Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/2/19
From Press Release
A historic nine University of Pennsylvania men’s lacrosse players have been named All-Ivy as voted on by the Ivy League’s head coaches.
Leading the way is freshman Sam Handley who was a unanimous selection as Ivy League Rookie of the Year. He is the fourth Quaker to earn Rookie of the Year honors, and the first since Reed Junkin and Simon Mathias shared the award in 2016.
Notes To Know…
Nine overall All-Ivy selections are the most in program history.
Four first-team All-Ivy selections ties the 1984 team for most in program history.
Sam Handley is the first Penn freshman to earn first-team All-Ivy honors.
Simon Mathias is the first player in Penn program history to earn four career All-Ivy honors.
Handley was also a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection, joined by teammates Tyler Dunn, Mark Evanchick and Reed Junkin as first-team All-Ivy honorees. 2019 marks only the second time in program history that Penn earned four first-team All-Ivy honors, the other being 1984 – the last time before this season that Penn completed a perfect 6-0 Ivy League season.
A trio of Quakers earned second-team All-Ivy nods. Senior Simon Mathias earned his fourth career All-Ivy selection and his third consecutive second team nod. He was joined by juniors Adam Goldner (Malvern Prep) and Kyle Gallagher.
Junior defender Kyle Thornton and freshman long-stick midfielder BJ Farrare earned spots on the honorable mention All-Ivy team.
Head coach Mike Murphy was named Ivy League Coach of the Year for the first time. Read more about Murphy here.
First-Team All-Ivy Selections
SAM HANDLEY – M
A unanimous first-team selection, Handley is the first Penn freshman in program history to earn first-team All-ivy honors … He has set a new program record for points by a freshman with 53, tied for the team lead … His four game-winning goals lead the Quakers … Handley ranks No. 2 in the country among freshmen in points per game (4.42) and assists per game (1.83) … Earned four Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors.
TYLER DUNN – M
Now a three-time All-Ivy selection, Tyler followed honorable mention selections in 2017 and 2018 with his first career first-team All-Ivy honor … Fifth on team with 23 points … Leads Penn field players with a career-high 29 ground balls … Scored game-tying goal with 0.1 seconds left against Yale.
MARK EVANCHICK – D
First-team All-Ivy for the second year in a row … Penn’s primary close defender, drawing opposing team’s top offensive threat … Has three caused turnovers and 11 ground balls.
REED JUNKIN – GK
Earned second career All-Ivy honor, following up a second-team All-Ivy nod in 2016 … Was also chosen as 2016 Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Year alongside teammate Simon Mathias … Has posted a .535 save percentage and an 11.15 GAA … Recoded a career-high nine wins … Ranks No. 18 in the country in saves per game (12.4) … Ranks No. 3 all-time in saves by a Penn goalkeeper (592).
Second-Team All-Ivy Selections
ADAM GOLDNER (Malvern Prep) – A
Earned first-career All-Ivy selection … Set new Penn program record for goals in a season with 46 … Leads the Ivy League in goals … Ranks No. 3 in the country in goals per game (3.83) … Ranks No. 7 in the country with seven Man-Up goals … Tied for team lead with 53 points … 53 points this season are more than his previous two seasons combined (47).
SIMON MATHIAS – A
Earned four career All-Ivy selections; the first Quaker to earn All-Ivy all four seasons … Selected second-team All-Ivy for the third straight year … Was honorable mention All-Ivy and Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Year in 2016 … Third on the team in goals (24) and points (41) … Second on the team in assists (17) … Has tallied a point in all 55 career games, the second-longest active streak in the nation … Has scored at least one goal in 32 consecutive games, the second-longest active streak in the nation … Ranks No. 4 all-time at Penn in career goals (108) and career points (176).
