Women's Lacrosse All-Ivy, Postseason Awards Announced

Photos courtesy of Dartmouth Varsity Athletics Communications, Penn Athletic Communications and Princeton Athletic Communications

PRINCETON, N.J. -- After a vote by the eight Ivy League women's lacrosse coaches, the Players of the Year were all unanimous selections.

Penn senior Nina Corcoran (Point Lookout, N.Y.) was named Attacker of the Year, Dartmouth senior Jaclyn Leto (Chatham, N.J.) took home Midfielder of the Year and Princeton junior goalkeeper Ellie DeGarmo (Baltimore) earned Defender of the Year. All three were unanimous selections, a first since the League expanded to three awards in 2013.

Corcoran leads the nation in assists (48) and assists per game (3.2), while also leading the League in points (69). She is three assists away from breaking the all-time Ivy League single-season record and nine away from breaking the all-time Ivy League career mark. Corcoran already has the Penn single-season and career records for assists and set the all-time Ivy League record for Player of the Week honors in a single season, as she was named Offensive Player of the Week six times in 2016. Corcoran is the first Quaker to be named Attacker of the Year since it was implemented in 2013 and the first Ivy to be a unanimous selection for the award. She also earned her third career All-Ivy honor, second as a member as the first team and first as a unanimous selection.

Leto led the League and ranked fifth nationally in goals per game (3.5) and 11th in the country in goals (53). She scored at least three goals in 11 of her 15 games, including an eight-goal performance against Boston U. and six goals against Penn, the Quakers' only Ivy loss on the year. She also led her team with 49 draw controls and 17 caused turnovers and finished second with 28 ground balls. Leto is the eighth Big Green to be named Player of the Year and the first since Sarah Plumb in 2012. She also earns her third career first-team All-Ivy honor and first as a unanimous selection. She is the ninth Big Green to be named to the first team three times and first since Whitney Douthett (2005-07).

DeGarmo is the first Tiger to be named Defender of the Year and the first Ivy to receive the award unanimously. She started all 15 games in 2016 and went 11-4 with 157 saves, a .557 save percentage and a goals-against average of 8.65. She leads the nation in save percentage, ranks fourth in saves per game and eighth in saves, leading the League in all three categories. DeGarmo also was unanimously voted to the first team for her first career All-Ivy honor.

Penn head coach Karin Corbett was voted Coach of the Year after guiding the Quakers to a share of the 2016 League title and the top seed in the #IvyWLAX Tournament. It marks her first career Coach of the Year honor, which was added in 2015.

FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY
Penn, Princeton and Harvard led the way with three players each on the first team. Joining Corcoran from the Quakers is senior attack Iris Williamson (Philadelphia) and sophomore midfielder Alex Condon (Dunn Loring, Va.). Williamson is second on the team in both goals (28) and points (36), while Condon leads Penn with 33 goals and 20 caused turnovers. Both take home their first career All-Ivy honors.

DeGarmo was joined on the first team by Tigers junior attack Olivia Hompe (New Canaan, Conn.), the 2015 Ivy League Women's Lacrosse Tournament Most Outstanding Performer, and senior defender Liz Bannantine (Baltimore). Hompe was a unanimous selection for the second-straight season and leads her team with 41 goals and 52 points, while Bannatine (22 ground balls, 13 draw controls, 20 caused turnovers) earns her fourth All-Ivy honor and second-consecutive first team accolade.

For the second-straight year, Harvard placed three on the first team, as senior midfielder Audrey Todd (Baltimore) was joined by juniors Marisa Romeo (A – Syracuse, N.Y.) and Emma Ford (D – Skaneateles, N.Y). Todd takes home her third first-team All-Ivy honor, the seventh Crimson to accomplish the feat and first since Francie Walton (1992-94). Romeo leads the Crimson in goals (29), assists (19) and points (48) and receives her third All-Ivy honor and second-consecutive first team accolade, while Ford is named to the first team for the second-straight season.

