Bowling Green, Ohio -- The Monarchs have added two infielders to their team as they attempt to finalize their roster for the upcoming 2008 season. Richard Gonzalez (Virginia Commonwealth) and Justin Greiner (Texam A&M Corpus Christi) have both signed on to play for the Monarchs this summer. 

Gonzalez	Greiner

Western Michigan's Pedro Dager, who will play in the outfield for the Monarchs this summer, was named the Mid American Conference Player of the Week on Wednesday.

Dager led the Broncos to consecutive victories against Toledo last weekend, homering in both Saturday and Sunday's games. He recored a .500 batting average over the course of the week with 8 RBI's, while scoring 6 times. This was Dager's first MAC Player of the Week Award.

Right-hander T.J. Swanson, a sophomore at Saginaw Valley State, has signed with the Monarchs for the 2008 season. He joins pitcher Joe Jablonski (Grand Valley State) as pitchers from the GLIAC conference to join Lake Erie for upcoming season.

Originally from Sioux City, Iowa, Swanson moved to Michigan in 1998 and graduated from Saline High School in 2006. He played both baseball and basketball in high school, pitching a perfect game as a junior and being named to the All-Conference team in basketball as a senior.

Bowling Green, Ohio – Right-handed pitcher Nick Montgomery, a freshman at Ranger Junior College in Ranger, Texas, has signed with Lake Erie for the 2008 season.

Montgomery resides in San Marcos, Texas, and is a graduate of Lake Travis High School in 2007.  He originally signed early with Corpus Christi A&M, but chose to go to a junior college for a year because of his high school success in his senior year.