UPDATE: Sweeney, Matthews Cop Lacrosse Awards

Thanks in part to the votes of Dodger Nation, two more Madison athletes added awards to their trophy cases.

seniors Shannon Sweeney and Cecelia Matthews have been named winners of the New Jersey Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse Bagataway Spirit of the Stick Award.

They will each receive $1,000 college scholarships from the New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation.

The awards were decided by a committee, as well as by public vote. To read more about the award, visit www.njlacrosse.org.

Sweeney was a three-year starter in goal for the Dodgers, and will play at Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y. next year. Her father, Mark, coaches the Madison boys team and her mother, Sue, also is a coach.

Matthews won the Unsung Hero award. The captain suffered her second serious knee injury and missed her senior year of play. Despite being sidelined, Matthews attended practices and warmed up the goalie, worked with the younger girls, and assisted in any way possible. She also worked as team statistician and was considered another coach on the sideline.