Princeton University Athletics
2017 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Madeline Rodriguez
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Edina
- Hometown:
- Edina, Minn.
Senior Year (2017): Started in all 19 games as tri-captain … led the team in draw controls with 37 while adding 32 ground balls and 18 caused turnovers … had one caused turnover in the season opener with Temple … picked up four ground balls at Virginia … caused a turnover with a ground ball in a win over Loyola on March 1 … had two ground balls in a win over Brown … earned two draws, two ground balls and a caused turnover in a win over Notre Dame … grabbed three ground balls and a caused turnover against Penn State on March 21 … caused two turnovers and had one ground ball at Dartmouth … won six draws and caused a turnover in a 16-11 win over Syracuse … caused three turnovers with three ground balls and a draw versus Delaware on April 2 … added two draws, a ground ball and a caused turnover in a win over Harvard … caused two turnovers, with two ground balls and a draw at Maryland ... picked up four ground balls, caused three turnovers and won one draw at Yale on April 15 … won four draws and had a ground ball at Penn on April 19 … pulled down four draws with a caused turnover and a ground ball in a win at Cornell … tallied five draws and four ground balls in a win over Columbia … grabbed three draws and a ground ball against Penn in the Ivy League semifinal … won two draws in the Ivy championship at Cornell … had two draws, two ground balls and a draw against Cornell in the NCAA second round … won dour draws at Penn State in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Awards
• Second-Team All-Ivy League
• First-Team All-Region
• Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (April 3)
• IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
Junior Year (2016): Started all 17 games on defense ... led the team in draw controls with 24, second on the team in ground balls with 29 and third in caused turnovers with 14 ... pulled in one draw versus No. 4 UVa in the season opener ... had a caused turnover, draw and ground ball versus Drexel ... picked up two ground balls, one draw and one caused turnover versus Georgetown and No. 6 Notre Dame, ... won five draws, caused two turnovers and picked up one ground ball in a win over Dartmouth ... caused two turnovers, won two draws and got one ground ball at No. 8 Penn State ... had a draw and a caused turnover at Harvard ... picked up three ground balls and won at draw at Loyola ... had three ground balls, two draws and a caused turnover at Delaware ... had three each, ground balls, caused turnovers and draws in a win over Yale ... controlled three ground balls against No. 1 Maryland ... grabbed two loose balls and cause one turnover in a win over Cornell ... won two draws and had one ground ball versus No. 17 Penn ... won two draws and claimed three balls against Columbia ... won three ground balls and caused a turnover at Brown ... pulled down two draws and one ground ball in the Ivy League semifinal with No. 18 Cornell ... suffered an injury during the NCAA Tournament game with No. 17 UMass.
Awards
• Second-Team All-Ivy League
• IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
Sophomore Year (2015): Started in all 20 games ... collected 14 ground balls, 12 caused turnovers and 11 draws ... won a draw against both Drexel and Georgetown ... picked up two ground balls and caused a turnover at Georgetown ... won two draws at Dartmouth ... caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball vs. No. 11 Penn State and again vs. Harvard ... caused two turnovers vs. Cal, and had one ground ball ... won two draws, two ground balls and caused a turnover vs. Delaware ... had a caused turnover and a ground ball at Cornell ... won a draw vs. Columbia ... collected a ground ball and caused turnover vs. Brown ... had a caused turnover vs. Harvard in the Ivy League semifinal ... had a ground ball and a draw vs. Penn in the Ivy League championship ... had two caused turnover, one ground ball, one draw vs. Fairfield at NCAAs ... collected three ground balls vs. Stony Brook at the NCAAs including a clutch grab after a save when Princeton was leading just 5-3 ... had a ground ball and caused turnover at Duke.
Freshman Year (2014): Only freshman to start all 19 games ... finished with 17 draws, 14 ground balls and nine caused turnovers ... had a ground ball and draw control against Rutgers ... had two draws against No. 14 Georgetown ... picked up a ground ball and caused turnover at Brown ... had two caused turnovers, draws and ground balls each at USC ... had a ground and a caused turnover at SDSU, Columbia and vs. Cornell ... caused two turnovers and won two ground balls vs. Yale ... caused a turnover at Harvard ... had a draw and a caused turnover vs. Dartmouth ... won two draws and had a ground ball at No. 8 Penn State ... won a draw vs. Cornell in Ivy League tournament semifinal .. had a ground ball and a draw vs. No. 15 Penn in Ivy League tournament championship ... won a draw and ground ball vs. Penn State at the NCAAs ... won four draw controls against Virginia in the second round of the NCAAs.
Before Princeton: A four-year letterwinner at Edina High School ... earned All-America honors ... captured national all-academic honors her senior year ... named all-state and all-conference four times each ... two-time team captain ... named All-Metro as a senior ... was one of six nominees for the Minnesota Ms. Lacrosse Award ... also earned three letters in basketball and was named all-conference twice ... played club lacrosse with the Minnesota Lakers .. was captain of the Lakers in 2013.
Personal: Full name is Madeline Margaret Rodriguez ... parents are Tony (Lafayette '84) an investment manager and Margaret (Lafayette '84) Rodriguez ... has two older sisters Anna (Princeton '14) and Tess (Princeton '15) and a younger brother Michael.
