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Kolkin Named Division I, Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Player Of The Week
April 21, 2008 | Men's Lacrosse
Charlie Kolkin, part of a swarming defense that shut out Cornell for a key 31:26 stretch of Saturday afternoon's 11-7 Princeton win over the Big Red, has been named the Nike/Inside Lacrosse and Ivy League men's lacrosse Player of the Week. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for Princeton against Cornell and a 14-game Ivy League winning streak for the Big Red.
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Cornell scored twice in first 3:26 of the game to jump out to a 2-0 lead before the Princeton defense took over. Cornell would not score again until the third quarter, while Princeton went on an 8-0 run to take a commanding 8-2 lead. By the time Cornell scored again, Princeton had already scored more goals than it would need in the game.
Kolkin, a junior longstick midfielder, spent much of the day matched up against Cornell All-America John Glynn, who came into the game second in the Ivy League in assists (18) and fifth in points (31), and held Glynn without a point. Glynn, who had just been named one of 22 nominees for the Tewaaraton Trophy, had three goals and one assist against Princeton in last year's meeting in Ithaca and had four assists against Dartmouth in his previous game.
Kolkin and Princeton held Cornell 4.5 goals below its season average.
The win propelled Princeton up eight spots in the Inside Lacrosse media poll, from 19th to 11th, and up seven spots in the USILA coaches' poll, from 17th to 10th.
The Ivy League race is still a three-team contest with Princeton, Cornell and Brown. The Tigers have league games remaining at Dartmouth this Saturday and Brown May 3, while Brown is at Cornell this Saturday. Princeton and Brown can still win the title outright (Cornell cannot win the outright championship), while any two of the three can be co-champions and there can be a three-way tie. The automatic bid to the NCAA tournament can still go to any of the three.