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PRINCETON, N.J. – Yale's TD Ierlan and Penn's Sam Handley earned the Ivy League men's lacrosse postseason awards following a vote of the League's seven head coaches.
 
Penn's Mike Murphy was unanimously selected the Ivy League Coach of the Year, while Yale junior faceoff specialist TD Ierlan claimed Player of the Year honors and Penn's Sam Handley was unanimously named Rookie of the Year. 
 
The men's lacrosse tournament field is set with three teams - No. 2/2 Yale, No. 3/3 Penn and No. 9/8 Cornell - of the four-team field currently ranked inside the top-10 of the latest USILA Coaches and Inside Lacrosse Polls. Top-seeded Penn will take on fourth-seeded Brown in the first semifinal at 6 p.m. and second-seeded Yale will take on third-seeded Cornell in the second semifinal at 8:30 p.m. A variety of ticket offerings—including all-tournament passes and single-session tickets—are on sale now at ivylg.co/LAXtickets or by calling the Columbia Ticket office at 888-LIONS-11. 
 
Murphy, in his tenth season at the helm, guided Penn to its first Ivy League championship since 1988 as the Quakers posted a perfect 6-0 mark for just the second time in program history. In the final USILA Coaches Poll of the regular season, the Quakers come in at No. 3 -- tied for the highest ranking in school history with the 1984 team which spent two weeks at No. 3. 2019 also marks the first time in the 10-year history of the Ivy League Tournament that Penn will enter Semifinal Friday as the No. 1 seed. Murphy becomes the third Ivy League coach to earn the distinction since the award was implemented in 2015, joining former Brown head coach Lars Tiffany (2015, 2016) and Yale's Andy Shay (2017, 2018).
 
Ierlan, who transferred from Albany after leading the Great Danes to a Final Four appearance last season, has been a force at the X for the Bulldogs this season taking 262-of-330 faceoffs to boast a national-best .794 faceoff win percentage. The Victor, N.Y. native paces the country in ground balls per game, averaging 14.62 per game. In Yale's Ivy League season finale, the junior set a new NCAA record for most faceoff wins without a single loss after going a perfect 26-of-26. Ierlan now owns four of the top nine single-game performances in NCAA Division I history. Ieran was also a unanimous selection to the First-Team.
 
Handley becomes the third Penn freshman to earn Rookie of the Year in the last four years and just the fourth in program history. The Portland, Ore., native was a consistent offensive threat for Penn, pacing the Quakers with a team-best 53 points on 31 goals and 22 assists. The midfielder's 4.42 points and 1.83 assists per game rank fourth among league leaders, while his 2.58 goals per outing is good for sixth. Handley's 53 points established a new program record for points by a freshman, surpassing the previous mark of 42 set in 1995 by John Ward. Handley was also a unanimous selection to the First-Team.
 
Defending Ivy League tournament champion and eighth-ranked Cornell paced the League with 10 All-Ivy recipients, headlined by two unanimous First Team selections in junior attackman Jeff Teat and junior long stick midfielder Brandon Salvatore. Teat, who became just the sixth player in Ivy League history to register 100 goals and 100 assists in a career, ranks 12^th in the country with 2.57 assists per game. Salvatore ranks sixth in the country in caused turnovers per game, forcing 2.21 turnovers per game. The junior ranks third in program history with 63 caused turnovers. Senior short stick midfielder Ryan Bray joined the pair on the First Team.
 
Ivy League champion Penn claimed four First Team slots and nine overall, with freshman midfielder Sam Handley, senior midfielder Tyler Dunn, junior defender Mark Evanchick and senior goalie Reed Junkin earning First Team recognition.
 
Yale, the defending national champion and second-ranked team in the country, earned seven All-Ivy honors, including five First Team selections with sophomore defender Chris Fake joining Ierlan as unanimous selections. Fake is a key component of a defensive unit that ranks 14^th in the country in scoring defense, limiting opponents to just 10 goals per game. Junior attackman Jackson Morrill, senior midfielder Jack Tigh and short-stick midfielder John Daniggelis also represented the Bulldogs on the First Team.

Princeton, which finished the 2019 season 7-7, earned multiple First All-Ivy recipients as junior attackman Michael Sowers and sophomore defender George Baughan were unanimous honorees.
 
Sowers put together an impressive season that saw that attackman break Princeton's all-time career points record en route to finishing his junior campaign ranked seventh on the Ivy League's all-time career points list with 255. Sowers ranks second in the country in assists per game (3.79) and fourth in points per game (6.43) and become the seventh player in Ivy League history to have at least 100 career goals and 100 career assists. Baughan started all 12 games he appeared in for the Tigers, finishing the season fourth in the country in caused turnovers per game (1.92) while picking up 24 ground balls and scoring a goal and dishing out an assist.
 
Tournament qualifier Brown reaped four Second Team All-Ivy honors in sophomore midfielder Ryan Aughavin, sophomore midfielder George Grell, freshman defender Andrew Geppert and junior goalie Phil Goss. Harvard and Dartmouth were represented on honorable mention. 
 
 
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, 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, Princeton (So., D – Wyndmoor, Pa.)
*Chris Fake, 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, 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, Harvard (Jr., A – Downington, 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