hofstra (3/20/18)Groundballs: 6 at North Carolina (2/17/18)Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. Cornell (4/16/16)Multi-Goal Games: 28; Multi-Point Games: 31; Hat Tricks: 16

#9 MIKE MONITTOFr.•M•6-1•185•Norwell,Mass.

2019 UPDATE:-Collectedacareer-highfivegroundballsatNo.11Virginia(2/15).-Strongeffortinfirst-careergame,postingagoal,assistandthreegroundballsvs.NJIT(2/2).

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1 vs. NJIT (3/2/19)Assists: 1 vs. NJIT (3/2/19)Points: 2 vs. NJIT (3/2/19)Groundballs: 5 at Virginia (2/15/19)Caused Turnovers: --Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 0

#10 PARKER KENTJr.•M•6-1•185•Norwell,Mass.

2019 UPDATE:-Collectedagroundballvs.Hofstra(2/9).

CAREER HIGHSGoals:1,fivetimes;lastvs.Rutgers(3/14/18)Assists:1vs.BostonUniversity(4/1/17)Points:1,fivetimes;lastvs.Mercer(2/10/18)Groundballs:2,fivetimes;lastvs.Loyola(4/7/18)Caused Turnovers:1,fivetimes;lastvs.NJIT(2/3/18)Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0

#12 RYAN KLOSEJr.•A•6-2•190•WestLinn,Ore.

2019 UPDATE:-Tiedacareer-hightwogroundballsatNo.11Virginia(2/15).-Scoredgame’sfirstgoalagainstHofstra(2/9)whiletyingacareer-hightwogroundballs.

CAREER HIGHSGoals:1,fivetimes;lastvs.Hofstra(2/9/19)Assists: 1, four times; last at Hofstra (3/20/18)Points: 1, nine times; last vs. Hofstra (2/9/19)Groundballs: 2, three times; last at Virginia (2/15/19)Caused Turnovers: --Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0

#13 CRAIG CHICKSr.•D/LSM•6-0•195•Edgewater,Md.

2019 UPDATE:-RecordedfourgroundballsandtwocausedturnoversatNo.11Virginia(2/15).-PostedfivegroundballsandtwocausedturnoversinstrongdefensiveeffortagainstHofstra(2/9).-Stellarseasonopenervs.NJIT(2/2),postingninegroundballsandfivecausedturnoverstoearnPatriotLeagueDefensivePlayeroftheWeek.Intheprocess,movedfromeighthtoatieforfourthinNCAAhistoryforcareercausedturnovers(123).

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 2 vs. NJIT (2/4/17)Assists:2,twotimes;lastatNavy(3/25/17)Points: 3 vs. Navy (3/26/16)Groundballs:10atPrinceton(4/12/16)Caused Turnovers:8atPrinceton(4/12/16)Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 3; Hat Tricks: 0

#16 AUSTIN PIERCEJr.•A/M•5-10•185•Chatham,N.J.

2019 UPDATE:-Scoredfirstgoaloftheseason,aman-upgoalatNo.11Virginia(2/15).- Tallied a groundball vs. Hofstra (2/9).

CAREER HIGHSGoals:2,twotimes;lastvs.Cornell(4/14/18)Assists: 1 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18)Points:2,twotimes;lastvs.Cornell(4/14/18)Groundballs:2,twotimes;lastvs.Loyola(4/7/18)Caused Turnovers: 1 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18)Multi-Goal Games: 2; Multi-Point Games: 2; Hat Tricks: 0

#19 JAMES SPENCESo.•G•5-10•170•Springfield,Pa.

2019 UPDATE:-HadeightsavesandtwogroundballsatNo.11Virginia(2/15).-Careereffortvs.Hofstra,makingacareer-high16saveswhileallowingjustfourgoalsvs.Hofstra(2/9).Tiedacareer-highthreegroundballs.-Madethreesavesandtalliedtwogroundballsinseason-openingwinoverNJIT(2/2).

CAREER HIGHSSaves: 16 vs. Hofstra (2/9/19)Fewest Goals Allowed (in start): 2 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18)Groundballs: 3,twotimes;lastvs.Hofstra(2/9/19)

#20 COLE KIRSTFr.•A/M•6-2•200•Bernardsville,N.J.

