WASHINGTON, D.C. - George Mason women's lacrosse graduate student Shannon Tuozzo was named Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, as announced by the league office.

The honor marks the first Atlantic 10 weekly honor of Tuozzo's career.

The Hauppauge, N.Y. native led the Patriots' offense as Mason moved to 5-0 to mark the best start in program history last week. In a dominant 20-6 victory over Howard, Tuozzo tallied a game-high five goals to go with an assist, two ground balls and two draw controls.

In the 19-11 road victory at Gardner-Webb, the graduate student tallied a season-high six goals, two assists and eight points. She also matched her career-high of four ground balls to go with five draw controls. Overall for the week, she tallied 11 goals on 16 shots, three assists, seven draw controls and six ground balls.

Among Atlantic 10 athletes, Tuozzo sits atop the standings with 4.4 goals per game, 5.6 points per game and is seventh with 4.8 draw controls per game.

Tuozzo and the Patriots return to the field on Thursday, Feb. 29, for a local match-up at American.