PHILADELPHIA – The Ivy League announced the 2022 women's lacrosse postseason honors on Tuesday afternoon, as the University of Pennsylvania was represented by six Quakers led by senior
Ellen O'Callaghan on first team.
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The senior captain was joined by five teammates on the All-Ivy teams, as sophomore
Maria Themelis and freshman
Anna Brandt were named to second team and freshman
Keeley Block, sophomore
Sophie Davis, and senior
Krissy Kowalski earned spots on honorable mention.
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O'Callaghan captains the back line for the Quakers, starting in all 15 games this season. She has 24 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers for the year. For her career, she has played in 35 games, starting in all games since her sophomore season and another eight her freshman year. She put together her best statistical game of her career in the 2022 finale against Columbia on Sunday, causing three turnovers and scooping four ground balls. An IWLCA Academic Honor Roll honoree, she was also named to Academic All-Ivy on Tuesday, as she will continue her education next year at Duke University School of Medicine.
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Themelis returned from injury for Georgetown earlier this season and has started in eight of the nine games played in. An instant impact at the midfield position, she has totaled 16 goals and four assists for 20 points on a .640 shooting percentage. She has added 17 draw controls, six ground balls, and two caused turnovers. She has registered points in the last four games of the season, including three games with at least three goals. She put together a career performance at then-No. 12 Princeton, finding the back of the net four times.
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Brandt shot on the scene in her first collegiate season, starting in all 15 games for the Quakers. She led the team in goals with 24 and added an assist for 25 points. She went 5-for-6 on free-position shots and recorded the game-winning goal in a 9-8 victory at then-No. 24 Drexel. An offensive threat, the freshman midfielder registered at least a point in 13 games this year including five games of at least three goals. Her best game came at Dartmouth, scoring four goals. She has added 44 draw controls, 19 ground balls, and six caused turnovers.
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Block, also in her first season, played in all 15 games, earning a starting spot by Georgetown and finishing with nine for the year. She was second on the team in points with 28, scoring 21 goals to go with seven assists. Registering at least a point in 12 games, she put together a career performance at Dartmouth with eight points off four goals and four assists, becoming just one of five players in the Ivy League this season with eight or more points in a contest. She also had a career-high five goals at Georgetown. She added seven ground balls and five caused turnovers.
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Davis, a key piece on the back line in just her second season, finished tied for second on the team in caused turnovers with 14, while leading the squad in ground balls with 27. Starting in all 15 games this year, she totaled two points on a goal and an assist. Her first collegiate goal came in the final game of the year against Columbia.
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Kowalski has been a brick wall in the net for the Quakers all season, playing in 14 games with 10 starts. She led the Ivy League in goals-against average (9.37) and saves percentage (.500), eclipsing the 100-save mark in the final game of the year against Columbia. She finishes the year with 102 saves for a career total of 186. She had six victories in net this season, while adding 19 ground balls. Kowalski had three games of double-digit saves in her last year in net, including a career-high 17 saves at Georgetown.
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