TROY, N.Y. – A huge week of awards came in for Skidmore College student-athletes, as the Thoroughbreds claimed eight different Liberty League weekly awards.
 
Award winners were Michael Aiello (Men's Lacrosse Offensive Performer of the Week), Rachel Monser (Softball Performer of the Week), Lulu Mickle (Softball Rookie of the Week), Ege Topbas (Men's Tennis Rookie of the Week), Kyle Lundberg/Ege Topbas (Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week), Ginevra Muratori (Women's Tennis Singles Performer of the Week), Amelie Gonzalez (Women's Tennis Rookie of the Week), and Ginevra Muratori/Amelie Gonzalez (Doubles Team of the Week).
 
Additionally, Mac Cady (baseball), Jude Avelino Jr. (men's lacrosse), and Lundberg (men's tennis) were selected to the Honor Roll.
 
Michael Aiello (#18, So., A, Rockville Centre, New York) – Liberty League Men's Lacrosse Offensive Performer of the Week
Aiello exploded for four goals and three assists for seven points on Saturday as the Thoroughbreds opened Liberty League play at home with a 16-12 win over 20^th-ranked Rensselaer. The sophomore put five of his six shot attempts on frame and scored on four of them. He also had a ground ball win the win.
 
Rachel Monser (#17, Jr., OF/P, Virginia Beach, Virginia) – Liberty League Softball Performer of the Week
Monser went 4-for-6 with a home run, two doubles, and four RBI on Saturday in Skidmore's doubleheader sweep of Castleton. She launched a solo homer and a two-RBI double in Skidmore's run-rule win in game one before singling in and scoring a run in game two, a 4-2 Skidmore win. She also made a pair of dazzling catches in left field.
 
Lulu Mickle (#15, Fr., IF, Baltimore, Maryland) – Liberty League Softball Rookie of the Week
Mickle went 3-for-6 with a pair of runs scored on Saturday for Skidmore in a doubleheader sweep of Castleton. She also stole a pair of bases on the afternoon and handled all four of her chances at third base cleanly.
 
Ege Topbas (Fr., Istanbul, Turkey) – Liberty League Men's Tennis Rookie of the Week
Topbas won his fifth and sixth singles matches in a row, and went 4-0 overall for the weekend, as Skidmore opened league play with victories over Hobart and RIT. Out of the No. 4 spot, he took down Michael Georgelis of Hobart 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) on Saturday before a 6-0, 6-1 qin over RIT's Gabriel Escobar on Sunday. He also teamed up with Kyle Lundberg for 7-5 and 6-2 wins in doubles.
 
Kyle Lundberg/Ege Topbas - Liberty League Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Skidmore's second doubles team won both of their bouts over the weekend in Skidmore's wins over Hobart and RIT. They won a tight one, 7-5, over Kousaridis/Reid on Saturday and then cruised to a 6-2 victory over RIT's Turcotte, Ly on Sunday.
 
Ginevra Muratori (Fr., Como, Italy) – Liberty League Women's Tennis Singles Performer of the Week
Muratori went 4-0 overall with wins in both of her matches at No. 1 singles to help lead the Thoroughbreds to a weekend sweep over William Smith and RIT. Muratori dropped only three games across her two straight-set wins. She also teamed with Amelie Gonzalez to defeat William Smith and RIT at No. 1 doubles.
 
Amelie Gonzalez (Fr., San Juan, Puerto Rico) - Liberty League Women's Tennis Rookie of the Week
Gonzalez went a perfect 4-0 at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles for the Thoroughbreds in league wins over William Smith and RIT.  She won both of her singles matches in straight sets, and teamed with Ginevra Muratori to defeat both opponents in doubles by scores of 6-1 and 6-4.   
 
Ginevra Muratori/Amelie Gonzalez – Liberty League Women's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Skidmore's top doubles team went 2-0 at the No. 1 doubles spot, as they defeated their opponents from William Smith and RIT at home by a combined 12-5 margin. Both first-year standouts also won both of their singles matches. 
 
Mac Cady (#7, Jr., IF/OF, Wallingford, Connecticut) – Liberty League Baseball Honor Roll
Cady went 6-for-14 (.429) over the weekend series against Bard with six RBI and six runs scored. He had three hits including a game ending home run in game one of the series at home on Friday, a 16-5 Skidmore win. Then, he registered three singles, drove in three, and scored three times in the Saturday road split. He reached base at a .500 clip and recorded six put outs and an assist.
 
Jude Avelino Jr. (#39, Sr., D, Summit, New Jersey) - Liberty League Men's Lacrosse Honor Roll
Avelino caused four turnovers and picked up four ground balls on Saturday afternoon as the Thoroughbreds took down visiting Rensselaer, 16-12, at home to begin Liberty League play. Avelino and the Skidmore defense surrendered just one man-up goal to the Engineers in five attempts.
 
