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PRINCETON, N.J. -- After a vote by the seven Ivy League men's lacrosse coaches, 2016 #IvyMLAX champion Brown took home two of the three postseason awards.
Brown junior attack Dylan Molloy (Setauket, N.Y.) was unanimously selected Player of the Year while his head coach Lars Tiffany was named Coach of the Year. The Rookie of the Year award was shared between teammates Reed Junkin (Fr., GK – Wayland, Mass.) and Simon Mathias (Fr., A – Ridgefield, Conn.) from Penn.
Molloy earns his second-straight Player of the Year award, as he shared the honor with Princeton's Mike McDonald last season. Molloy is the first Bear to be the sole recipient of Player of the Year since Jordan Burke in 2008. He is the fifth Ivy to be named Player of the Year at least twice, joining Princeton's Ryan Boyle (2002, 2004), Cornell's Eamon McEneaney (1975, 1977), Burke (2007, 2008) and Cornell's Rob Pannell (2010, 2011, 2013), and the first unanimous Player of the Year since Princeton's Tylor Fiorito in 2012. Molloy leads the nation in points per game (6.6) and assists per game (3.2) and is tied for the League-lead in goals per game (3.4). He was also a unanimous selection to the first team for the second-straight year, his third career All-Ivy honor.
Prior to this season, there had never been Co-Rookies of the Year, let alone by two players on the same team. Junkin and Mathias are the second and third Quakers to be named Rookie of the Year, joining Pete Janney (1997).
Junkin started all 14 games, posting 160 saves and a .532 save percentage. He ranks first in the League in saves per game, second in save percentage and third in goals against average. Junkin was a four-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week and received Co-Player of the Week on March 28. He was also selected to the All-Ivy second team.
Mathias started all 14 games and leads the Quakers with 27 goals and is second in assists (11) and points (38). He ranks eighth in the League in goals per game and ninth in points per game. Mathias also earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy.
Since the Coach of the Year award was added prior to 2015, Tiffany has taken home the award both years. He guided the 2016 Bears to a 14-1 regular season record and their first 6-0 Ivy record and outright League title since 1994. Brown has been a top 10 team all season, currently listed at No. 2 in both national polls, and will host the 2016 #IvyMLAX Tournament as the top seed.
FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY
A change has been made to the first-team All-Ivy composition, as the teams have expanded to include long stick midfielder and face-off specialist.
2016 Ivy champion Brown led the way with six players on the first team, including two unanimous selections. Joining Molloy as a unanimous first-team All-Ivy honoree for the second-straight season is senior goalkeeper Jack Kelly (West Islip, N.Y.), who leads the nation in save percentage (.627) and is eighth in goals-against average (7.7). Kelly is 13-1 on the year with 170 saves and received USILA National Player of the Week honors on April 27.
Molloy and Kelly are joined on the first team by junior long stick midfielder Larken Kemp (Greenwich, Conn.), senior face-off specialist Will Gural (Haverford, Pa.), junior defender Alec Tulett (Toronto) and senior midfielder Brendan Caputo (Westbury, N.Y.).
Kemp totaled four goals, 12 assists, 71 ground balls and 27 caused turnovers en route to his third All-Ivy honor and first as a member of the first team. Gural ranks second in the nation in face-off percentage (.695) and fourth in face-offs won (197). He earns his first career All-Ivy award. Tulett takes home his second career All-Ivy accolade after being named to the second team last season, while Caputo earns his second All-Ivy honor and first since being named Honorable Mention in 2014.
Harvard and Yale each placed three on the first team. The Bulldogs finished second in the League thanks in large part to the contributions of sophomore attack Ben Reeves (Macedon, N.Y.), senior midfielder Michael Keasey (Newport Beach, Calif.) and senior defender Michael Quinn (Port Washington, N.Y.). Reeves, the 2015 Rookie of the Year, was a two-time Player of the Week who also earned InsideLacrosse.com StringKing Player of the Week on March 2.
Reeves leads the Bulldogs in goals (35), assists (26) and points (61) and ranks sixth in the country in points per game (4.7). He receives his first career All-Ivy honor, as does Keasey, who has 26 goals, seven assists, 11 ground balls and three caused turnovers on the year. Quinn takes home his third All-Ivy accolade and second first team honor after leading a Bulldogs defense that gave up just 7.8 goals per game, ninth-best in the country.
