ITHACA, N.Y. —
Willem Firth was named Ivy League Attackman of the Year and
Jack Cascadden earned Midfielder of the Year honors, and the Cornell coaching staff was voted Coaching Staff of the Year, as Cornell men's lacrosse collected 10 All-Ivy selections by the conference Thursday afternoon.
Firth, a junior, and Cascadden, a senior, were among three Big Red players to earn unanimous First Team All-Ivy recognition.
Brendan Staub, a senior defenseman, also earned a unanimous first-team nod.
Four more Cornell players, juniors
Ryan Goldstein,
Matthew Tully, and seniors
Matt Dooley and
Eddie Rayhill, earned Second Team All-Ivy honors. Senior
Brian Luzzi, Junior
Luke Gilmartin and senior
Charlie Box received Honorable Mention.
For the second-straight year and third time in four years the Attackman of the Year comes from Ithaca as Firth joins an illustrious list of Cornellians who have one the leagues top award, including former teammate
CJ Kirst '25, who won it in 2023 and again in 2025. Cascadden is the second in as many years to win Midfielder of the Year from the conference as
Hugh Kelleher '25 earned the designation in 2025.
Firth leads the Big Red with 43 goals and 25 assists for 68 points in 13 games. He ranks second nationally in points per game (5.23) and fourth in goals per game (3.31), and is the Ivy League's leader in both categories. His 43 goals are the most in the conference. He has converted five man-up goals this season and is shooting at a .417 clip, 29th nationally. Cornell leads the nation in man-up conversion percentage at .615, with Firth the central driver of that unit.
Cascadden has won 134 of 213 faceoff attempts this season for a .629 winning percentage, the best mark in the Ivy League and sixth-best nationally. He has collected 66 ground balls in 11 appearances, while adding three goals and four assists to his stat line. Cascadden's prowess at the faceoff X has helped Cornell rank first in the conference and sixth nationally in the category.
Cornell's coaching staff guided the Big Red to a 10-3 regular season record, a 5-1 mark in Ivy League and the programs fifth-straight Ivy League Regular Season Title. The Big Red rank first in the conference in scoring defense (9.92 goals allowed per game), man-up conversion (.615) and faceoff winning percentage (.602). The Big Red rank 19th nationally in scoring defense and first nationally in man-up offense.
Staub, a 2025 All-Ivy Honorable Mention, has posted 33 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers in 13 games from his defensive position, en route to a unanimous selction on the first team. Staub has also been a threat in transition, scoring three goals on the season.
Goldstein has complemented Firth on attack all season and creating one of the more potent duo's, not only in the Ivy League, but in the country, totaling 30 goals and 26 assists for 56 points. He ranks 21st nationally in points per game (4.31) and 21st in assists per game (2.00), third in the conference. It is the second consecutive season that the junior attack has earned Second Team All-Ivy honors.
Tully has started all 13 games in goal, posting a 9.87 goals-against average and .547 save percentage. He ranks 17th nationally in goals-against average and has recorded 152 saves. The junior goalkeeper has allowed single-digit goals in nine games this season, including each of the last five games of the regular season, helping Cornell to an 8-1 record in those contests.
Dooley has contributed 20 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers across all 13 games. Rayhill has added 10 ground balls and four caused turnovers from his longstick midfielder role.
Luzzi leads Cornell's midfield in scoring with 18 goals and eight assists for 26 points in 13 games.
Gilmartin has posted 26 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers. Box has contributed 16 ground balls and six caused turnovers in 12 appearances.
ALL-IVY FIRST TEAM
Willem Firth, (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 Muller, 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)
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
*unanimous selection
^team expanded due to ties in voting