Cornell placed two players on the first team, as sophomore midfielder Jhoelle Coffy (Norwalk, Conn.) and junior defender Catie Smith (Berwyn, Pa.) both earned their first career All-Ivy honors. Smith was a unanimous selection and leads her team in ground balls (34) and caused turnovers (34), ranking 10th in the nation in the latter category. She was a two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week. Coffy filled the season boxscore with 20 goals, three assists, 24 ground balls, 31 draw controls and nine caused turnovers.

Columbia freshman midfielder Lindsey Ewertsen (Montclair, N.J.) did not play like a rookie, finishing her first year with 40 points on 32 goals and eight assists, along with 36 ground balls and team-highs in draw controls (50) and caused turnovers (20). She is the first freshman to be named to the first team since Yale's Nicole Daniggelis in 2013 and the first Lion to earn first team status since Kacie Johnson that same season.

Brown placed three players on the All-Ivy teams, led by senior defender Shelly Walsh (Westwood, Mass.), who was named to the second team for her first career All-Ivy honor.

ATTACKER OF THE YEAR
*Nina Corcoran, Penn (Sr., A – Point Lookout, N.Y.)

MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR
*Jaclyn Leto, Dartmouth (Sr., M – Chatham, N.J.)

DEFENDER OF THE YEAR
*Ellie DeGarmo, Princeton (Jr., GK – Baltimore)

COACH OF THE YEAR
Karin Corbett, Penn

FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY^
*Nina Corcoran, Penn (Sr., A – Point Lookout, N.Y.)
*Olivia Hompe, Princeton (Jr., A – New Canaan, Conn.)
Marisa Romeo, Harvard (Jr., A – Syracuse, N.Y.)
Iris Williamson, Penn (Sr., A – Philadelphia)
Jhoelle Coffy, Cornell (So., M – Norwalk, Conn.)
Alex Condon, Penn (So., M – Dunn Loring, Va.)
Lindsey Ewertsen, Columbia (Fr., M – Montclair, N.J.)
*Jaclyn Leto, Dartmouth (Sr., M – Chatham, N.J.)
Audrey Todd, Harvard (Sr., M – Baltimore)
Liz Bannantine, Princeton (Sr., D – Baltimore)
Emma Ford, Harvard (Jr., D – Skaneateles, N.Y.)
*Catie Smith, Cornell (Jr., D – Berwyn, Pa.)
*Ellie DeGarmo, Princeton (Jr., GK – Baltimore)

SECOND-TEAM ALL-IVY^
Taryn Deck, Dartmouth (Jr., A – Wayne, Pa.)
Julia Glynn, Harvard (So., A – Manhasset, N.Y.)
Victoria Kalamaras, Columbia (So., A – Mountain Lakes, N.J.)
Tess McEvoy, Yale (Jr., A – Bethesda, Md.)
Emily Tripodi, Cornell (Sr., A – Syracuse, N.Y.)
Lely DeSimone, Penn (Sr., M – Airmont, N.Y.)
Alexis Nicolia, Harvard (Sr., M – Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)
Taylor Quinn, Columbia (Jr., M – Radnor, Pa.)
Taylor Reed, Cornell (So., M – Honeoye Falls, N.Y.)
Marina Burke, Harvard (Jr., D – Westwood, Mass.)
Megan Kelly, Penn (Jr., D – Moorestown, N.J.)
Amanda Leavell, Princeton (Jr., D – Houston)
Madeline Rodriguez, Princeton (Jr., D – Edina, Minn.)
Shelly Walsh, Brown (Sr., D – Westwood, Mass.)
Renee Poullott, Cornell (Jr., GK – Syracuse, N.Y.)

HONORABLE MENTION ALL-IVY
Kerianne Hunt, Brown (Jr., M – Alamo, Calif.)
Elizabeth Mastrio, Dartmouth (Fr., M – Wilbraham, Mass.)
Megan Hennessey, Harvard (Jr., D – Winchester, Mass.)
Marissa Hudgins, Brown (So., D – Syracuse, N.Y.)
Lauren Maiorano, Dartmouth (Jr., D – Chatham, N.J.)
Emily Markham, Yale (Jr., D – Manhasset, N.Y.)
Brittany Brown, Penn (Jr., GK – Bronx, N.Y.)

*Unanimous Selection
^First and second teams expanded due to ties in the voting