Epee
MEET SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 20, 2016 WOMEN Strip
9:30 Round 1
11:00 Round 2
1&2
Temple-Princeton
Temple-Brown
9&10
Penn-PSU
Princeton-PSU Penn-SJU
BYE
SJU-Brown
5&6
12:30 Lunch
1:00 Round 3
2:30 Round 4
4:00 Round 5
Temple-Penn
Temple-SJU
SJU-Princeton
PSU-SJU PSU-Brown Princeton-Brown Penn-Princeton Penn / Brown/Temple/PSU
MEN Strip
9:30 Round 1
11:00 Round 2
3&4
Stevens-Princeton
Stevens-Brown Princeton-PSU
11&12
Penn-PSU
Penn-SJU
BYE
SJU-Brown
7&8
12:30 Lunch
1:00 Round 3
2:30 Round 4
4:00 Round 5
Stevens-Penn PSU-SJU
Stevens-SJU PSU-Brown
SJU-Princeton
Princeton-Brown Penn-Princeton Penn/Brown/Stevens/PSU
Temple Invitational Referees Jon Moss, Head Referee Marcus Balog Ralph Bellantoni Jeff Bukantz Mary Frye Charles Greene Vladimir Lilov Samir Mahmoud Dave Micahnik Nadia Nazarova Tomasz Stusinski Lindsay Stapleton Kate Thomas Hussein Tolba Jelena Zeljkovic
The Temple Invitational
Name Gloria Aguilar Demi Antipas Quinn Duwelius Fiona Fong Jessica Hall Safa Ibrahim Alexandra Keft Kristen Kemnitzer Petra Khan Fatima Largaespada Miranda Litzinger Auset Muhammad Blessing Olaode Jessica Rockford Becca Stanford Victoria Suber Olivia Wynn
Yr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr.
Ht. 5-4 5-1 5-5 5-4 5-7 5-8 5-7 5-5 5-8 5-4 5-9 5-1 5-4 5-9 5-7 5-2 5-5
#10 Temple Owls
Weapon Sabre Foil Epee Epee Epee Epee Epee Foil Sabre Foil Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Foil Sabre Foil/Sabre
Hometown Madrid, Spain Stony Brook, N.Y. Gales Ferry, Conn. Warren, N.J. Parsippany, N.J. Bronx, N.Y. Las Vegas, Nev. West Windsor, N.J. Beaverton, Ore. Puebla, Mexico Los Gatos, Calif. Chicago, Ill. Maplewood, N.J. Livingston, N.J. Brooklyn, N.Y. Lexington, Mass. Somerville, N.J.
High School Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ward Melville Ledyard Watchung Hills Parsippany Home-schooled Ed W. Clark West Windsor-Plainsboro Beaverton Providence Home-schooled Chicago Waldorf Columbia Livingston Stuyvesant Lexington Somerville
Head Coach: Nikki Franke (Brooklyn College ’72) – 44th – Foil Coach Assistant Coach: Josh Herring (Millersville ’11) – 3rd year – Sabre Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach: Margo Szabunia (Temple ‘89) – 1st year – Epee Coach Graduate Extern: Erica Szpynda (Widener ’14) – 1st year
2015-16 SCHEDULE - OVERALL RECORD: 21-10
Date
Meet
Nov. 7
Penn State Open
Oct. 31 Nov. 21
Temple Open
Sacred Heart Invitational (Harvard, NYU, Sacred Heart, Vassar)
Jan. 9-10
January NAC
Jan. 16
Jan. 30
Jan. 31 Feb. 7
Feb. 20
Philadelphia, Pa. (Penn) Fairfield, Conn.
McGonigle Hall
Penn State Invitational (PSU, Penn, UNC, Columbia, Haverford, Yale) Northwestern Duals
Northwestern Duals
Duke Meet (UNC, Duke, Notre Dame, Brandeis, Penn)
Temple Invitational (PSU, St. John’s, Brown, Princeton, Penn)
Philadelphia Invitational (Cornell, FDU, Northwestern)
March 12
NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Championships
March 24-27
University Park, Pa.
Alumnae Meet
Feb. 21
Feb. 27
Liacouras Center
Elite Invitational (Columbia, Ohio State, Air Force, JHU, NJIT)
Dec. 6 Jan. 3
Location
NIWFA Championships NCAA Championships
St. Louis, Mo.
Result
3-2
3-1
University Park, Pa.
