Woodson And Lugo Sweep Men's Lacrosse Landmark Conference Weekly Awards For Second-Straight Season

BALTIMORE, Md. – For the second-straight year Matt Woodson (Timonium, Md./McDonough) and Justin Lugo (Davie, Fla./St. Andrew's School), members of the Goucher College men's lacrosse team, have swept the Landmark Conference weekly honors. Woodson was selected as the Men's Lacrosse Offensive Athlete of the Week for the third time in his career while Lugo nabbed his second Men's Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week nod for the week of February 24-March 1, 2020. The duo also swept the awards for the week of March 11-17, 2019.

Woodson posted three goals and two assists in both games this week to finish with six goals and four assists for 10 points while also reaching a career milestone with 100 points in a 2-0 week for the Gophers. The senior started a 6-0 run for the Gophers in a 12-8 win against McDaniel on Wednesday when he picked up a loose ball in front of the cage and buried the shot into the netting and then dished out an assist on the first goal in the second half to help Goucher erase a 4-1 deficit and take a 7-4 advantage. Woodson added a goal in the third and fourth quarter to help seal the win against the Green Terror.  He then scored the first two goals of the game for Goucher in a 9-7 win against Lebanon Valley on Saturday to give the Gophers the lead they would not relinquish. After tying the game at 1, Woodson handed the squad the lead for good unassisted at 4:15 in the first quarter for what would also be his 100th career point. He would add a goal and two assists in the second half to help seal the victory. 

Woodson leads the team with nine goals and five assists for 14 points in his senior campaign. The 2018 All-Landmark Conference selection ranks sixth in the conference in points, eighth in goals and ninth in assists. Woodson, who has won the conference's top offensive weekly award in each of his last three seasons after garnering the award for the week of April 16-22, 2018, now has 46 goals and 57 assists for 103 points in his career.

Lugo held two teams to single-digit scoring while making 36 saves and recording 7.50 goals against average and a save percentage of 70.6 to lead Goucher to a pair of wins in the week. The sophomore made 13 saves and recorded a 61.9 save percentage against McDaniel and then was even better against Lebanon Valley in a 9-7 win. Lugo tied a career high with 23 saves and turned away shots at a 76.7 percent.

Lugo ranks second in the Landmark Conference in saves (63) and save percentage (59.4) while ranking fifth in goals against average (11.61). For his career, Lugo has 207 saves, a 12.93 goals against average and a 54.6 save percentage.

Goucher returns to action on Wednesday when it renews an old Capital Athletic Conference rivalry at Marymount. Game time is 7 p.m.