Postseason Lax Notes

We're just a day out from the second annual Ivy League lacrosse tournaments, and things are getting exciting for Penn.

The women, for the second year, are the No. 1 seed and host the tourney at Franklin Field. They will play in the nightcap Friday; gametime is at 7 p.m. against Princeton. The winner plays in the final on Sunday afternoon. Since this is the Ivy League tournament, unfortunately ticket will not be free for students. Friday's game will be $6, Sunday will be $4, or for you frugal Quakers out there, if you buy tickets to both games, it's only $8.

The ladies are up to No. 7 in the IWLCA poll after defeating Duke last weekend (and pushing Duke down a spot to No. 5). Penn was ranked No. 4 for most of March, and this is the Quakers' best ranking since.

Lastly, the Ivy League coaches voted on All-Ivy teams this weekend and the results are in. Six Quakers were named to the squads:

Junior Erin Brennan was Penn's lone first-team selection, though a unanimous one, as she led Penn in scoring this season, and is also a Tewaaraton Award nominee. This is her second-straight first-team honor. Senior Giulia Giordano, junior Goalie Emily Leitner and freshman Lydia Miller were second-team picks, and Maddie Polawski and Bridget Waclawik were both honorable mentions.

On the men's side, the Quakers are heading into their first Ivy League tournament after tourning around a 1-6 record last season to finish 4-2, and lock up the second seed.

After an 11-2 drubbing from Virginia to close out the season, the Quakers will head to Cornell for the Ivy tournament to face Harvard, who they beat, 7-6, in triple OT this year. If the Quakers were to win the championship, they would get the Ivy's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Currently ranked No. 14, Penn also has a good look at an at-large bid, especially if it can advance to the finals this weekend. The Washington Times (which once again has a Sports section!) put out a mock bracket today that has Penn up against No. 6 Maryland in the quarterfinal. The Times also says Penn could go to Duke. It would be their first NCAA appearance since 2006.

The men's All-Ivy teams were also announced and five made the rosters for Penn: Holding down Penn's solid defense this season was Senior Brett Hughes who was a first-team selection. On second team were Seniors Al Kohart and Corey Winkoff, Junior Will Koshansky and freshman Maxx Meyer.