Princeton University Athletics
Boyle Named Ivy League Player Of The Year, Becomes Second Player Ever To Win Award Twice
May 12, 2004 | Men's Lacrosse
May 12, 2004
Ryan Boyle, the keystone of the completely rebuilt Princeton men's lacrosse program, has been named Ivy League Player of the Year in a vote of the league's seven head coaches.
Boyle, also the 2002 Ivy Player of the Year, joins Cornell legend Eamon McEneaney as the only two players who have ever won the award twice. McEneaney was honored in 1975 and 1977.
Peter Trombino, the first Princeton freshman ever with at least 20 goals and at least 10 assists in a season, was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Trombino, a four-time Ivy Rookie of the Week, becomes the sixth Princeton player and first since Boyle in 2001 to win the award.
Boyle was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection for the third straight year. Ricky Schultz and Oliver Barry were named first-team All-Ivy, while Jason Doneger and Drew Casino were second-team selections. Working with essentially a brand-new offense this season after Princeton graduated an All-America attackman and five of its top six offensive midfielders, Boyle led the Tigers to a 9-3 overall record and a share of the Ivy title with Cornell, marking the 10th straight year that Princeton has won at least a piece of the league championship. With Boyle as its quarterback, the Princeton offense became the highest scoring offense in the Ivy League.
Boyle set the Ivy League record for career assists in league games with 88, 15 better than the old record held by Kevin Lowe '94. He also leads the Ivy League in points and assists and leads Division I with 3.08 assists per game, marking the third straight year he has led the league in scoring and second straight year he has led Division I in assists per game (pending the postseason). He has 15 goals and 37 assists through 12 games this season, and he has moved into second place all-time in scoring and assists at Princeton, behind Lowe in both.
Trombino set the Princeton record for most consecutive games with at least one goal to start a career with one in each of the 12 regular season games. He has 20 goals and 11 assists through 12 games, making him the third Princeton player in the last 10 years along with Boyle and Jon Hess to have at least 20 goals and 10 assists in the same season. His 31 points are tied with B.J. Prager for the third-highest total ever for a Princeton freshman.
Schultz, a three-year starter, and Barry give Princeton two first-team All-Ivy defensemen for the first time since Christian Cook and Kurt Lunkenheimer in 1998. Schultz and Barry, the only two Princeton defensemen to start a game prior to this season, are the cornerstones of a defense that has held opponents to 8.5 goals per game and 29.6 shots per game.
Doneger leads the Ivy League with 33 goals this season, marking the second straight year he has led the league. He has scored 74 goals in his last 27 games and has at least one in 28 straight games, the second-longest streak in school history.
Casino had a huge senior year. After scoring nine goals his first three years combined, Casino had 20 goals this regular season, making him the first Princeton player to have 20 goals as a senior after having fewer than 10 his first three years combined. He had at least one goal in every game and also won 52 of 110 face-offs.
Princeton opens the NCAA tournament Saturday at home against Rutgers.
The complete team:
Player of the Year Ryan Boyle, Princeton
Rookie of the Year Peter Trombino, Princeton
First Team
Attack Ryan Boyle, Princeton *; Andrew Collins, Cornell; Will Phillips, Penn
Midfield Joe Boulukos, Cornell *; Justin Redd, Cornell; Ben Grinnell, Dartmouth
Defense Oliver Barry, Princeton; Tim DeBlois, Cornell *; Pat Kelley, Dartmouth; Pat Connelly, Penn; Ric Schultz, Princeton
Goal Mike Levin, Brown *
Second Team
Attack Tom Daniels, Dartmouth; Jason Doneger, Princeton; Chazz Woodson, Brown; Seth Goldberg, Yale
Midfield Ned Britt, Yale; Drew Casino, Princeton; Scott Kenworthy, Yale
Defense Todd Montgomery, Yale
Goal Andrew Goldstein, Dartmouth
Honorable Mention
Attack
Jamie Coffin, Dartmouth
Sean Greenhalgh, Cornell
Midfield
D.J. Andrzejewski, Penn
Britton Derkak, Brown
Ethan Haire, Penn
Brad Heritage, Dartmouth
Chris Mucciolo, Brown
Russell Radebaugh, Dartmouth
Defense
Bobby Shields, Brown
Doug Needham, Cornell
Kyle Georgalas, Cornell
Spencer Stenmark, Harvard
Goal
Ryan Kelly, Penn
Jake McKenna, Harvard