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Monday Men's Lacrosse - Wiedmaier Named Ivy Rookie of the Week; Final Coaches' Rankings Out
May 04, 2009 | Men's Lacrosse
Chad Wiedmaier hounded Thomas Muldoon everywhere the Brown attackman went at Class of 1952 Stadium Saturday afternoon. Muldoon put up shot after shot, none of which was on goal. Finally, Wiedmaier went out for a penalty in the third quarter - and Muldoon scored 14 seconds later.
Wiedmaier, who led a defense that shut Brown out until that third quarter goal in Princeton's 11-7 win over the Bears to earn a share of the Ivy League title, has been named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week. It is the second time this year that Wiedamier has won the award.
In addition to pressuring Muldoon into 15 shots, 10 of which missed the cage, Wiedmaier also added a caused turnover and four ground balls, as well as a goal of his own on an end-to-end rush that made it 11-6 in the fourth quarter. The high-scoring Muldoon did score three goals, two of which were man-up and none of which were before it was 8-0 Princeton in the second half.
Wiedmaier joins the other three top freshman in the league as two-time winners of the Rookie of the Week award, along with Tiger goalie Tyler Fiorito and attackmen Rob Pannell of Cornell and Jeff Cohen of Harvard. One of those four will be the Ivy League Rookie of the Year when the award is announced later this week.
Princeton will play in the opening round of the NCAA tournament Sunday at 5 against UMass. The Tigers will enter the tournament as the No. 4 seed, and they finished the season ranked fourth in the final USILA coaches' poll; UMass is ranked 15th.
The NCAA seedings don't exactly match up with the rankings, though. Virginia, the top seed in the tournament, is ranked fifth in the poll. Notre Dame, on the other extreme, is ranked second but seeded seventh. The top eight teams in the rankings are the eight seeded tournament teams, and Duke (No. 3), North Carolina (No. 6) and Johns Hopkins (No. 8) are ranked and seeded in the same spots.