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Liberty League Performers of the Week 2026-27

Four Thoroughbreds earn Liberty League weekly awards; three recognized on Honor Roll

TROY, N.Y. – Four student-athletes were selected for Liberty League awards and three others earned mention on the Honor Roll for the week ending Oct. 19. Abby Lewis was named the Women's Soccer Offensive Performer of the Week, Dante Fierro earned Men's Soccer Defensive Performer of the Week honors, while Ginevra Muratori and Nandini Chandra were tabbed the Women's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week. Muratori is also the Singles Performer of the Week.
 
Brooke Zienowicz (women's soccer), Luke Dougherty (men's soccer), and Catriona Hoelperl (volleyball) were each recognized on the Honor Roll.
 
Abby Lewis (#20, Sr., F, East Greenwich, Rhode Island) – Liberty League Women's Soccer Offensive Performer of the Week
Lewis scored five goals last week in two games to lead the Thoroughbreds to wins over Castleton and Bard. The senior scored twice on Tuesday in Vermont, including the game-winning goal, as the Thoroughbreds defeated the Spartans on the road 3-1. Then, on Saturday, she scored a hat trick separated by just 4:28 to help Skidmore extend its lead and take down Bard by a 6-0 final. She finished the week with 15 shots – 11 of them on frame.  
 
Dante Fierro (#1, Fr., GK, Farmington, Connecticut) - Liberty League Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
In his second career start, Fierro had three saves to shut out Rensselaer on Wednesday, before adding two more stops in Skidmore's 1-1 road tie with Bard. At RPI, he clinched the victory and secured the clean sheet thanks in large part to a huge point-plank save right beflore the clock expired. He finished the week with a 0.50 goals-against average and .833 save percentage.
 
Ginevra Muratori (So., Como, Italy) - Liberty League Women's Tennis Singles Performer of the Week
Following a tight three-set loss in the opening round of the ITA Cup in Georgia, Muratori won her Friday match over Kenyon's Iora Szabo (6-4, 6-4) to reach the semifinal of the "West" backdraw to finish 1-2 in the fall national tournament.
 
Ginevra Muratori/Nandini Chandra - Liberty League Women's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
The Northeast Regional champion team of Muratori and Chandra, after dropping their first two matches, defeated Hamilton's Qian/Farah at the ITA Cup in Georgia on Saturday evening to finish the national tournament 1-2.
 
Brooke Zienowicz (#18, Sr., D, Mount Olive, New Jersey) – Liberty League Women's Soccer Honor Roll
Zienowicz anchored Skidmore's back line in a pair of wins last week for the Thoroughbreds, where she started both games and played a total of 142 minutes. Skidmore conceded just one goal and allowed only five shots across the two wins and outshot Castleton and Bard by a 69-5 margin.  The group let up just one second-half shot between the two contests.
 
Luke Dougherty (#28, Fr., D, Natick, Massachusetts) - Liberty League Men's Soccer Honor Roll
Dougherty scored the game-winning goal in the 89th minute on Wednesday to break a scoreless tie and give the Thoroughbreds a 1-0 victory at Rensselaer. It was his first collegiate goal and gave Skidmore is second Liberty League victory.
 
Catriona Hoelperl (#14, Sr., S, Hilton, New York) - Liberty League Volleyball Honor Roll
Hoelperl totaled 98 assists (8.17 per set) across three matches over the week for the Thoroughbreds, with 2.25 digs per set with seven service aces and three block assists. On Tuesday against Castleton, the senior recorded 42 assists including her 2,00th-career assist, making her the seventh player in program history to reach the milestone. She put together two more 20-plus assist performances Saturday in matches vs. Kean and No. 22 Batten.
 
Liberty League Performer of the Week selections – October 19
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Performer of the Week: Drew Reigelsperger, Clarkson
Rookie of the Week: Brody Richardson, Union
Honor Roll: Evan Lacey, RPI
 
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Performer of the Week: Haley Schoenegge, Vassar
Rookie of the Week: Vienna Ritter-Yelle, William Smith
Honor Roll: Kathryn Arbegast, RIT
 
FIELD HOCKEY
Offensive Performer of the Week: Lindsay Dunbar, RPI
Defensive Performer of the Week: Ana Dios Vidal, William Smith
Rookie of the Week: Elise Giroux, RPI
Honor Roll: Mia Batchelder, William Smith; Emily Dubord, RPI; Lily Gubbins, St. Lawrence; Julia Morris, Vassar
 
WOMEN'S ROWING
Boat of the Week: William Smith Varsity 4+
 
MEN'S SOCCER
Offensive Performer of the Week: Baker Diaz, St. Lawrence
Defensive Performer of the Week: Dante Fierro, Skidmore
Rookie of the Week: Maddox Ward, Ithaca
Honor Roll: Jackson Allen, Vassar; Noah Churchill, RPI; Luke Dougherty, Skidmore; Noah Fischer, Hobart; Alejandro Martinez, Vassar; Christopher McKinney, RPI; Brayden Milbrandt, Ithaca; Kyle Reddish, St. Lawrence; Zach Ruthfield, Clarkson; Ben Sandoval, Clarkson; Henry Skeltis, Bard
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Offensive Performer of the Week: Abby Lewis, Skidmore
Defensive Performer of the Week: Antonia Goerke, William Smith
Rookie of the Week: Ella Intrieri, Clarkson
Honor Roll: Julia Bancheri, Union; Jamie Dahlgard, Clarkson; Barrett Freeman, St. Lawrence; Sydney Keenan, St. Lawrence; Maya Koster, Union; Valeria Luzio, RIT; Elsa Ryan, RPI; Aleena Solano, William Smith; Elena Valle, Vassar; Elle Wong, RIT; Brooke Zienowicz, Skidmore
 
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
Swimmer of the Week: Griffin Tomsheck, RIT
Diver of the Week: Luke Albanese, RIT
Rookie of the Week: Arya Nimbalkar, RIT
Honor Roll: Kieran Lakhan, Vassar; Troy Luley, Union; Bennett Molitor-Kirsch, Ithaca
 
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
Swimmer of the Week: Sydney Koehler, Ithaca
Diver of the Week: Madison Morris, Ithaca
Rookie of the Week: Riley Hauber, Ithaca
Honor Roll: Abigail Ford, Vassar; Chloe Matthews, Union; Madisen Pavoris, RIT; Gwen Petrie, RIT
 
MEN'S TENNIS
Singles Performer of the Week: Nick Oh, Bard
Rookie of the Week: Daniel Hsu, Bard
 
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Singles Performer of the Week: Ginevra Muratori, Skidmore
Doubles Team of the Week: Ginevra Muratori / Nandini Chandra, Skidmore
Honor Roll: Sieun Lee, Vassar
 
VOLLEYBALL
Performer of the Week: Addison Leadbetter, Ithaca
Rookie of the Week: McKayla Pollard, St. Lawrence
Honor Roll: Conley Burns, Clarkson; Bridget Gammons, St. Lawrence; Catriona Hoelperl, Skidmore; Holland Kaplan, Vassar; Arielle Newsome, William Smith; Georgia Pinciaro, Union
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