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Eastern University

Eastern University Athletics
 1300 Eagle Road St Davids, PA 19087
Division 3 Pennsylvania Northeast
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Mikala Gillespie

Mikala Gillespie becomes the eighth head coach in the history of Eastern University Women's Lacrosse. The Ocean City, N.J. native comes to Eastern after serving as an assistant at the University of Scranton and Quincy University.


Gillespie was a standout student-athlete at Rowan University. She served as a member of the Outstanding Women’s Leadership organization and finished her four-year career with 39 goals and 29 assists. Her point totals increased in each of her seasons and the Profs earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2018.


In her one season in Scranton, Gillespie helped the Royals to a 13-6 mark. All six Scranton losses came to teams ranked in the IWLCA top 20. The Royals reached the Landmark Conference final before falling in an 11-10 heartbreaker to No. 17 Catholic.


Her first coaching experience came in helping to start the program at Division II Quincy. The Hawks saw their inaugural season stopped short with the pandemic. While focusing on the attack, Gillespie helped the Hawks to produce a conference attacker of the week and to score over eight goals a game in that first year.

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Abby Riehman

Abby Riehman joins the Eastern University Women's Lacrosse staff after finishing her playing career at Rowan University.


Riehman grew up in nearby Norristown and was a multi-sport athlete at Archbishop Carroll High School. At Rowan, she played midfield for the Profs and graduated in 2023 with a BS in Psychology. While at Rowan, Riehman served as the SAAC team representative and was a Morgan's Message Ambassador for two-and-a-half years.


Riehman will work primarily with the Eastern defenders.


Riehman is studying in the MA Clinical Counseling here at Eastern.


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Sydney Zimmerman

Sydney Zimmerman joins the Eastern University Women's Lacrosse after a brilliant four-year playing career at Lebanon Valley College.


A Ridley High School product and a Swarthmore native, Zimmerman played in 50 games with 47 starts at attack for the Flying Dutchmen. For her career, Zimmerman finished with 86 goals, 61 assists, 147 points, and 50 ground balls. Zimmerman earned All-MAC Commonwealth Second Team honors in 2023 with 34 goals and 26 assists. She graduated this past spring with a BS in Exercise Science. Additionally, Zimmerman coaches club lacrosse for NXT in Conshohocken.


Zimmerman will predominantly work with Eastern's attackers.

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