Career Notes: First overall pick in the 2020 MLL Draft by New York... Three-time All-American... Two-time first-team All-American... Tewaaraton Award Finalist... Two-time conference player of year... Transferred to Yale after two years at the University of Albany.
Ierlan's NCAA Records:
Ground balls in a game: 29 against Georgetown 2019 5.11.19
Ground balls in an NCAA Tournament Game: 29 vs. Georgetown in 2019
Ground balls in a season: 293 in 2019, second with 254 in 2018
Ground balls in a career: 810
Ground balls per game season: 1st and 2nd with 15.42 in 2019, 13.37 in 2018
Face-offs won in an NCAA Tournament game: 31 vs. Georgetown in 2019
Face-offs won in a season: 393 in 2019, second with 359 in 2018
Face-offs won in a career: 1,159
Face-off winning percentage in game: 26-26 against Harvard 2019
Face-off percentage in a season: .791 in 2018 at Albany
Records Note: Ierlan's career face-off percentage and career ground ball average would also be records after 4 games in 2020.
2020: IL Pre-Season All-America First Team... USILA Warrior & NB Pre-Season All-America First Team... Tewaaraton Award Watch List... NEILA Pre-Season All-New England First Team... Nominated for Senior Class Award... Set NCAA career ground ball record in a win at Penn State (2/22)... Set NCAA career record for face-off wins during a win over Michigan (3/7)... US Lacrosse Player of the Week (3/9)... USILA Team of the Week (3/9).
2019: Tewaaraton Award Finalist... USILA Warrior & NB All-America First team... 1st Team IL Media All-America… Ivy League Player of Year… First-team All-Ivy… All-New England... Four-time USILA Team of Week, Ivy League POW… Led nation in percentage and GBs… Broke NCAA record for single game with 26-for-26 day at Harvard… NCAA Tournament record 31 wins vs. Georgetown… Also broke overall NCAA record for ground balls in a game with 29 against Hoyas... Broke own NCAA season record for FOW and ground balls...
2018: Set Division I records for face-off percentage (.791), face-off wins (359) and ground balls (254)… USILA and Inside Lacrosse All-American… Tewaaraton nominee… America East Defensive Player of the Year, All-Conference First Team, Tournament Most Outstanding Player, All-Academic Team… • Inside Lacrosse Midseason and Preseason Media All-American… Three perfect face-off games… Six goals and 11 points… Won combined 48-of-49 face-offs in the America East Tournament, grabbing 35 ground balls, including perfect 20-for-20 vs. Vermont… Went 16-for-21 with a goal and nine ground balls in win at Syracuse (2/17)… 24-for-24, one shy of NCAA record, with 22 ground balls in 11-9 home win over Cornell (3/4)… 24-for-24 with 21 ground balls in home win vs. Stony Brook (3/31)… 24-for-29 with 21 ground balls and an assist in NCAA First Round victory vs. Richmond (5/12)
2017: Inside Lacrosse Media Second Team All-American, USILA Third Team All-American… America East Rookie of the Year, All-Conference First Team, All-Rookie Team, and All-Tournament Team… Second in Division I with a .708 face off win rate and first with 11.22 ground balls per game… Won 323 total face-offs, 2nd-highest single-season total in Division I history and first in UAlbany history… Earned 202 ground balls, the 4th-highest single-season total in Division I history and first in UAlbany history… Four goals and 10 points… One-time Epoch/US Lacrosse Player of the Week and Epoch IL Committed Academy Rookie of the Week… Five-time America East Rookie of the Week… Won 15-of-21 (71.4%) with 12 ground balls and first career goal and assist in road win at Cornell (3/5)… 26-for-32 (81.3%) with 18 ground balls and a goal in win at Harvard (3/29)… 26-for-30 (86.7%) with 20 ground balls and a goal in win at Stony Brook (4/1)… 23-of-30 face-offs (76.7%) with 11 ground balls and an assist in NCAA First Round victory vs. North Carolina (5/13)
At Victor High School: Lettered four years in lacrosse... Led lacrosse team to 2015 and 2016 New York State championship and three Section V titles... 2015 and 2016 US Lacrosse All-American... 2015 and 2016 All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year... Lacrosse Magazine New York State and Northeast Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016... Three-time First Team All-Section V player... Finished with 83% face-off rate, 661 ground balls, 1,135 face-off wins, 35 goals and 15 assists in career
Personal: Full name is Tristan David Ierlan... Son of Mike and Karen Ierlan... Has a brother, Chayse (Cornell goalie), and a sister, Doyle. Also lettered four years in wrestling and football… Holds school record for most wrestling wins with 161... Member of the Chess Club.
