ALFRED, NY -- In the final Empire 8 Weekly Awards release, Ashley Lugo (Hesperia, CA/Oak Hills) and Jessica Wilcox (Forestville, NY/Pine Valley) were named the Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively on Monday afternoon.

Lugo showed a little bit of everything this past week in Florida. The leadoff hitter led the team with a .444 batting average (12-for-27), two home runs, nine runs scored and nine stolen bases. She hit safely in nine of her 11 games played, tallying three hits against Penn. State-Hazleton and Minnesota-Morris. She hit her second and third career home runs against Haverford and Minn.-Morris, respectively and also stole a career-high four bases against Hazleton on March 9. Lugo finished the shortened season with a .441 batting average (15-of-34), driving in five runs, scoring 11 more and stealing 12 bases.

Wilcox had an incredible week, posting an 0.88 ERA in 31.2 innings pitched, going 4-2. She struck out an impressive 49 batters, only walking three. She saved her best for the end, striking out a season-best 13 batters against Concordia-Chicago on Friday, then recorded the first perfect game in Alfred University history in perhaps her last start, striking out 12 Minnesota Morris batters on Saturday. She also set the program record for career strikeouts against Penn State-Hazleton on March 9, and has a total of 396 career K's.