Harvard's three first team honorees – senior attack Devin Dwyer (Garden City, N.Y.), sophomore midfielder Joe Lang (Mill Valley, Calif.) and senior defender Bobby Duvnjak (Manhasset, N.Y.) – matches its program record. Dwyer paced the Crimson with 37 goals, 27 assists and 64 points in the regular season. He leads the nation in shot percentage (.552) and ranks eighth in points per game (4.6). Dwyer earns his fourth career All-Ivy honor and second as a member of the first team. Duvnjak takes home his second first-team honor and first since 2014, while Lang earns his second All-Ivy accolade after being named Honorable Mention a year ago.
Penn was represented on the first team by sophomore long stick midfielder Connor Keating (Gladwynne, Pa.), who receives his first career All-Ivy honor, while Princeton junior midfielder Zach Currier (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) earns his second All-Ivy accolade after being named to the second team last season.
Cornell placed six on the All-Ivy teams, including five second-team honorees, while Dartmouth sophomore midfielder Jack Korzelius (Purchase, N.Y.) took home Honorable Mention status for his first career All-Ivy honor.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
*Dylan Molloy, Brown (Jr., A – Setauket, N.Y.)
CO-ROOKIES OF THE YEAR
Reed Junkin, Penn (Fr., GK – Wayland, Mass.)
Simon Mathias, Penn (Fr., A – Ridgefield, Conn.)
COACH OF THE YEAR
Lars Tiffany, Brown
FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY^
Devin Dwyer, Harvard (Sr., A – Garden City, N.Y.)
*Dylan Molloy, Brown (Jr., A – Setauket, N.Y.)
Ben Reeves, Yale (So., A – Macedon, N.Y.)
Brendan Caputo, Brown (Sr., M – Westbury, N.Y.)
Zach Currier, Princeton (Jr., M – Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)
Michael Keasey, Yale (Sr., M – Newport Beach, Calif.)
Joe Lang, Harvard (So., M – Mill Valley, Calif.)
Bobby Duvnjak, Harvard (Sr., D – Manhasset, N.Y.)
Michael Quinn, Yale (Sr., D – Port Washington, N.Y.)
Alec Tulett, Brown (Jr., D – Toronto)
Connor Keating, Penn (So., LSM – Gladwyne, Pa.)
Larken Kemp, Brown (Jr., LSM – Greenwich, Conn.)
Will Gural, Brown (Sr., FO – Haverford, Pa.)
*Jack Kelly, Brown (Sr., GK – West Islip, N.Y.)
SECOND-TEAM ALL-IVY^
Ryan Ambler, Princeton (Sr., A – Rydal, Pa.)
Morgan Cheek, Harvard (So., A – Wellesley, Mass.)
Nick Doktor, Penn (Sr., A – Rochester, N.Y.)
John Edmonds, Cornell (Sr., M – East Setauket, N.Y.)
Eric Scott, Yale (Jr., M – Basking Ridge, N.J.)
Austin Sims, Princeton (So., M – Fairfield, Conn.)
Kevin Gayhardt, Penn (Jr., D – Bryn Mawr, Pa.)
Chris Keating, Yale (Jr., D – Windham, N.H.)
Walker Kirby, Harvard (Sr., D – Morristown, N.J.)
JJ Ntshaykolo, Brown (So., D – San Francisco)
Jake Pulver, Cornell (So., D – Manilus, N.Y.)
Jack Breit, Harvard (Sr., LSM – Essex Fells, N.J.)
Dom Massimilian, Cornell (Jr., FO – Dallas)
Brennan Donville, Cornell (Sr., GK – Oakville, Ontario, Canada)
Reed Junkin, Penn (Fr., GK – Wayland, Mass.)
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-IVY
Kylor Bellistri, Brown (Sr., A – Potomac, Md.)
Henry Blynn, Brown (Sr., A – Villanova, Pa.)
Simon Mathias, Penn (Fr., A – Ridgefield, Conn.)
Jack Korzelius, Dartmouth (So., M – Purchase, N.Y.)
Ryan Matthews, Cornell (Sr., M – Manhasset, N.Y.)
Bear Goldstein, Princeton (Jr., D – Dallas)
Sam Bonafede, Princeton (So., FO – Bayshore, N.Y.)
*Unanimous Selection
^First and second teams expanded due to ties in the voting