2019 UPDATE: -RecordedfirsttwocareergroundballsagainstHofstra(2/9).-Scoredafourth-quartergoalincollegiatedebutvs.NJIT(2/2).

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1 vs. NJIT (2/2/19)Assists: --Points: 1 vs. NJIT (2/2/19)Groundballs: 2 vs. Hofstra (2/9/19)Caused Turnovers: --Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0



#21 JUDAH HICKSFr.•LSM/D•6-0•196•Moorestown,N.J.

2019 UPDATE: - Tallied a groundball at No. 11 Virginia (2/15).-Impressivecollegiatedebutvs.NJIT(2/2),recordingfourgroundballsandtwocausedturnovers.

CAREER HIGHSGroundballs: 4 vs. NJIT (2/2/19)Caused Turnovers: 2 vs. NJIT (2/2/19)

#22 TOMMY SCHELLINGFr.•A•5-10•165•Warren,N.J.

2019 UPDATE: -Madefirst-careerstartatNo.11Virginia(2/15)andtalliedfirst-careermulti-goalgamewithagoalandassist.Alsocollectedagroundball.-Collectedfirst-careergroundballagainstHofstra(2/9).-Scoredfirst-careergoalincollegiatedebutvs.NJIT(2/2).

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1,twotimes;lastatVirginia(2/15/19)Assists: 1 at Virginia (2/15/19)Points: 2 at Virginia (2/15/19)Groundballs: 1,twotimes;lastatVirginia(2/15/19)Caused Turnovers: --Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 1; Hat Tricks: 0

#27 ERIK DIGIROLAMOJr.•D•5-9•185•Allentown,Pa.

2019 UPDATE: - Tallied a groundball at No. 11 Virginia (2/15).-RecordedtwogroundballsagainstHofstra(2/9).

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1,twotimes;lastatCornell(4/15/17)Assists: 1 at Holy Cross (2/25/17)Points: 1, three times; last at Cornell (4/15/17)Groundballs: 3 vs. Colgate (4/24/18)

#28 MATT RIMOLSr. • D • 6-3 • 205 • Londonberry, N.H.

2019 UPDATE: - Caused a turnover at No. 11 Virginia (2/15).-PartofadefensethatallowedjustfourgoalsagainstHofstra(2/9).-Talliedagroundballandcareer-hightyingtwocausedturnoversinseasonopenervs.NJIT(2/2).

CAREER HIGHSGroundballs: 2,sixtimes;lastatBucknell(4/20/18)Caused Turnovers: 2, three times; last vs. NJIT (2/2/19)

#38 CONOR GAFFNEYJr.•FO/M•5-10•190•MountLaurel,N.J.

2019 UPDATE: -Continuedstrongplay,winning15-of-23faceoffswhilecollectingeightgroundballsatNo.11Vir-ginia(2/15).CameagainstUVA’sJustinSchwenk,whofinishedNo.1intheACCwitha59.8faceoffwinningpercentagelastseason.-Won6-of-10faceoffsagainstHofstra(2/9),includingaperfect4-of-4inthefourthquarter.-Strongstarttotheseason,winning14-of-20faceoffsvs.NJIT(2/2),including13offinal17.Added10 groundballs.

CAREER HIGHSAssists:1,twotimes;lastatLoyola(4/29/18)Points:1,twotimes;lastatLoyola(4/29/18)Faceoffs Won: 19,twotimes;lastatCornell(4/15/17)Faceoffs Taken: 26 at North Carolina (2/17/18)Groundballs: 16 vs. NJIT (2/4/17)

#40 EDDIE BOUHALLSr.•D•6-1•200•Lynbrook,N.Y.

2019 UPDATE:- Posted three groundballs at No. 11 Virginia (2/15).-Hadagroundballandcausedturnoverwhiledishingfirst-careerassistagainstHofstra(2/9).Partofadefensewhichallowedjustfourgoals.-Biggamewithcareehighsingroundballs(7)andcausedturnovers(5)vs.NJIT(2/2).

CAREER HIGHSGoals:1,twotimes;lastatCornell(4/15/17)Assists: 1 vs. Hofstra (2/9/19)Points: 1, three times; last vs. Hofstra (2/9/19)Groundballs: 7 vs. NJIT (2/2/19)Caused Turnovers: 5 vs. NJIT (2/2/19)

#41 ALEXANDER TUMMINELLOJr.•M•5-10•185•FortLauderdale,Fla.

