WATERLOO, Ont. - Golden Hawks Hayley Szymanowski and Ryan Hughes are the Laurier Athletes of the Week, presented by The Hawk Shop. 

Szymanowski, a fifth-year criminology major from Cambridge, Ont., led the Golden Hawks to a weekend sweep of the #8-ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees and Carleton Ravens.  

The captain had a three-point weekend including two goals and an assist, both against the Gee-Gees. Her second goal was the game-winner that came in overtime to give Ottawa their first loss of the season.  

Szymanowski is tied for the team high in goals with four, and is tied for fifth in the OUA in that category.  

Hughes, a third-year receiver from Mississauga, Ont., led the #1 Golden Hawks to a semifinal win over the Guelph Gryphons on Saturday.  

He had 161 receiving yards, a game and team high, and two touchdowns, one of which was a 53-yard catch-and-run that left his defender in the dust, and the other was on a dart to the back of the end zone.  

Hughes has played in all nine games for the Golden Hawks thus far, and now has 690-yards and 11 touchdowns on the season.  

This was Szymanowski's second career Laurier Athlete of the Week award, and first for Hughes.