NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's lacrosse team had seven players honored by the Ivy League on Wednesday, including six All-Ivy League selections, as the league announced its year-end awards.
Three Bulldogs earned first team All-Ivy League recognition: sophomore attacker
Jenna Collignon (Hinsdale, Ill.), senior attacker
Olivia Penoyer (Manlius, N.Y.) and sophomore midfielder
Fallon Vaughn (Concord, Mass.). Collignon was a unanimous selection. Senior defender
Payton Vaughn (Concord, Mass.) earned second team All-Ivy recognition. Sophomore midfielder
Sky Carrasquillo (Alpharetta, Ga.) and sophomore midfielder
Taylor Lane (Norwalk, Conn.) were named honorable mention All-Ivy. Additionally, senior goalkeeper
Clare Boone (Stewartstown, Pa.) was named Academic All-Ivy League.
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Collignon has enjoyed a breakout campaign. She is second in the Ivy League in goals with 49 and points with 60, and third in the league in draw controls with 69. All of those totals represent dramatic increases from last season (26 goals, 28 points, 32 draw controls). She is 19th nationally in goals per game (3.27). Her season high in goals was seven, in the 15-14 win at then-No. 15 Duke Mar. 14. In seven Ivy League games she had 26 goals, 33 points and 36 draw controls. That included six goals and seven points in the 15-10 win vs. then-No. 15 Princeton Mar. 4. She also had seven points (4-3-7) in the 18-6 win at Brown Apr. 1. Earlier this year she was
named to the Tewaaraton Award Women's Watch List and was an
Honorable Mention ILWomen Midseason All-American. She has a 22 game point-scoring streak dating back to last season.
Collignon is a graduate of Hinsdale Central High.
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This is the third All-Ivy League honor for Penoyer, who was an honorable mention selection in 2019 and a first-team pick last year. She leads the Ivy League in assists with 33 and set the Yale career assists record with her 87th in the win at Brown Apr. 1. Penoyer is 10 assists shy of the single-season school record (43, set by Laura Karmatz '95 in 1994). She is 23rd nationally in assists per game (2.20). She has had three or more assists in a game seven times this season, including games against Ivy League opponents Brown, Columbia, Cornell and Princeton. Her season high in assists is six in the 14-5 win at Quinnipiac Feb. 22, and her season high in points is eight (3-5-8) in the 16-5 win vs. Temple Mar. 18.
Penoyer is a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy.
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Fallon Vaughn has earned first team All-Ivy recognition in each of her first two seasons. She is tied for third in the Ivy League in caused turnovers (19) and is second on Yale in goals (29), having scored at least three goals in seven of the last 10 games. She is third on the team in points with 44. She is the only player in the Ivy League with 25+ goals, 40+ points, 10+ ground balls, 15+ caused turnovers and 35+ draw controls. She was an
Honorable Mention ILWomen Midseason All-American.
Vaughn is a graduate of Concord-Carlisle High.
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Payton Vaughn, Yale's captain, has anchored a defense that has allowed fewer goals overall (143) than any other Ivy League team. The Bulldogs' 70 goals allowed in Ivy League games is second only to No. 14 Penn (60). Vaughn leads the league in ground balls with 35 and is sixth in caused turnovers with 17. That includes eight caused turnovers in Ivy League games, tied for third-most in the league.
Vaughn, sister of
Fallon Vaughn, is a graduate of Concord-Carlisle High.
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Carrasquillo has been one of the best in the league at the draw control since she debuted last year, earning second team All-Ivy honors in 2022. This season she is sixth in the Ivy League in draw controls with 57, including 31 in league games. She also has emerged as an impact player on offense, totaling 10 goals on 11 shots in the last three games. She had career highs in goals and points (5-1-6) against Cornell Apr. 22.
Carrasquillo is a graduate of Milton Academy.
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This is the second All-Ivy honor for Lane, who was a first-team pick last year. This year she continued to be one of the Bulldogs' best all-around players. She is third on the team in goals (19) and ground balls (23), fourth in draw controls (32) and fifth in points (22). She scored at least one goal in every Ivy League game, highlighted by a hat trick at Penn Apr. 8.
Lane is a graduate of Greenwich Academy.
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Boone has been a significant contributor throughout her time at Yale, totaling 40 games played and 26 starts – including six this year. She played a pivotal role in the Bulldogs' first Ivy League Tournament win with 10 saves in the 16-6 win over Cornell in 2022. She has made an impact on the Yale community as well, serving her residential college as a First Year Counselor.
Boone is a history major and was an IWLCA Academic Honor Roll selection last year. She is a graduate of St. Paul's School for Girls.
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The All-Ivy League honorees have helped Yale to a memorable season that featured several signature victories, including the team's first win vs. Princeton since 2007 and the road win at ACC opponent Duke. The Bulldogs' 10 overall wins is their second-most in a season since 2008. That included a five-game winning streak, tied for the team's longest within a season since 2014.
The Bulldogs have been ranked as high as No. 13 nationally, and they are the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Ivy League Tournament. They will play the No. 3 seed, Princeton, in the semifinals Friday at 4:00 p.m. at Penn Park in Philadelphia.
The All-Ivy League team is determined by a vote of the league's eight head coaches based on performance in Ivy League games.