PRINCETON, N.J. – Following another highly competitive national season which saw all seven men’s lacrosse teams ranked or receiving votes in the national polls, the Ivy League has announced the All-Ivy Teams and major award winners for 2026.
Winning 2026 Attacker of the Year in unanimous fashion was Cornell’s Willem Firth. Firth, making it 2-for-2 in Cornell players winning the award, was an offensive machine for the Big Red. He ranks fourth nationally with 3.31 goals per game and second with 5.23 points per game, totaling 43 goals and 25 assists for 68 points in 13 games. In just six Ivy League contests, Firth scored 23 goals and added 11 assists for 34 points, ranking first in goals and goals per game, first in points and points per game, and second in assists and assists per game in the league. The Ottawa, Ont. native had multiple points in each game this year and set new career highs in each major offensive category. He scored five goals three times, doing so against Brown, High Point, and Harvard, and had four assists twice, against Denver and High Point, setting and then matching single-game highs in both. His nine points against High Point were also a new single-game best for the junior.
Jack Cascadden of Cornell was named the 2026 Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse Midfielder of the Year, doing a bit of everything for the Ivy League co-champion Big Red. As one of the top faceoff specialists in the country, he won possession after possession for Cornell, driving their attack. On the season, he won 62.9 percent of his faceoffs (134-of-213), ranking sixth in the NCAA, and in Ivy League play, he was even better, leading the conference with a winning percentage of 0.730 (54-of-74). His prowess in the faceoff circle was on full display in Cornell’s 13-9 come-from-behind win at Denver in February. Cascadden won 15-of-21 faceoffs against the Pioneers, including all eight in the fourth quarter, which directly fueled a 6-0 closing run by the Big Red that turned a 9-7 deficit into a 13-9 victory. Cascadden also ranked second in the Ivy League with 32 ground balls in only four games played and added seven points on the year.
Another unanimous selection, Jack Stahl of Princeton was named the 2026 Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year. Often taking on the responsibility of marking the opponent’s top offensive player, Stahl anchored a defense that ranked 21st nationally at 10.08 goals per game and tops in the Ivy League at 10.80 goals per game. A one-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week, Stahl notably shut down Syracuse’s Joey Spallina and North Carolina’s Owen Duffy, allowing just one goal between the two. He led the Ivy League with 2.20 caused turnovers per game during conference play, with a season-high five coming against Cornell. Stahl also had 21 ground balls during the regular season.
Fellow Tiger Ryan Croddick was named the Ivy League Goaltender of the Year, winning the honor for the second consecutive year. The junior backstopped Princeton to a share of the Ivy League Championship, its first since 2015, and the top scoring defense in the league. He ranked in the top five in goals-against average (10.39), saves per game (10.60), and save percentage (.515) during conference play. Croddick’s numbers improved on a full-year basis, reflected in his overall standing among his peers, leading all Ivy League goalies with a 9.69 goals-against average and a .566 save percentage. He reached double-digit saves in eight games, recording a career-high 25 saves in an upset of then-No. 1 North Carolina in March. Croddick’s 25 saves were the most by a Princeton goalie since 1985 and the most by an Ivy League goalie since Brown’s Connor Theriault had 24 in 2022.
Winning 2026 Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse Rookie of the Year was Yale’s Sean Grogan. The first-year attackman had 28 goals across 13 games and added 17 assists for 45 points, ranking in the top 10 in the league in all three categories. He twice recorded a season-high six points, with those efforts coming in wins over Fairfield and Albany. His four goals against Albany matched his season high, the other occurrence coming against Marist in the second game of the season. Overall, Grogan had a goal in all but one game in his rookie campaign and closed the year with multiple goals in six of his last seven games, with Yale winning each of those contests. He also had 30 ground balls and caused five turnovers.
After retooling and leading the Big Red to their fifth straight Ivy League Championship, the Cornell coaching staff was named the 2026 Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year. Cornell lost multiple pieces from its national championship team a season ago and was picked to finish second in the Ivy League with just two first-place votes in the preseason poll. The Big Red, led by head coach Connor Buczek, exceeded expectations, going 10-3 overall and 5-1 in conference play, with five wins over ranked opponents and two more against teams receiving votes. They had the most prolific offense during conference play with 85 goals scored and enter the Ivy League Tournament on a five-game win streak, during which they averaged nearly 14 goals per game while holding opponents to under 10 goals in each. Cornell posted the best scoring margin in the league at 4.3 goals per game in conference play.