2019 UPDATE:-CareergameatNo.11Virginia(2/15),postingcareerhighsingoals(3),points(4)andgroundballs(4).-Recordedagroundballandcausedturnovervs.Hofstra(2/9).-Scoredacareer-hightwogoalsinseasonopeneragainstNJIT(2/2).

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 3 at Virginia (2/15/19)Assists: 1, three times; last at Virginia (2/15/19)Points: 4 at Virginia (2/15/19)Groundballs: 4 at Virginia (2/15/19)Caused Turnovers:1,twotimes;lastvs.Hofstra(2/9/19)Multi-Goal Games: 1; Multi-Point Games: 3; Hat Tricks: 1

#44 TRISTAN RAIJr. • A • 6-0 • 170 • Edmonton, Alberta

2019 UPDATE:-StrongeffortwithtwogoalsandtwoassistsatNo.11Virginia(2/15).-HadtwogroundballsandtwocausedturnoversagainstHofstra(2/9).-Openedseasonwithtwogoals,anassistandcareer-hightyingthreegroundballsvs.NJIT(2/2).

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 5 vs. NJIT (2/6/16)Assists: 4,twotimes;lastatLafayette(3/17/18)Points: 7 at Lafayette (3/17/18)Groundballs: 3,twotimes;lastvs.NJIT(2/2/19)Caused Turnovers: 2,twotimes;lastvs.Hofstra(2/9/19)Multi-Goal Games: 22; Multi-Point Games: 34; Hat Tricks: 15

#45 TEDDY LEGGETTSo.•LSM/D•5-8•165•Vaughan,Ontario

2019 UPDATE: -RecordedfourgroundballsandacausedturnoveratNo.11Virginia(2/15).-Strongeffortvs.Hofstra(2/9),recordingsixgroundballsandacareer-hightyingfourcausedturn-overs.Partofadefensethatallowedjustfourgoals.-Filledupthestatsheetinseasonopenervs.NJIT(2/2),recordinghisthird-careergoal,fiveground-ballsandacausedturnover.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, three times; last vs. NJIT (2/2/19)Assists:1atMercer(2/10/18)Points:1,twotimes;lastvs.Rutgers(3/14/18)Groundballs:7atArmyWestPoint(3/10/18)


2019 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 4: LEHIGH AT NO. 4 CORNELL • FEBRUARY 24, 2019 • PAGE 18Caused Turnovers:4,twotimes;lastvs.Hofstra(2/9/19)Multi-Goal Games: 0; Multi-Point Games: 0; Hat Tricks: 0

#55 ANDREW EICHELBERGERJr.•M•6-4•225•TheWoodlands,Texas

2019 UPDATE: -Scoredagoalandcollectedacareer-highfivegroundballsatNo.11Virginia(2/15).-Talliedfirst-careerhattrickinseasonopenervs.NJIT(2/2),scoringthreegoalswhileaddingtwogroundballs.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 3 vs. NJIT (2/2/19)Assists: 1,fivetimes;lastvs.Navy(4/27/18)Points: 3,twotimes;lastvs.NJIT(2/2/19)Groundballs:4atBucknell(4/20/18)Multi-Goal Games: 7; Multi-Point Games: 8; Hat Tricks: 1

#77 CHRISTIAN MCHUGHJr.•M•6-3•180•Bronxville,N.Y.

2019 UPDATE: -CausedaturnoveragainstHofstra(2/9).WaskeypartofaLehighdefensethatallowedjustfourgoals.-Postedtwogroundballsandtwocausedturnoversinseasonopenervs.NJIT(2/2).

CAREER HIGHSAssists: 1,twotimes;lastatArmyWestPoint(3/10/18)Points: 1,twotimes;lastatArmyWestPoint(3/10/18)Groundballs: 2,sixtimes;lastvs.NJIT(2/2/19)Caused Turnovers: 3 vs. Colgate (4/24/18)

#99 LUCAS SPENCESr.•A/M•5-11•175•Springfield,Pa.

