TROY, N.Y. – The Skidmore men's tennis team picked up a pair of weekly Liberty League awards. Griffin Biernat was named the Liberty League Singles Performer of the Week, and the duo of Fletcher King and Nika Mori was selected as the Liberty League Doubles Team of the Week. Additionally, four Skidmore student-athletes from four different teams were recognized on the Honor Roll for the week ending Oct. 6.
 
Griffin Biernat (Sr., Columbus, Ohio) – Liberty League Men's Tennis Singles Performer of the Week
As part of a dominant victory over Bard on Saturday, Biernat shut out his opponent at No. 2 singles 6-0, 6-0. He also claimed victory at No. 1 doubles by a 6-0 margin. For the day, he won each of the 18 games he played.
 
Fletcher King/Nika Mori – Liberty League Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
King and Mori cruised to a 6-0 victory at No. 2 doubles against Bard on Saturday as part of a 6-1 Skidmore win over the Raptors. Later, Mori worked a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles, and King was closing in on a win at No. 1 singles when he retired due to injury.
 
Gillian Maher (#21, Sr., D, Pearl River, New York) – Liberty League Field Hockey Honor Roll
Maher started and turned in full 60-minute efforts in both games for Skidmore last week anchoring the defense. The highlight of the week included a 4-0 shutout win over Rensselaer on Saturday, in which Maher recorded her third defensive save of the year. Maher and the defense successfully defended eight RPI corners, and 12 including Wednesday's game at Hartwick.
 
Natalie Pedersen (#7, Fy., RS, Rochester, New York) – Liberty League Women's Volleyball Honor Roll
In two matches, Pedersen tallied 22 kills (3.14/set) and a .241 hitting percentage in a weekend split for the Thoroughbreds. On Saturday at Union, Pedersen finished with a season high 15 kills and five digs.
 
Abby Lewis (#20, F, East Greenwich, Rhode Island) – Liberty League Women's Soccer Honor Roll
Lewis scored both goals for Skidmore in a 2-1 road win at Vassar on Saturday. She got the scoring started with a goal in the fifth minute and then broke a 1-1 tie before the first half was over with her sixth goal of the year in the 35^th minute, which served as the game winner.
 
Will Devall (#1, Jr., GK, Shoreham, New York) – Liberty League Men's Soccer Honor Roll
Devall surrendered just one goal in two games for Skidmore in a 0-1-1 week, which included a scoreless tie at Clarkson on Wednesday, where he made one save. He saw a far greater volume on Saturday against #20 Vassar, where he made a career high 11 saves. Devall finished the week with a 0.50 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage.
 
Liberty League Performer of the Week selections – October 7:
 
 
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Performer of the Week: Jonathan Craun, RPI
Rookie of the Week: Thomas Manson, RPI
Honor Roll: James Hughes, Ithaca; Nick Lyndaker, St. Lawrence; Ryan Russell, Union
 
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Performer of the Week: Jules Bleskoski, RPI
Rookie of the Week: Erin vonHousen, RPI
Honor Roll: Sierra Danieu, RIT; Haley Schoenegge, Vassar
 
FIELD HOCKEY
Offensive Performer of the Week: Caroline Hamilton, St. Lawrence
Defensive Performer of the Week: Hannah Hutson, William Smith
Rookie of the Week: Maggie Monaghan, Union
Honor Roll: Mia Batchelder, William Smith; Sophie Brady, Union; Gillian Maher, Skidmore; Hannah Mehta, Rochester; Cara Vredenburg, St. Lawrence
 
FOOTBALL
Offensive Performer of the Week: Oskar Baldwin, St. Lawrence
Defensive Performer of the Week: Anthony Romano, Hobart 
Co-Special Teams Performer of the Week: Clayton Fogler, St. Lawrence
Co-Special Teams Performer of the Week: Vicente Lyon, Hobart
Rookie of the Week: Sam Arbaugh, St. Lawrence
Honor Roll: Oskar Baldwin, St. Lawrence; Jake Connolly, Ithaca; Patch Flanagan, Union; Cassius Johnson, RPI; Jalen Leonard-Osbourne, Ithaca; E.J. Taylor, Hobart; Ryan Surhoff, St. Lawrence; Simon Weren, Rochester
 
MEN'S GOLF
Performer of the Week: Eric Spoth, Clarkson
Rookie of the Week: Tyler Yacawych, Clarkson
 
WOMEN'S GOLF
Performer of the Week: Audrey Wang, Wellesley
Rookie of the Week: Savannah Boyd, Wellesley
Honor Roll: Iyene Essien, Union; Mary Grace McCann, St. Lawrence; Helena Winterberg, Ithaca
 
MEN'S SOCCER
Offensive Performer of the Week: Jared Fiske, Vassar
Defensive Performer of the Week: Kyle Otis, Clarkson
Rookie of the Week: Joshua Lee, Vassar
Honor Roll: Morgan Burke, Clarkson; George Charalambous, St. Lawrence; Thomas Chyzowych, Hobart; Will Devall, Skidmore; Owen Everett, Union; Kyle Otis, Clarkson; Jacob Raphan, Vassar; Jason Trapp, RIT
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Offensive Performer of the Week: Ally Stanton, Ithaca
Defensive Performer of the Week: Grace Hickey, Ithaca
Rookie of the Week: Alice Crowley, Vassar
Honor Roll: Taylor Bovardi, Union; Sophia Byron, RPI; Olivia Harris, RIT; Gill Horvath, Union; Ireland Krawczyk, William Smith; Abby Lewis, Skidmore; Darcie McDonough, St. Lawrence; Lindsay Ringbloom, William Smith; Laura Shea, Vassar
 
MEN'S TENNIS
Singles Performer of the Week: Griffin Biernat, Skidmore
Doubles Team of the Week: Fletcher King / Nika Mori, Skidmore 
 
VOLLEYBALL
Performer of the Week: Wesley Slavin, Ithaca
Rookie of the Week: Grace Hanson, Clarkson
Honor Roll: Araiza Acum-Santos, St. Lawrence; Ashley Currier, Clarkson; Bridget Gammons, St. Lawrence; Allie Kronenberg, Union; Natalie Pedersen, Skidmore; Malya Sayre, William Smith