Princeton placed six players on the All-Ivy First Team. Stahl was a unanimous selection, as was Nate Kabiri. They were joined by Cooper Mueller, Chad Palumbo, Tucker Wade, and Croddick. Cornell had three All-Ivy First-Teamers in Cascadden, Firth, and Brendan Staub, with all three being unanimous selections. Harvard’s Logan Ip and Sean Jordan, as well as Brown’s Marcus Wertheim and Yale’s Patrick Pisano, were also named First Team honorees, with Ip earning the distinction for the second consecutive year.
The expanded All-Ivy Second Team featured six of the seven Ivy League institutions, with Cornell and Yale each placing four on the list. Harvard and Penn each had three Second Team honorees, while Dartmouth and Princeton had one apiece.
In addition, seven Ivies earned Academic All-Ivy honors for their outstanding performances on the field and in the classroom. Earning a spot on the team this year were Brown's Ben Scandone, Cornell's Brendan Staub, Dartmouth's Thomas Goguen, Harvard's Finn Jensen, Penn's Griffin Scane, Princeton's Cooper Kistler, and Yale's Luke Michalik.
2026 MEN'S LACROSSE ALL-IVY
ATTACKMAN OF THE YEAR
Willem Firth, Cornell (Jr., A)*
MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR
Jack Cascadden, Cornell (Sr., FO)
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jack Stahl, Princeton (Jr., D)*
GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR
Ryan Croddick, Princeton (Jr., G)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Sean Grogan, Yale (Fr., A)
COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR
Cornell
ALL-IVY FIRST TEAM
Willem Firth, Cornell (Jr., A)*
Nate Kabiri, Princeton (Jr., A)*
Chad Palumbo, Princeton (Sr., A)
Marcus Wertheim, Brown (Sr., M)
Logan Ip, Harvard (Sr., M)
Tucker Wade, Princeton (Jr., M)
Brendan Staub, Cornell (Sr., D)*
Jack Stahl, Princeton (Jr., D)*
Patrick Pisano, Yale (Sr., D)
Ryan Croddick, Princeton (Sr., G)
Jack Cascadden, Cornell (Sr., FO)*
Sean Jordan, Harvard (Sr., LSM)
Cooper Mueller, Princeton (Jr., SSDM)
ALL-IVY SECOND TEAM^
Ryan Goldstein, Cornell (Jr., A)
Teddy Malone, Harvard (Sr., A)
Jack Speidell, Harvard (Jr., A)
Connor Gately, Yale (So., A)
John Aurandt IV, Harvard (Sr., M)
Cole Cashion, Yale (Jr., M)
Peter Moynihan, Yale (Jr., M)
Matt Dooley, Cornell (Sr., D)
Dante Vardaro, Penn (So., D)
Konrad Miklaszewski, Yale (Sr., D)
Matthew Tully, Cornell (Jr., G)
Andrew McMeekin, Princeton (Sr., FO)
Eddie Rayhill, Cornell (Sr., LSM)
Will Cohen, Dartmouth (Jr., LSM)
Matthew Till, Penn (Jr., LSM)
Anthony McMullan, Penn (Jr., SSDM)
HONORABLE MENTION
Henry Brayer, Brown (Jr., FO)
Trey Taylor, Brown (Sr., D)
Charlie Box, Cornell (Sr., SSDM)
Luke Gilmartin, Cornell (Jr., SSDM)
Brian Luzzi, Cornell (Sr., M)
Thomas Goguen, Dartmouth (Sr., D)
Alex Jessey, Dartmouth (So., A)
Emmett Paradine, Dartmouth (Sr., M)
Quinn Kelly, Harvard (Fr., D)
Ben Beacham, Penn (Jr., M)
Davis Provost, Penn (Jr., A)
Griffin Scane, Penn (Sr., M)
John Dunphey, Princeton (Sr., M)
Jackson Green, Princeton (Jr., SSDM)
Hunter Spiess, Princeton (Jr., D)
Ben Friedman, Yale (So., G)
Luke Michalik, Yale (Jr., LSM)
*unanimous selection
^team expanded due to ties in voting