2019 UPDATE: -CollectedfourgroundballsagainstHofstra(2/9).-Scoredtwogoalsanddishedacareer-highfourassists,whileaddingacareer-highfivegroundballsagainst NJIT (2/2).

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 6 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18)Assists: 4 vs. NJIT (2/2/19)Points: 7 vs. Holy Cross (2/24/18)Groundballs: 5 vs. NJIT (2/2/19)Caused Turnovers: 2 at Cornell (4/15/17)Multi-Goal Games: 13; Multi-Point Games: 22; Hat Tricks: 5



GAME 1•FEB. 2, 2019BETHLEHEM, PA.

NO. 13 LEHIGH 15, NJIT 8

BETHLEHEM,Pa.–TheNo.13rankedLehighmen’slacrosseteamscoredthegame’sfirstfourgoalsandwouldn’tlookback,downingNJITinitsseasonopeneronSaturdayattheUlrichSportsComplex,15-8.Lehigh’sstartingattackandmidfieldcombinedfor11goals,whileitsstartingde-fensementallied17groundballsand12causedturnovers,inanimpressiveeffortatbothendsofthefield. Senior Lucas Spence led the offensewith sixpoints behind twogoalsandacareer-highfourassists.ClassmatesTristan Rai and Mickey Fitzpatrickeachhadtwogoalsandanassist,respectively.JuniorAndrew Eichelbergerledastrongmidfield,scoringthreegoalsforhisfirst-careerhattrick. Defensively, senior Craig Chick recordedninegroundballsandfivecausedturnoverstomovefromeighthallthewayintoatieforfourthplaceinNCAAhistory,nowwith123inhiscareer.Classmate Eddie Bouhall had fivecausedturnovers,acareerhigh,alongwithsevengroundballs.Anothersenior, Matt Rimol,recordedagroundballandtwocausedturnovers. Other strongefforts included juniorConor Gaffney in the faceoffcircle,whowon14-of-20drawswith10groundballs.Sophomorelong-stickmidfielderTeddy Leggett hadfivegroundballsandacausedturnover,andscoredhisthird-careergoal.FreshmanJudah Hicks had four groundballs andtwocausedturnoversaswell.SeniorAlexander Tumminello scoredacareer-hightwogoals. TheMountainHawksopenedthegameona4-0run,withgoalsfromEichelberger,Spence,freshmanTommy Schelling and Rai. NJIT got on theboardwithtwolateinthefirstquarter,pullingwithin4-2afterone. Lehighscoredfoursecond-quartergoals,withoneHighlanders’tallysandwichedinbetween.Eichelbergerhadtwoofthem,atthe13:24and6:20marks.ThefirstoftwogoalsfromTumminellocamewitheightsecondsleftinthequartertogivetheMountainHawksan8-3halftimelead. TheMountainHawks continued themomentum into the second,scoringsixofthefirsteightgoals.A5-0Lehighrunendedwithtwogoalsin16seconds.FreshmanMike Monittoscoredthefirstofhiscareerat10:49ofthefourth,thenFitzpatrickfoundSpenceatthe10:33marktogivetheMountainHawksa14-5advantage. NJITscoredthreeofthefinalfourgoals,withLehigh’sgoalcomingfrom freshman Cole Kirst,astheMountainHawkswrappedupthe15-8win. Finalshotswere48-21infavorofLehighwhiletheMountainHawksheld a 56-36 edge in groundballs. Sophomore goaltender James Spence madethreesavesoverthefirst49:11beforebeingrelievedbyjuniorColin Kirst,whomadetwo.Lehighendedupcausing19ofNJIT’s30turnovers.

GAME 2•FEB. 9, 2019BETHLEHEM, PA.