4-1
South Bend, Ind.
4-2
South Bend, Ind.
Durham, N.C.
McGonigle Hall
Philadelphia, Pa. (Penn) West Point, N.Y.
Easton, Pa.
Waltham, Mass. (Brandeis)
4-2
3-2
2016 Senior Day GLORIA AGUILAR In just two years at Temple, Gloria has made her mark with the program. She is the sabre squad leader this season and recently finished with a winning record of 2-1 against #2 Notre Dame at the Duke Meet on February 7th. Gloria's two-year career record stands at 72-62, and she placed 10th at her first NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional last season. At the conclusion of her junior season, Gloria was named Most Valuable Player on the sabre squad. She is a psychology major from Madrid, Spain, and was named to the 2015 Athletic Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.0 or above. DEMI ANTIPAS The overall team captain this season as well as the foil squad leader, Demi has achieved much success in her four years with the program. Her overall career record stands at 135-102 heading into today's meet, and she placed seventh overall in foil at last year's NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. Earlier this season, Demi tied for sixth at the Temple Open before placing sixth yet again at the Penn State Open. Demi is a psychology major from Stony Brook, New York, and has been named to Temple's President's Honor Roll each year for having a GPA of 3.5 or above. Her high school coach was Jennie Salmon, a member of the 1992 Temple NCAA Foil Championship Team. JESSICA HALL Currently serving as the epee squad leader for a second year in a row, Jess has had a very strong final season for the Owls. Her record stands at 42-25 heading into today's meet, and she has a career mark of 166-102. At the Elite Invitational on November 21st, Jess went 9-2 against competition that included two top-10 teams. She finished 7-3 at the Penn State Invitational, going 2-1 in a team win against #8 Penn State. Jess is a speech, language and hearing science major from Parsippany, New Jersey, and has twice been named to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.0 or above. PETRA KHAN After an injury kept her off the strip for much of last season, Petra has returned strong and is having an impressive senior year. Her season record stands at 35-20, and she has an overall career mark of 114-77. Petra placed sixth in sabre at the Temple Open to start the season, and was ninth at the Penn State Open. Her 13-8 overall mark at the Northwestern Duals included a 2-1 record against #2 Notre Dame and another 2-1 performance in a sabre squad win vs. #6 Ohio State. Petra is a public relations major from Beaverton, Oregon, and has been named to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for the past two years for having a GPA of at least 3.0. FATIMA LARGAESPADA Having earned a trip to the NCAA Championships in each of her three years so far at Temple, Fatima has made her mark for the Owls' foil squad. This season she has already amassed an impressive record of 38-21, and she stands at 174-101 for her career. Fatima started the season with Gold Medal at the Temple Open, and earned a medal yet again when she tied for third at the Penn State Open. She had the top record of 7-1 for the foil squad at Sacred Heart on December 6th, and her 10-2 mark on January 16th at the Penn State Invitational included a 3-0 record against #8 Penn State. Fatima is a public relations major from Puebla, Mexico, and has been named to both the Athletic Director's and President's Honor Rolls in her career at Temple. OLIVIA WYNN Despite switching weapons halfway through her collegiate career, Olivia has continued to find success. Now a member of the sabre squad, she has amassed a mark of 27-9 this season, and is 94-38 overall in her career including two years of foil. Olivia went a perfect 7-0 at the Elite Invitational in November and completed the Northwestern Duals in late January with an overall record of 12-2. In her first year fencing sabre last season, she was a finalist at the NIWFA Championships and placed eighth overall. Olivia is a therapeutic recreation major from Somerville, New Jersey, and has been named to both the President's and Athletic Director's Honor Rolls during her four years at Temple.
The Temple Invitational
Name David Adler Alexander Catoya TRyan Connor Gian Ignacio Robert Iverson Simon Jones Kyle Kennedy Samuel Koch David Liu Umar Masood Alex Palabrica Carlos Rotger James Yoon
Head Coach: Atilio Tass Assistant Coach: Alex Ripa
Name Clarissa Allen Lauren Altman Tamsin Board Ebba Brunnstrom Yoojin Cha Sasha De Lotbiniere Signe Ferguson Mika Gross Stephanie Hojsak Claudia Jiang Audrey Lee Phoebe McAuliffe Adetola Sylvan Clara Tondato Da Ruos Katherine Zeven
Head Coach: Atilio Tass Assistant Coach: Alex Ripa
Yr. Jr. So. So. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr.
