Former Mountain Hawks standout Casey Eidenshink begins his second season at Lehigh as assistant coach in 2019. A close defenseman and long-stick midfielder as a player, the 2016 graduate was an All-Patriot League and Academic All-League honoree at Lehigh, finishing his collegiate career with a GPA over 3.3.   In his first year at Lehigh, Eidenshink helped Lehigh jump back into the national spotlight. The Mountain Hawks, were ranked as high as 12th nationally in 2018 and defeated three nationally-ranked teams beginning with road wins at No. 12 Army West Point and No. 18/19 Hofstra in the span of 10 days. The Mountain Hawks went on to finish the season 10-7, including 5-3 in Patriot League play. Earning the No. 4 seed in the league tournament, Lehigh dominated Colgate at home (11-6) then picked up a 10-9 overtime win against No. 11/13 Navy, just days after the Midshipmen won at Syracuse.   Eidenshink helped coach a defensive unit which entered April eighth nationally in allowing just 8.30 goals per game. The Mountain Hawks went on to allow just six goals in the quarterfinals to Colgate and nine in the semifinals vs. Navy. Lehighs defense was led by Craig Chick, who continued to re-write the record books, breaking his previous school record for caused turnovers with 41. He ended the year with 118 in his career, which is already a school and Patriot League record, and top 10 in NCAA history (with Chicks senior year left to play). After the season, Chick was named a second team Inside Lacrosse All-American while garnering honorable mention All-America from the USILA.   Attackman Andrew Pettit, Chick and faceoff specialist Conor Gaffney were named first team All-Patriot League while attackman Lucas Spence, defenseman Eddie Bouhall and long-stick midfielder Teddy Leggett earned second-team laurels. Leggett ended the year with 61 groundballs, becoming just the third non-faceoff specialist to reach 50 GBs in Kevin Casseses 11-year tenure as Lehigh head coach, the others being Eidenshink and Chick. Leggett also won the Lehigh Athletics J. Daniel Nolan Award presented to the departments top first-year male student-athlete.   Also in 2018, Gaffney was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year while being named a third team Academic All-American by CoSIDA. Gaffney led the Patriot League in faceoff percentage (59.4), while shattering the school record for faceoff wins (212) which is also good for second in league history.   The excitement within the program is carrying forward as heading into 2019, the Mountain Hawks have been ranked in every way-early rankings, coming in as high as No. 8 by the Baltimore Sun. The Mountain Hawks are the only team in the league who has advanced to the last eight Patriot League Tournaments.   Eidenshink played in 55 games over his career, with 30 starts, tallying 115 groundballs and 49 caused turnovers (tied for eighth in school history). He played in seven games during Lehighs 2013 Patriot League Championship campaign. Eidenshink then played in all 18 games as a sophomore, recording 29 groundballs and 16 caused turnovers to help the Mountain Hawks back to the league title game. He had a career-high 50 groundballs and 23 caused turnovers as a junior, along with 32 groundballs and nine caused turnovers as a senior.   As a senior, Eidenshink was named a candidate for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award, played in the USILA North-South All-Star Game and was a USILA Scholar-All-American. He was selected by the Charlotte Hounds in the 2016 Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft.   Following his playing days, Eidenshink has worked for Lincoln Investment Planning as a Junior Research Analyst. He worked under two Portfolio/Wealth Managers, assisting with Mutual Fund and ETF research for their portfolios, which are globally diversified and set up to help clients save and prepare for their retirements.   Eidenshink has taught the game of lacrosse as part of the HeadStrong Lacrosse Club. He graduated Lehigh in May of 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in finance.