HOFSTRA 4, NO. 13 LEHIGH 3

BETHLEHEM,Pa.–Leading3-1headingtothefourthquarter,theNo.13Lehighmen’slacrosseteamfellvictimtoa3-0Hofstraruntoendthegame,asthePridedefeatedtheMountainHawks4-3onSaturdayafternoonat theUlrichSportsComplex. In a low-scoring,defensivebattle, senior Mickey Fitzpatrickscoredhissecondofthegamewiththreesecondsleftinthethirdquarter,butHofstrawouldtakecontrolfrom there. Sophomore James SpencewassensationalingoalfortheMountainHawks,makingacareer-high16saves,includingstopping14-of-15shotssenthiswayoverthefirstthreequarters. Junior Ryan Klose scoredLehigh’sothergoalwhileseniorEddie Bouhall assistedontheMountainHawks’third-quarterscore.SeniorCraig Chicktalliedfivegroundballsandtwocausedturnoverstoreach125inhiscareer,movingintosolepossessionofthirdplaceinNCAAhistoryinthatcategory.SophomoreTeddy Leggett wastremendouswithsixgroundballsandfourcausedturnoverstotieacareerhigh. Lehighjumpedouttoa2-0lead,withgoalsfromKloseat2:42ofthefirstquarterandFitzpatrickat6:24of thesecond.TheMountainHawksheld thePride scoreless for thegame’sfirst 24:07untilWhitStopakpulledhisteamwithin2-1atthehalf. Thethirdquartersaw25shotsbetweenthetwoteams,withthe25thfindingthebackofthenetonatransitionopportunity.Spencemadeasaveononeend,BouhallmadetheclearandfoundFitzpatricktogiveLehigh a 3-1 advantage. Hofstratookoverinthefourth,however,scoringatthe13:38and11:43markstopulleven,beforeMattEldergavethePridea4-3edgewith1:42remaining.Lehighwontheensuingfaceoffandhadachance,buttheMountainHawks’16thturnoverofthegamegavetheballbacktoPrideandtheywouldrunouttheclock. Finalshotswere38-36infavorofLehighwhiletheMountainHawkshelda36-25edgeingroundballs.Hofstrahad19turnovers,13ofwhichwerecausedbyLehigh.JuniorConor Gaffneywasjust2-of-6facingoffthroughthreequarters,butwas4-of-4inthefourthtofinish6-of-10withtwogroundballs.Spence’scareer-high16savescameacrossHofstra’sRobertCasey,whohad14.

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GAME 3•FEB. 15, 2019CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

NO. 11 VIRGINIA 11, LEHIGH 8

CHARLOTTEVILLE,Va. –TheLehighmen’s lacrosse teamscoredfivestraightfirst-halfgoalstotakea5-2leadand6-4halftimeadvantage,butNo.11VirginiarespondedwithseveninthesecondtodowntheMountainHawks,11-8onFridayeveningatKlocknerStadium. Junior Conor Gaffneywas stellar facingoff,winning15-of-23with eight groundballs.Offensively, seniorAlexander Tumminello scored threegoals forhisfirst-careerhat trick.TheMountainHawksreturntoactionnextSundaywhentheytraveltoNo.5/6CornelltofacetheBigRed. Tumminello’s threegoals and fourpointswereboth careerhighs. Senior Tristan Rai hadtwogoalsandtwoassistswhileclass-mate Mickey Fitzpatrickdishedtwoassists.Makinghisfirst-careerstart, freshman Tommy Schellinghadmultiplepointsforthefirsttimeinhiscareer. Lehigh’sdefense containedapotentVirginiaoffense,whichfinished seventhnationally last season in scoringoffense. JuniorAndrew Eichelberger talliedcareerhighs ingroundballs (5)andcausedturnovers(3),seniorMatt Rimol causedtwoturnoverswhilesenior Craig Chick hadfourgroundballsandacausedturnover. AfterUVAjumpedouttoa2-0lead,RaitookadvantageofanunsettledsituationtopullLehighwithin2-1with4:44leftinthefirstquarter.Just38secondslater,Tumminelloscoredontheextramantoeventhescoreattwo. Lehighextendeditsrunto5-0inthesecondquarter,withgoalsfromSchelling,TumminelloandEichelberger.TheCavaliersscoredtwoofthefinalthreegoalsofthehalf,withLehigh’sgoalcomingman-up from junior Austin Pierce. Virginiascoredthefirstfoursecond-halfgoalstotakean8-6leadbeforeTumminelloscoredhishat-trickgoalonaniftyinsidemovetopulltheMountainHawkswithin8-7with13:43leftinthefourthquarter.TheCavaliersrespondedwiththreeofthegame’sfinalfourgoals,theonlyLehighgoalcomingfromRai,asVirginiawrappedupthe11-8victory.

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