Ivy League honors Penn's top athletes

The All-Ivy teams for the spring season feature several Quakers. Penn athletics has definitely seen better seasons than spring 1998, as the golf team's Ivy championship -- their first in 88 years -- was the only league title the Quakers brought back to West Philly. Despite the failure of their teams to finish first in th standings, several Penn athletes received honors when the Ivy League announced its All-Ivy teams over the last week. The Penn men's lacrosse team, despite finishing tied for last in the league, did see some of its stars recognized. Attacker Pete Janney -- last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year -- and midfielder Joe Mauro led the way for the Quakers by being named second team All-Ivy. Junior middie Jeff Zuckerman received honorable mention. "It was great to see a senior captain come out and have the season Joe did," men's lacrosse coach Marc Van Arsdale said. "And Peter has gotten a lot of people's attention by playing very well, especially against our toughest opponents." Janney scored a hat trick in Penn's last game, a loss to defending national champ Princeton. On the women's side, senior defender Emily Hansel was Penn's lone representative on the first team. Senior midfielder Darah Ross earned second team status for the 2-5 Red and Blue. On the baseball diamond, Penn picked up several honors, as designated hitter Mark Nagata and centerfielder Drew Corradini made the first team. Nagata, the Ivy League batting champ last season, was unanimously chosen after leading the Ancient Eight in walks and on-base percentage. Corradini led the Quakers with a .414 batting average this spring. Second baseman Joe Carlon, who tied Nagata for the team lead in home runs, and pitcher Sean McDonald, who threw a no-hitter against Cornell, were named to the second team. Unlike their baseball counterparts, the Penn softball team was completely shut out of the All-Ivy team after a dismal season which featured no league wins. For the women's tennis team, sophomore standout Anastasia Pozdniakova -- last year's Rookie of the Year -- retained her spot on the first team, while her doubles partner, Julia Feldman, was named to the second team. The team of Pozdniakova/Feldman was not named All-Ivy, but Penn's pair of Brooke Herman and Elana Gold earned second team doubles honors. The first-team All-EITA doubles pairing of Marc Fisicaro and Urs Baertschi was the only spot the Penn men's tennis team earned on the honor roll. After edging Yale by two strokes to win the Ivy Championships, the Penn golf team had three players named All-Ivy. Kiki Kyrle shot a 147 in the two-round championship to place second behind Harvard's Alex Gonzalez. Kyrle was joined on the All-Ivy squad by teammates Rob Goldfaden and Adam Bradshaw.

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