Yr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr.
Brown Bears (M)
Weapon Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Foil Epee Foil Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Sabre Epee
Hometown Bellevue, Wash. Rutherford, N.J. Lincoln, R.I. Los Angeles, Calif. Basking Ridge, N.J. Louisville, Colo. Wall, N.J. San Francisco, Calif.
Pittsford, N.Y. Los Angeles, Calif. Melrose, Mass. Austin, Texas
Brown Bears (W)
Weapon Foil Sabre Foil Foil Epee Epee Epee Epee Sabre Sabre Foil Epee Foil Sabre Epee
Hometown North Adams, Mass. New York, N.Y. Cambridge, Mass. London, England Seoul, South Korea New York, N.Y. Wilmington, Del. Newton, Mass. Tenafly, N.J. Basking Ridge, N.J. Upper Saddle River, N.J. Setauket, N.Y. Concord, Mass. Milan, Italy Boston, Mass.
High School Newport Bergen County Academies - AASLincoln The Buckley School Newark Academy Watershed School Wall The Bay School of San Francisco
Pittsford Sutherland Loyola Boston University Academy Westwood
High School Council Rock North Clarkstown South Commonwealth School St. Paul's Girls' School Northfield Mount Hermon School Marymount School The Dwight School Newton South Academy of the Holy Angels The Pingry School Northern Highlands Regional Ward Melville Concord Academy International School of Milan Boston University Academy
Name Aaron Ahn Pierre Aymerich Isaac Buchwald Raymond Chen Adam Elkassas Zsombor Garzo Shaul Gordon Robert Guo Ayyub Ibrahim Dalton Kamish Denes Marton Harry McGuire Julian Merchant Joseph Mitrani Jake Raynis Faran Savitz Ira Schlosberg R.J. Shipp John Vaiani Raphael Van Hoffelen Justin Yoo
Yr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. So. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr.
#3 Penn Quakers (M)
Weapon Foil Foil Sabre Foil Foil Epee Sabre Epee Epee Foil Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Epee Foil Foil Epee Foil Sabre Epee
Head Coach: Andy Ma Assistant Coaches: Slava Danilov, Randall LeMaster
Name Aleina Edwards Sabrina Elkassas Catherine Hua Sara Jones Shriya Joshi Nithya Kasi Kathryn Khaw Sabrina Kim Alice Ko Dana Kong Kelli Liu Ashley Marcus Naomi Popkin Gleeson Ryan Caroline Sands Cassidy Seidl Katherine Sizov Casey Smith Alejandra Trumble Arabella Uhry Simone Unwalla Stephanie Wolf
Weapon Epee Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Epee Foil Sabre Sabre Foil Foil Epee Epee Foil Epee Foil Epee Sabre Foil Epee
Hometown Los Angeles, Calif. Saint Germain-en-Laye, France Redwood City, Calif. Dallas, Texas DuBois, Pa. Budapest, Hungary Richmond, BC (Canada) Ontario, Canada Bronx, N.Y. Haddonfield, N.J. Bellaire, Texas Cos Cob, Conn. New Rochelle, N.Y. Bay Harbor, Fla. Chatsworth, Calif. Greenwich, Conn. Bellaire, Texas Orem, Utah Wall, N.J. Vallauris, France Los Angeles, Calif.
Previous School New Covenant Academy Lycee International in Saint Germain en Laye Summit Preparatory Charter High School St. Mark's School of Texas DuBois Area Veres Peter Gimnazium Richmond High Secondary Upper Canada College The Dwight School Haddonfield Memorial Bellaire Greenwich) New Rochelle Scheck Hillel Community Day Harvard-Westlake Greenwich HSPVA Houston Pleasant Grove Christian Brothers Academy Centre International de Valbonne
#9 Penn Quakers (W) Yr Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. So.
Head Coach: Andy Ma Assistant Coaches: Slava Danilov, Randall LeMaster
Hometown Los Angeles, Calif. DuBois, Pa. Minneapolis, Minn. Basking Ridge, N.J. Cherry Hill, N.J. New City, N.Y. Plainsboro, N.J. Dix Hills, N.Y. Closter, N.J. Princeton, N.J. Pasadena, Calif. Miami, Fla. Ridgewood, N.J. North Branford, Conn. The Woodlands, Texas Redmond, Wash. Alexandria, Va. New York, N.Y. Cambridge, Mass. New York, N.Y. Great Falls, Va. Newton, Mass.
