Connor Shellenberger joined rarified air on Saturday.

The redshirt freshman at Virginia became just the third Cavaliers player to score six goals in an NCAA tournament game, joining Doug Knight (1995) and Mikey Herring (2019). Shellenberger also added an assist as Virginia thumped Georgetown in the only blowout of the NCAA quarterfinals this past weekend.

For his efforts, Shellenberger is the USA Lacrosse Division I Men’s Player of the Week.

Shellenberg now has 31 goals and 36 assists this season, leading UVA in points in his first season on the field.

PREVIOUS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

• Feb. 16 — Ryan Tierney, Hofstra

• Feb. 23 — Jake Carraway, Georgetown

• March 2 — Joe Robertson, Duke

• March 9 — Logan Wisnauskas, Maryland

• March 16 — Collin Krieg, North Carolina

• March 23 — Ryan Lanchbury, Richmond

• March 30 — Jake Naso, Duke

• April 6 — Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame

• April 13 — Jack Kielty, Notre Dame

• April 20 — James Reilly, Georgetown

• April 27 — Spencer Rees, Navy

• May 4 — Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame

• May 11 — Jared Bernhardt, Maryland

• May 18 — Sam Shafer, Loyola