KYLE GALLAGHER – FO
Leads Penn with 203 faceoff wins … Has gone 203-of-319 on FOs (.636) … Ranks No. 11 in the country in FO winning percentage … Ranks No. 4 in the country in ground balls per game (10.0) … 120 ground balls this season are the third-most all-time and most since 1988.
Honorable Mention All-Ivy Selections
BJ FARRARE – LSM
Appeared in all 12 games as Penn’s top long-stick midfielder … Leads Penn with 12 caused turnovers … Has 28 ground balls while playing on faceoff unit … Scored three times and added two assists.
KYLE THORNTON – D
Started all 12 games on defense … Second on team with 10 caused turnovers … Picked up 15 ground balls.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – TD Ierlan, Yale (Jr., FO – Victor, N.Y.)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR – *Sam Handley, Penn (Fr., M – Portland, Ore.)
COACH OF THE YEAR – *Mike Murphy, Penn
First Team All-Ivy ^
*Jeff Teat, Cornell (Jr., A – Brampton, Ont.)
*Michael Sowers (Upper Dublin), Princeton (Jr., A – Dresher, Pa.)
Jackson Morrill, Yale (Jr., A – Baltimore, Md.)
*Sam Handley, Penn (Fr., M – Portland, Ore.)
Tyler Dunn, Penn (Sr., M – Manhasset, N.Y.)
Jack Tigh, Yale (Sr., M – Garden City, N.Y.)
*George Baughan (Springfield-Montco), Princeton (So., D – Wyndmoor, Pa.)
*Chris Fake (Hun School), Yale (So., D – Allentown, N.J.)
Mark Evanchick, Penn (Jr., D – Darien, Conn.)
*Brandon Salvatore, Cornell (Jr., LSM – New Canaan, Conn.)
Ryan Bray, Cornell (Sr., SSDM – Shoreham, N.Y.)
John Daniggelis, Yale (Sr., SSM – Saint James, N.Y.)
*TD Ierlan, Yale (Jr., FO – Victor, N.Y.)
Reed Junkin, Penn (Sr., G – Wayland, Mass.)
Second Team All-Ivy ^
Adam Goldner (Malvern Prep), Penn (Jr., A – Allentown, Pa.)
Clarke Petterson, Cornell (Sr., A – Toronto, Ont.)
Simon Mathias, Penn (Sr., A – Ridgefield, Conn.)
Ryan Aughavin, Brown (So., M – Glen Head, N.Y.)
Jake McCulloch, Cornell (Sr., M – Stony Brook, N.Y.)
George Grell, Brown (So., M – Short Hills, N.J.)
Connor Fletcher, Cornell (Jr., M – Newtown, Pa.)
Fleet Wallace, Cornell (Sr., D – Richmond, Va.)
Andrew Geppert, Brown (Fr., D – Dover, N.H.)
Aidan Hynes, Yale (Jr., D – Mahopac, N.Y.)
Robert Mooney, Yale (Sr., LSM – Princeton, N.J.)
Jake Stevens, Princeton (Fr., SSM – Puslinch, Ont.)
Kyle Gallagher, Penn (Jr., FO – Northport, N.Y.)
Phil Goss, Brown (Jr., G – San Francisco, Calif.)
Honorable Mention
Kyle Anderson (Malvern Prep), Harvard (Jr., A – Downingtown, Pa.)
John Piatelli, Cornell (So., A – Wrentham, Mass.)
Jon Donville, Cornell (So., M – Oakville, Ont.)
Peter Rizzotti, Dartmouth (Fr., LSM – Sudbury, Mass.)
Jonathan Butler, Harvard (Sr., D – Summit, N.J.)
Kyle Thornton, Penn (Jr., D – Garden City, N.Y.)
B.J. Farrare, Penn (Fr., LSM – Owings Mills, Md.)
Steve Cuccurullo, Harvard (So., FO – Smithtown, N.Y.)
Chayse Ierlan, Cornell (Fr., G – Victor, N.Y.)
*unanimous selection
^expanded team due to tie in voting