High School Windward School DuBois Area The Blake School Ridge Cherry Hill East Clarkstown High School North West-Windsor Plainsboro Half Hollow Hills West Issaquah West-Windsor-Plainsboro Polytechnic School University School of NSU
Hopkins School The John Cooper School Emerson Thomas Jefferson School of the Future Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Fieldston School Langley Dana Hall
The Temple Invitational
Name Akrami, David Alejandro, Andrade August, Patrick Barnett, Stephen Bravo, Nobuo Chan, Howie Cho, Richard Cole, Joshua Devito, Brad Dolegiewicz, Marcel Fevry, Julian Freiman, Sam Galeno, Alfred Graziano, Nicolas Gregory, Ian Gumagay, Ethan Karimi, Farzaan Lara, Eduardo Lesznik, Gaspar Lewicki, Adam Lewis, Jarrett Mackiewicz, Andrew Metryka, Karol Piskovatskov, Anton Pyne, Dylan Shepard, Conor Streets, Kaito Swanson, Lars Tang, Oskar Thompson, Khalil Turner, Gavin Valigorsky, Paul
#4 Penn State Nittany Lions (M) Weapon Saber Saber Epee Foil Foil Foil Foil Epee Saber Saber Foil Epee Epee Foil Epee Foil Epee Saber Saber Saber Saber Saber Saber Epee Foil Epee Saber Epee Epee Saber Saber Foil
Yr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. So. S\r. Jr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So Fr. Sr.
Head Coach: Wieslaw 'Wes' Glon Assistant Coaches: Johanna Hall, Alexei Sintchinov, George Abashidze
Name Adnan, Hanan Cavaliere, Brianne Charpin, Kathryn Clark, Najiyyah Fanning, Christine Gavazzi, Lia Higson, Julia Hofmann, Alissa Iverson, Kasey Kakhiani, Teodora Kalonji, Anastasia Kaplan, Shelby Luminet, Clarisse McCarthy, Medora McLoughlin, Erin O'Neill-Lyublinsky, Jessica Oliver, DeAna Ortega-Furgeson, Desree Radanovich, Jessie Rozpedowski, Jacqueline Vigna, Nicolette Waller, Sarah
Hometown Plano, Texas Quito, Ecuador Las Vegas, Nev. Clinton, Conn. San Francisco, Calif. Walnut, Calif. Seoul, South Korea Chappaqua, N.Y. Ridgefield, Conn. Park Ridge, Ill. St. Albans, N.Y. The Woodlands, Texas Queens, N.Y. Brooklyn, N.Y. State College, Pa. Vienna, Va. Medfield, Mass. Queretaro, Mexico Wyckoff, N.J. Oakland, N.J. Montclair, N.J. Westwood, Mass. Linden, N.J. Houston, Texas Princeton, N.J. Colleyville, Texas Redwood City, Calif. Mendham, N.J. Gothenburg, Sweden Teaneck, N.J. Rehoboth, Mass. DuBois, Pa.
#6 Penn State Nittany Lions (W) Weapon Saber Saber Saber Foil Foil Epee Epee Epee Foil Saber Epee Epee Foil Epee Saber Epee Saber Foil Epee Saber Epee Epee
Yr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr.
Head Coach: Wieslaw 'Wes' Glon Assistant Coaches: Johanna Hall, Alexei Sintchinov, George Abashidze
Hometown Singapore, Singapore Wayne, N.J. Setauket, N.Y. Maplewood, N.J. Wheeling, W.Va. Warriors Mark, PA State College, Pa. Cambridge, Mass. Basking Ridge, N.J. Tbilisi, Georgia Rennes, France Niantic, Conn. Lyon, France Los Altos Hills, Calif. San Jose, Costa Rica North Salem, N.Y. Montclair, N.J. Wyoming, Mich. Tollhouse, Calif. Flemington, N.J. Thornwood, N.Y. McKinney, Texas
Name Jason Cai Jeffrey Chen Rodney Chen Edward Chin Jason Choi Michael Dudey Thomas Dudey Alex House Jack Hudson Wesley Johnson Chris Kang Alex Lam Andrew Meyers Peter Pak Michael Popovici Arjuna Subramanian
#8 Princeton Tigers (M)
Weapon Sabre Foil Foil Sabre Foil Foil Foil Epee Epee Epee Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Epee Epee
Yr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr.
