POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (April 26, 2010) – With the spring season quickly drawing to a close, four Vassar athletes added Liberty League weekly honors to their resumes. Men's lacrosse sophomore Christopher Toffoli and women's lacrosse junior Sarah Warner were both named Offensive Performer of the Week, while women's tennis senior Nicole Pontee was honored as the Performer of the Week and sophomore Johanna Spangler was named Track Performer of the Week.

Christopher Toffoli, Sophomore Attack, Men's Lacrosse Offensive Performer of the Week
Toffoli had an eight goal week. He tallied a career-high six goals for the Brewers in a 13-3 win over SUNY Cobleskill, which snapped a five game losing streak for Vassar. He added two goals for the Brewers in a hard-fought 13-7 loss to Skidmore. The 11 shots against SUNY Cobleskill represents a career high for Toffoli. This is the first career weekly honor for Toffoli.

Sarah Warner, Junior Attack, Women's Lacrosse Offensive Performer of the Week
Warner had a 13 goal week, getting back-to-back five goal games against Farmingdale State and Western Connecticut. She added three against RPI. On the season, she has had six games with five or more goals. Warner had 18 points for week, getting two assists against WestConn. She put 17 of her 20 shots on goal, an .850 percentage. She was strong defensively as well, getting 14 groundballs, seven against WestConn and had eight caused turnovers. This is Warner's second honor this season, and the second of her career.

Nicole Pontee, Senior, Women's Tennis Performer of the Week
Pontee was undefeated at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles as she led Vassar to its eighth straight Liberty League title and earned her second consecutive Most Outstanding Performer of the tournament honor. In the title match against Skidmore, which the Brewers won, 6-3, Pontee defeated Danika Robison, 6-4,6-3, and then teamed with sophomore partner Joy Backer for an 8-4 win over Robison/Nataly Mendoza. In Vassar's 8-1 win over St. Lawrence in the semifinals, Pontee had her closest win of the weekend, defeating Stephanie Finn, 3-6, 6-4, (10-3) and Pontee and Backer picked up another 8-4 win over Finn/Casey Gilman. Pontee has now been honored by the league 10 times.

Johanna Spangler, Sophomore, Women's Track Performer of the Week
Spangler set an NCAA Division III Championship provisional qualifying mark with a 36:24.27 time in the 10,000m Championship at the University of Pennsylvania Penn Relays Distance Carnival. Her record performance betters the provisional NCAA time of 37:30, and makes her the first ever Vassar Track and Field athlete to meet an NCAA standard. Running in the combined women's college/Olympic Development 10,000m Championships, Spangler finished 21st in a field of 34 runners and was the seventh Division III runner to finish. For Spangler, it was her third school record in six days, following school records in the 1500m (4:52.23) and 5K (17:41.57) at the Liberty League Championships last Saturday at Vassar. This is Spangler's third Track Performer of the Week honor this season.