Sam Eisenstadt

Photo by: Jon Crispin

Position:
Close Defense
Height:
6-2
Weight:
195
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Needham, Mass.
High School:
Needham

2022 • Graduate Student

• All-CAA First Team
• NEILA Preseason All-New England First Team
• NEILA All- New England First Team
• NEILA All-Academic Team
• Named to the USILA Senior All-Star Game
• Served as a team captain
• Started and played in all 14 games
• Led the team in caused turnovers with 12
• Tallied 27 ground balls
• Had a season high 4 caused turnovers against UMass Lowell (2/19)
• Recorded 3 ground balls in a game 5 times

2021 • Senior

• All-CAA Second Team
• Preseason All-CAA Team
• Started all 10 games on close defense
• Produced 25 groundballs and seven caused turnovers on the yeara
• Provided four groundballs during the win over Drexel (3/20)
• Also had four groundballs in the win at Hofstra (3/30)
• Earned a groundball and caused a pair of turnovers at home against Hofstra (4/9)
• Tallied a career-best five groundballs and provided two caused turnovers against Towson (4/17)
• Totaled three groundballs and a caused turnover during the 21-14 win at Fairfield (4/24)

2020 • Junior

• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Preseason All-CAA Team
• Preseason All-NEILA Second Team
• Played in and started the opening four games of the season
• Missed the remainder of the year due to injury
• Totaled nine groundballs and six caused turnovers
• Helped UMass rank first in the CAA in caused turnovers per game (9.71) and man-down defense (.767), which also ranked ninth and 15th across NCAA Division I, respectively
• Started the year with three groundballs and a pair of caused turnovers at No. 16 Army West Point (2/8)
• Also had three groundballs at No. 12 Ohio State (2/15) with one caused turnover
• Provided three caused turnovers and a pair of groundballs against Harvard (2/22)
• Had a groundball at UMass Lowell (2/25) before suffering a season-ending injury
• Season was cut short due to nation-wide cancellation of spring sport seasons in response to COVID-19 pandemic

2019 • Sophomore

• All-CAA Second Team
• Appeared in and started on close defense during 14 of the team's 15 games
• Totaled 20 groundballs added 10 caused turnovers
• Started the season with three groundballs and a caused turnover
• Had another three-groundball outing at No. 4 Yale (3/2)
• Notched a caused turnover and two groundballs at Albany (3/5)
• Picked up three groundballs in the win over UMass Lowell (3/12)
• Posted a career-high three caused turnovers and had a groundball in the win over Brown (3/23)
• Added a second consecutive three-caused turnovers outing with two groundballs in the comeback win over Drexel (3/30)
• Sported three groundballs at Hofstra (4/6)
• Grabbed two groundballs during the triumph over Fairfield (4/20)

2018 • Freshman

• Appeared in all 17 games on the season, including three started on close defense, and saw extended time during man-down situations
• Totaled seven groundballs and caused a pair of turnovers
• Made his first collegiate start and scooped up two groundballs against NJIT (3/10)
• Had four groundballs and two caused turnovers in the win at UMass Lowell (3/14)
• Recorded his final groundball of the season during the NCAA Championship First Round game at No. 3 seeded and No. 5 nationally ranked Yale (5/12)