PRINCETON, N.J. – After another tremendous Ivy League field hockey season that boasted three nationally ranked teams and several wins over top-20 opponents, the 2023 All-Ivy teams and major awards were announced this afternoon.
Cornell’s
Caroline Ramsey was named the Offensive Player of the Year, Harvard’s
Bronte-May Brough was named the Defender of the Year, Harvard’s
Sage Piekarski and Princeton’s
Ottilie Sykes were Co-Rookies of the Year while Harvard’s
Tjerk Van Herwaarden was unanimously named the Coach of the Year.
Caroline Ramsey, the Offensive Player of the Year from No. 17 Cornell, currently ranks second nationally with 1.50 goals per game (24 total goals) while 3.38 points per game are also second in Division I. Ramsey helped the Big Red, one of the nation’s most high-powered offenses, lead the nation with 3.62 goals per game and 11.12 points per contest. Ramsey scored a goal in 12 matches overall, including seven multi-goal contests with eight game-winning goals. In addition, Ramsey contributed with three defensive saves, tied for third in the conference. Ramsey is the first major award winner for Cornell since Marisa Siergiej was the Defensive Player of the Year in 2015.
No. 9 Harvard's
Bronte-May Brough picked up Defensive Player of the Year honors after being a mainstay on the backline for the Crimson. A year after being named the Ivy Rookie of the Year, Brough helped her team register seven shutouts, including five consecutive contests spanning nearly the entire month of October. She was also tremendous offensively as well, posting five goals and two assists for 12 points, including a pair of goals in a victory over No. 13 Syracuse where she also was credited with the game-winner.
Harvard’s
Sage Piekarski and Princeton’s
Ottilie Sykes were named Co-Rookies of the Year. Piekarski finished tied for fifth among league teams in goals with eight while her 18 points (1.13 points/game) allowed her to tie for seventh in the Ivy League. The forward was second on her team as well with those 18 points and she also tied for the team lead with eight goals. Piekarski net a trio of game-winning tallies for the Crimson as well, all in Ivy play.
Sykes tallied three goals for the Tigers this season but she had the ability to come up clutch with a pair of game-winning goals, including the winner with about 30 seconds remaining in regulation at No. 5 Maryland in September. With an extremely challenging non-conference schedule, the defender was consistent with pressure all season long and help the Tigers lock down some of the toughest offensive teams in the nation. Sykes tallied three defensive saves as well, tied for third in the league.
Harvard’s
Tjerk Van Herwaarden was unanimously voted the Coach of the Year after guiding the Crimson to a NFHCA ranking as high as No. 9 and RPI as high as No. 8. Van Herwaarden also led the Crimson to an undefeated ledger in league play. Winners of eight consecutive matches, Van Herwaarden’s team wrapped up an undefeated conference slate with a goal in the final seconds to defeat No. 17 Cornell on Oct. 28. The No. 9 Crimson bested four nationally-ranked this season, including a 6-5 win over No. 10 Syracuse. His team accounted for seven shutouts, including five conference contests.
Ramsey, Harvard’s
Emily Guckian and Brough were all unanimous first team selections. Harvard led the way with four first team selections, Penn had two in
Allison Kuzyk and
Frederique Wollaert as did Yale who named
Poppy Beales and
Emma Ramsey to the first team, while Princeton had one selection in Sykes. Brown’s
Imogen Govan was also named to the first team.
In addition to the All-Ivy teams, the Academic All-Ivy field hockey team was announced. Brown's
Mikayla Walsh, Columbia's
Katie Wimmer, Cornell's
Caroline Ramsey, Dartmouth's
Lila Browne, Harvard's
Emily Guckian, Penn's
Frederique Wollaert, Princeton's
Sam Davidson and Yale's
Luanna Summer were all honored for their strong efforts both on the turf and in the classroom.
2023 FIELD HOCKEY ALL-IVY
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Caroline Ramsey, Cornell (Sr., D/M – Morristown, N.J.)
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Bronte-May Brough, Harvard (So., D – Uttoxeter, England)
CO-ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Sage Piekarski, Harvard (Fr., F – Concord, Mass.)
CO-ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Ottilie Sykes, Princeton (Fr., D – Milton, England)
COACH OF THE YEAR
*Tjerk Van Herwaarden, Harvard
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
Imogen Govan, Brown (Sr., M – Oakville, Ontario)
*
Caroline Ramsey, Cornell (Sr., D/M – Morristown, N.J.)
*
Emily Guckian, Harvard (Jr., M – Waybridge, England)
*
Bronte-May Brough, Harvard (So., D – Uttoxeter, England)
Kitty Chapple, Harvard (So., M – Somerset, England)
Sage Piekarski, Harvard (Fr., F – Concord, Mass.)
Allison Kuzyk, Penn (Sr., F/M – Vancouver, B.C.)
Frederique Wollaert, Penn (Sr., GK – Netherlands)
Ottilie Sykes, Princeton (Fr., D – Milton, England)
Poppy Beales, Yale (So., F – King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England)
Emma Ramsey, Yale (Fr., - F – Summit, N.J.)
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY ^
Lucy Adams, Brown (So., M – Andover, Mass.)
Julia Hitti, Brown (Jr., D – Ashland, Mass.)
Maya Walker, Columbia (Sr., D/M – Greenwich, Conn.)
Grace Leahy, Cornell (So., F – Waterloo, Ontario)
Martha Broderick, Cornell (Fr., GK – Bury St. Edmunds, England)
Lucia Campaño, Dartmouth (Fr., M – Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Bronwyn Bird, Dartmouth (Sr., M – West Vancouver, B.C.)
Avery Donahue, Harvard (Sr., M – Madison, N.J.)
Julia Ryan, Penn (So., M/D – Brookline, Mass.)
Sophie Freedman, Penn (Jr., M – Greenwich, Conn.)
Ella Cashman, Princeton (Fr., M/D – Surbiton, England)
Talia Schenck, Princeton (So., F – Lawrenceville, N.J.)
Lily Ramsey, Yale (Jr., F – Summit, N.J.)
HONORABLE MENTION
Jeannine Turgeon, Columbia (Jr., M – Dover, N.H.)
Katie Wimmer, Columbia (Jr., GK – Windham, N.H.)
Olivia Friedberg, Cornell (Sr., M/F – Old Greenwich, Conn.)
Lila Browne, Dartmouth (Sr., M – Del Mar, Calif.)
Ella Bowman, Dartmouth (Fr., D/M – Aldeburg, England)
Olivia Galiotos, Dartmouth (So., D – Virginia Beach, Va.)
Kate Oliver, Harvard (So., F – St. Louis, Mo.)
Lara Beekhuis, Harvard (Fr., M – Laren, Netherlands)
Tessa Shahbo, Harvard (So., GK – Surrey, England)
Courtney Kenah, Penn (Jr., M/D – Souderton, Pa.)
Kylie Wall, Penn (Jr., M/D – Hummelstown, Pa.)
Lis Zandbergen, Penn (Sr., F – Eijsden, Netherlands)
Liz Agatucci, Princeton (Sr., F – Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Bridget Murphy, Princeton (Sr., F – Summit, N.J.)
Robyn Thompson, Princeton (Sr., GK – Herne, Kent, England)
Ashley Kim, Yale (Sr., F/M – Fredericksburg, Va.)
Julia Freedman, Yale (Jr., F/M – Greenwich, Conn.)
*Unanimous selection
^Team expanded due to ties in voting