PRINCETON, N.J. - The 2026 All-Ivy Field Hockey teams and major awards were announced on Wednesday following the conclusion of another nationally successful regular season and in anticipation of this weekend’s Ivy League Field Hockey Tournament in Cambridge, Mass.
Harvard’s
Sage Piekarski and Princeton’s
Pru Lindsey earned Co-Offensive Player of the Year honors, while Lindsey’s Princeton teammate
Ottilie Sykes was named Defensive Player of the Year. Cornell’s
Rebecca Block garnered Rookie of the Year accolades. Harvard’s coaching staff was selected Coaching Staff of the Year.
Piekarski, who was also recognized as the Ivy League’s Co-Offensive Player of the Year last season, tied for the Ivy League lead with 10 goals and tied for second with 24 points while adding four assists. Piekarski scored eight goals in her final nine contests of the season, with five of those tallies coming against Ivy League opponents.
Lindsey tied for the Ivy League lead with 10 goals and tied for second with 24 points alongside Piekarski. She also tallied four assists. Lindsey scored five of her 10 goals in Ivy League play, including four in Princeton’s last four Ivy League games.
Sykes anchored a Princeton defense that allowed just 12 goals in 16 contests and posted five shutouts, both best in the Ivy League. The Tigers ranked third nationally in goals-against average (0.69). Sykes also added five goals, two assists and 12 points offensively.
Block started all 16 regular season games for Cornell, logging at least 45 minutes in all of them and at least 60 minutes nine times, including each of the final five matches of the year. The freshman contributed five goals, one assist and 11 points as Cornell collected a 4-3 Ivy League record, which earned the Big Red the No. 3 seed in this weekend’s league tournament.
Harvard’s coaching staff was selected Coaching Staff of the Year for the second consecutive season and sixth time overall under head coach
Tjerk van Herwaarden. van Herwaarden led Harvard to a 15-1 regular season record, the Ivy League regular season title and a ranking as high as No. 2 in the NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll.
Additionally, one Ivy League field hockey student-athlete from each institution was recognized for their commitment in the classroom and on the field as members of the 2026 Ivy League Field Hockey Academic All-Ivy team. Brown’s
Beth Nelson, Columbia’s
Delfina Gonzalez Lobo, Cornell’s
Emma Poplyk, Dartmouth’s
Riley Dumigan, Harvard’s
Lara Beekhuis, Penn's
Ellie Almeida, Princeton’s
Ella Cashman and Yale’s
Kaitlyn Chang were each named to the team.
2026 FIELD HOCKEY ALL-IVY
Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Sage Piekarski, Harvard (Sr., F)
Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Pru Lindsey, Princeton (Jr., F)
Defensive Player of the Year: Ottilie Sykes, Princeton (Sr., D)
Rookie of the Year: Rebecca Block, Cornell (Fr., M)
Coaching Staff of the Year: Harvard
First Team
Mia Karina Myklebust, Brown (Sr., M)
Uma Käding, Cornell (Jr., F)
Lara Beekhuis, Harvard (Sr., M)
Linde Burger, Harvard (So., GK)
Sage Piekarski, Harvard (Sr., F)*
Ella Cashman, Princeton (Sr., M)
Clem Houlden, Princeton (Jr., D)
Pru Lindsey, Princeton (Jr., F)
Ottilie Sykes, Princeton (Sr., D)*
Victoria Collee, Yale (Jr., M)
Chiara Picciafuoco, Yale (Jr., F)
Second Team ^
Delfina Gonzalez Lobo, Columbia (Sr., D)
Jacinta Solari Etcheberry, Columbia (Jr., M)
Rease Coleman, Cornell (Sr., M)
Rebecca Block, Cornell (Fr., M)
Ella Bowman, Dartmouth (Sr., M)
Tilly Butterworth, Harvard (Jr., M)
Martha le Huray, Harvard (Jr., F)
Elin van Sante, Harvard (Fr., D)
Reese Czajkowski, Penn (Jr., F)
Anna Faulstich, Princeton (Jr., M)
Reese Milone, Princeton (Fr., M)
Kaitlyn Chang, Yale (Jr., M)
Emma Ramsey, Yale (Sr., M)
Amelie Schwarzkopf, Yale (So., GK)
Honorable Mention
Emily Jury, Brown (So., D)
Kate Lahoti, Brown (Jr., D)
Agustina Solari Etcheberry, Columbia (So., D)
Lizzie Adams, Columbia (Jr., M)
Julia Ramsey, Cornell (Sr., D)
Lucia Campaño, Dartmouth (Sr., M)
Kylie McKinley, Dartmouth (Sr., GK)
Issy Baileff, Yale (Jr., D)
Hettie Whittington, Yale (Sr., D)
*unanimous selection
^ team expanded due to ties in voting