Career Summary
- Played at Hopkins as a graduate student in 2024 after transferring from Cornell.
- Including time at Cornell, played in 68 career games and nearly 3,876 minutes (3,875:57).
- Finished career with 789 career saves, a 10.93 goals against average and a .528 save percentage.
2024
- Honorable Mention Inside Lacrosse All-American and an Honorable Mention USA Lacrosse All-American.
- First Team All-Big Ten.
- Started all 16 games in goal.
- Posted a 9.53 goals against average and a .564 save percentage in 969:33 this season.
- Finished seventh in the nation in goals against average and ninth in save percentage.
- Notched 12 saves in first game as a Blue Jay, a 13-12 overtime loss to Denver.
- Came back with seven saves and allowed just five goals in a 13-5 win against Towson in which he played 55:28.
- Registered 11 saves in an 11-9 win at Georgetown and added 11 saves with just seven goals allowed in a 13-7 win over 17th-ranked Loyola.
- Posted then season-high 13 saves, including nine in the first half, of a 13-9 win at #15 North Carolina.
- Sparked at 16-14 win at second-ranked Virginia with 16 saves and five ground balls. Posted 15 of 16 saves in the final three quarters and nine of 16 in the second half, when JHU allowed just four goals.
- Notched 15 saves in a 14-13 loss to ninth-ranked Syracuse and added nine in a 10-9 overtime loss to Navy.
- Turned in a 13-save performance and allowed just eight goals in a 13-8 win at 17th-ranked Rutgers.
- Sparked 15-11 win over #15 Michigan with a 15-save effort. Allowed just seven goals and posted 12 saves over final three quarters.
- Matched JHU-career-high with 16 saves in a 9-8 overtime win against seventh-ranked Penn State and came back with eight stops in an 11-10 overtime win at Ohio State.
- Notched 12 saves in a 7-5 win over fifth-ranked Maryland. Posted nine saves and allowed just three goals over the final 45 minutes against the Terps.
- Rang up 13 saves, including nine in the first half, of a 10-7 loss to Michigan in the Big Ten Semifinals.
- Made it back-to-back games with 13 saves as he hit that number in a 13-10 win over Lehigh in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
- Capped career with a 15-save effort in an 11-10 double overtime loss to Virginia in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
At Cornell
- Four-year starter in goal for the Big Red.
- Honorable Mention USILA All-American, USILA Scholar All-American and First Team All-Ivy League in 2023, when he posted an 11.13 goals against average and a .522 save percentage.
- Helped CU to the 2022 NCAA title game as he posted a career-best 10.96 goals against average and a .526 save percentage.
- Honorable Mention All-Ivy selection as a freshman in 2019, when he played for current Johns Hopkins coach Peter Milliman.
- Played in 52 games with 50 starts and finished Cornell career with an 11.40 goals against average and a .517 save percentage.
At Victor
- Five-year varsity letter winner in lacrosse and six-year recipient in ice hockey.
- Two-time US Lacrosse All-American and an UnderArmour All-American as a senior.
- Helped lacrosse team to three state championships (2015, 2016, 2017) and five section titles (2014-2018),
- First Team New York All-State selection as a junior (2017).
- Monroe County Player of the Year and Section Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior (2017, 2018).
- Two-time team captain (2017, 2018) and the Greater Rochester Male Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2018.
- Set program record for career saves (573).
- Helped lead hockey team to 2018 New York State title and three sectional titles (2015, 2016, 2018).
- Set Victor school career records in wins (50), lowest goals-against average (1.7), and highest save percentage (.953).
- First Team New York All-State selection as a senior (2018).
Personal
- Chayse Ierlan.
- The son of Mike and Karen Ierlan.
- Has one older brother, TD, and one younger sister, Doyle.
- Brother was one of the top faceoff specialists in NCAA lacrosse history.
- Served as a volunteer assistant lacrosse coach at Nazareth College during the 2021 season, when the Ivy League did not compete.
- Graduated from Cornell with a degree in communications.
- Pursuing a master's in education at Johns Hopkins.