Kyle Lundberg (Sr., Manhattan Beach, California) - Liberty League Men's Tennis Honor Roll
Lundberg went 4-0 overall and 2-0 in singles over the weekend as Skidmore opened league play with wins at home over Hobart and RIT. He took down Hobart's Achilleas Kousaridis 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday at second singles and then won over RIT's Evan Ly 6-2, 6-1 in the same spot.
 
 
Liberty League Performer of the Week selections – March 23:
BASEBALL
Performer of the Week: Max Matteucci, RIT
Pitcher of the Week: Luke Zelinko, Ithaca
Rookie of the Week: Charlie Morse, RPI
Honor Roll: Sammy Besztery, Rochester; Jensen Bergman, Vassar; Ben Belliss, RPI; Mac Cady, Skidmore; Alex Coombes, RPI; Will Darrell, Vassar; John Donnellan, St. Lawrence; Joe Dunham, Hobart; Joe Figliolino, Clarkson; Elias Grosfoguel, Bard; Jack Luensmann, RIT; Christian Petry, Hobart; Tre Walker, Ithaca
 
MEN'S GOLF
Performer of the Week: Alvin Su, Rochester
Rookie of the Week: Tanmay Chandra, NYU
Honor Roll: Anderson Palm, Rochester
 
WOMEN'S GOLF
Performer of the Week: Jiayi Fu, NYU
Rookie of the Week: Inha Jun, NYU
 
MEN'S LACROSSE
Offensive Performer of the Week: Michael Aiello, Skidmore
Defensive Performer of the Week: Joe Holenstein, RIT
Rookie of the Week: Brayden Kuczma, RIT
Honor Roll: Alex Alfieri, Clarkson; Tyson Allison, RIT; Jude Avelino Jr., Skidmore; Anderson Eads, Vassar; Quin Fedor, St. Lawrence; Jack Garvey, Clarkson; Danny Holt, Vassar; Daniel Mahoney, St. Lawrence; Cooper Manzi, RPI; Brendan Occhino, Ithaca; Hunter Sullivan, RPI
 
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Offensive Performer of the Week: Sydney Nakas, Clarkson
Defensive Performer of the Week: Casey Fiore, William Smith
Rookie of the Week: Cat Colvin, William Smith
Honor Roll: Kira Abdelsayed, RPI; Tess Billings, Vassar; Maddie Busam, Vassar; Anna Dembowski, Union; Alyssa Gorny, Rochester; Katie Grottenthaler, William Smith; Zoe Heffernan, RIT; Lana Mickelson, Union; Leigh Naturale, Ithaca; Audrey Silverman, RPI; Mea Tranquilli, Clarkson
 
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
Diver of the Week: Daniel Barrientos, Hobart 
Honor Roll: Luke Albanese, RIT
 
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
Swimmer of the Week: Kathleen Papiernik, Ithaca
Diver of the Week: Madison Morris, Ithaca
 
SOFTBALL
Performer of the Week: Rachel Monser, Skidmore
Pitcher of the Week: Callie Volker, RPI
Rookie of the Week: Lulu Mickle, Skidmore
Honor Roll: Emily Bulone, Clarkson; Marie Kinchington, Rochester; Allison Kloft, St. Lawrence; Evann McDowell, RPI; Hannah Reardon, St. Lawrence; Mady Rowell, Ithaca; Kailen Winkelblech, Ithaca; Callie Volker, RPI
 
MEN'S TENNIS
Singles Performer of the Week: Eugene Lee, Vassar
Doubles Team of the Week: Kyle Lundberg/Ege Topbas, Skidmore
Rookie of the Week: Ege Topbas, Skidmore
Honor Roll: Luis Crespo, Ithaca; Kyle Lundberg, Skidmore; Eugene Lee/Jonas Santos, Vassar; Tasmay Shah/Tsubasa Okada, RPI; Debarshi Sen, RPI; Aidan Staunton, Hobart
 
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Singles Performer of the Week: Ginevra Muratori, Skidmore
Doubles Team of the Week: Ginevra Muratori/Amelie Gonzalez, Skidmore
Rookie of the Week: Amelie Gonzalez, Skidmore
Honor Roll: Mae Kellersman/Bethany Walker, William Smith; Haley Levine, William Smith; Chara Meidani, Union
 
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Track Performer of the Week: Alex Flynn, RPI
Field Performer of the Week: Tristan Mangin, RPI
Rookie of the Week: Calvin Chang, RPI
 
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Track Performer of the Week: Lauren Szalkowski, RPI
Field Performer of the Week: Katie Lynch, RPI
Rookie of the Week: Laura Hoag, RPI