Sowers (Unanimous), Sims Named First-Team All-Ivy; Five Tigers Honored In All

Austin Sims finished his Princeton career with his best season and was recognized for it accordingly. As for Michael Sowers, he is halfway to doing something that only two Princeton men's lacrosse players have ever done.

Sowers, the record-setting Tiger sophomore, earned his second-straight first-team All-Ivy League selection, this time unanimously by a vote of the league's head coaches. Sims, the high-scoring senior midfielder who is headed to Major League Lacrosse, was Princeton's other first-team selection.

Princeton had five players honored in all, including two freshmen. George Baughan, one of the rookies, was a second-team All-Ivy pick on defense, while his classmate Andrew Song was an honorable mention selection as a longstick midfielder. Senior goalie Tyler Blaisdell was also named honorable mention.

Sims, the 20th pick in the MLL draft, had career highs with 32 goals and 16 assists for 48 points. Sims, who finished his Princeton career with 111 career points on 82 goals and 29 assists, had three four-goal games during Princeton's season-ending five-game winning streak.

Sowers leads Division I in both points per game and assists per game, and no player in the last 37 years in Division I lacrosse has averaged more points per game for a career than he currently is. He broke his own Princeton single-season scoring record with 83 points, one more than he had last year, and his 56 assists were also a Princeton single-season record. His 97 career assists are already fifth in program history. With his two first-team All-Ivy selections, he has a chance to join Chad Wiedmaier and Tom Schreiber as the only four-time first-team All-Ivy picks Princeton has had.

Baughan burst onto the national scene in stunning fashion this past weekend, when he shut out Cornell's Jeff Teat, also a unanimous first-team All-Ivy pick, while causing four turnovers and scoring a goal himself. Baughan, who was also outstanding against Yale's Ben Reeves (Player of the Year, unanimous first-team) and Harvard's Morgan Cheek (second-team), led Princeton with 16 caused turnovers.

Blaisdell finished his career seventh all-time at Princeton with 521 saves. He also started every game the last three years for Princeton, finishing with 47 straight starts to end his career. Blasidell had nine games in double figures in saves this season, including five with at least 16.

Song made a huge impact on the defense and face-off games from Day 1. He finished second on the team with 14 caused turnvovers and 48 ground balls, and he scored dramatic goals against both Virginia and Brown.

2018 Ivy League Men's Lacrosse
All-Ivy Teams

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ben Reeves, Yale (Sr., A – Macedon, N.Y.)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
*Chris Fake, Yale (Fr., D – Allentown, N.J.)

COACH OF THE YEAR
Andy Shay, Yale

FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
*Ben Reeves, Yale (Sr., A – Macedon, N.Y.)
*Michael Sowers, Princeton (So., A – Dresher, Pa.)
*Jeff Teat, Cornell (So., A – Brampton, Ont.)
*Jack Tigh, Yale (Jr., M – Garden City, N.Y.)
Austin Sims, Princeton (Sr., M – Fairfield, Conn.)
Jordan Dowiak, Cornell (Sr., M – Long Valley, N.J)
*Jake Pulver, Cornell (Sr., D – Manlius, N.Y.)
*Chris Fake, Yale (Fr., D – Allentown, N.J.)
Mark Evanchick, Penn (So., D – Darien, Conn.)
*Connor Keating, Penn (Sr., LSM – Gladwyne, Pa.)
Tyler Warner, Yale (Sr., SSM – Freeport, N.Y.)
*Conor Mackie, Yale (Sr., M – Glen Rock, N.J.)
Phil Goss, Brown (So., G – San Francisco, Calif.)

SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^
Morgan Cheek, Harvard (Sr., A – Wellesley, Mass.)
Simon Mathias, Penn (Jr, A – Ridgefield, Conn.)
Jackson Morrill, Yale (So., A – Baltimore, Md.)
Jack Korzelius (Sr., M – Purchase, N.Y.)
Jake McCulloch (Jr., M – Stony Brook, N.Y.)
Joe Lang, Harvard (Sr., M – Mill Valley, Calif.)
George Baughan, Princeton (Fr., D – Wyndmoor, Pa.)
Chris Keating, Yale (Sr., D – Windham, N.H.)
JJ Ntshaykolo, Brown (Sr., D – San Francisco, Calif.)
Austin Meachem, Dartmouth (Jr., D – West Harrison, N.Y.)
Robert Mooney, Yale (Jr., LSM – Princeton, N.J.)
Jason Alessi, Yale (Sr., SSM – Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)
Ted Otten, Brown (Sr., FO – Wilton, Conn.)
Robert Shaw, Harvard (Sr., G – Canton, Mass.)

HONORABLE MENTION ALL-IVY
Jackson Newsome, Brown (Jr., A – Arlington, Va.)
Kevin McGeary, Penn (Sr., A – Newtown Square, Pa.)
Michael Panepinto, Brown (Jr., M – Needham, Mass.)
Tyler Dunn, Penn (Jr., Manhasset, N.Y.)
Joe Sessa, Yale (Jr., M – Slate Hill, N.Y.)
John Daniggelis, Yale (Jr., M – Saint James, N.Y.)
Fleet Wallace, Cornell (Jr., D – Richmond, Va.)
Joe Kearney, Harvard (Sr., D – Duxbury, Mass.)
Jerry O'Connor, Yale (Sr., D – North Palm Beach, Fla.)
Andrew Song, Princeton (Fr., LSM – Canton, Mass.)
Brandon Salvatore (So., LSM – New Canaan, Conn.)
Ryan Bray, Cornell (Jr., SSM – Shoreham, N.Y.)
Paul Rasimovicz, Cornell (Sr., FO – Somerset, N.J.)
Tyler Blaisdell, Princeton (Sr., G – Hanover, Mass.)
Christian Knight, Cornell (Sr., G – Baltimore, Md.)

*unanimous selection
^ team expanded due to ties in voting

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