Head Coach: Zoltan Dudas Assistant Coaches: Hristo Hristov, Szilvia Voros
Name Audrey Abend Diana Chin Taylor Chin Riya Dave Isabel Ford Allison Lee Charlene Liu Desirae Major Kate Northrop Sage Palmedo Gracie Stone Ashley Tsue
Hometown Livingston, N.J. Cupertino, Calif. Dallas, Texas Livingston, N.J. Suwanee, Ga. Bellaire, Texas Bellaire, Texas Upton, Mass. Houston, Texas Pleasant View, Utah Seoul, South Korea Lake Oswego, Ore. Scarsdale, N.Y. Roslyn, N.Y. Katy, Texas Silver Spring, Md.
High School Livingston Monta Vista St. Mark's School Livingston North Gwinnett Bellaire Bellaire Worcester Academy Awty International School Weber Korea Int'l School Catlin Gabel Scarsdale Roslyn Taylor Montgomery Blair
#3 Princeton Tigers (W)
Weapon Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Sabre Foil
Yr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr.
Head Coach: Zoltan Dudas Assistant Coaches: Hristo Hristov, Szilvia Voros
Hometown New York, N.Y. Mercer Island, Wash. Cupertino, Calif. Ardsley, N.Y. Portland, Ore. Upper Saddle River, N.J. Bridgewater, N.J. Olathe, Kan. Bridgewater, N.J. Portland, Ore. Chicago, Ill. Overland Park, Kan.
High School Brearley School University Prep Monta Vista Ardsley Home schooled Northern Highlands Bridgewater-Raritan Culver Military Academy Pingry Stanford Online Home schooled Pembroke Hill
The Temple Invitational
#6 St. John’s Red Storm (M)
Name Weapon Michele Caporizzi Foil Alex Cotter Epee Luis-Antonio Daniel Dealba-Yount Epee Yevgeniy Karyuchenko Epee Curtis McDowald Epee Ben Natanzon Saber Andras Nemeth Foil Cooper Schumacher Epee Trevor Shepard Epee Jayson Shu Foil Roman Sydorenko Saber Ferenc Valkai Saber Andre Varnado Jr. Saber Sean White Epee Hunter Williams-Burrows Foil
Yr. G.S. So. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. So. So. Fr.
Hometown Milan, Italy St. Albans, N.Y. Burbank, Calif. Kharkiv, Ukraine Jamaica, N.Y. Manalapan, N.J. Budapest, Hungary Pompton Lakes, N.J. Castaic, Calif. Fresh Meadows, N.Y. Kiev, Ukraine Gödöllő, Hungary Chicago, Ill. Manassas, Va. Jersey City, N.J.
Previous School Liceo Volta
Private Gymnasium OCHAG
SciCore Academy
Pompton Lakes Valencia
Republican High School of Physical Culture Petőfi Sándor Gymnasium
Osbourn Park
Head Coach: Yury Gelman Assistant Coaches: Mikhail Shimshovichk, Boris Vaksman, Boris Vaksman, Oleg Brusilovsky
Name Kailyn Gillick Melissa Gillick Marta Hausman Takara Latmore Christina Masiakos Margaret McDonald-Smith Destiny McIntosh Caitlin McKenna Abby Murray Judith Russell Ally Ryf Irene Spezzamonte Mathilda Taharo Dominique Tannous Veronika Zuikova
#7 St. John’s Red Storm (W)
Weapon Saber Epee Foil Saber Foil Saber Foil Epee Epee Foil Epee Foil Saber Epee Epee
Yr. Fr. Fr. G.S. RS-Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. So.
Hometown Nanuet, N.Y. Nanuet, N.Y. Torun, Poland Queens, N.Y.
Atlanta, Ga. Queens, N.Y. Los Angeles, Calif. Gainesville, Va. Washington, D.C. Houston, Texas Spinea, Italy Lyon, France North Providence, R.I. Tallinn, Estonia
Previous School
Richmond Hill Grady
Head Coach: Yury Gelman Assistant Coaches: Mikhail Shimshovichk, Boris Vaksman, Boris Vaksman, Oleg Brusilovsky
Stevens Institute of Technology (M)
Name George Allen Leonard Behrens Brennan Casey Zhaoyang Cheng Daniel Cleary Timothy Dana Jake Dellaria Christopher DiCostanzo Ryan Edelstein Ian Fan Benjamin Hughes Dominik Jedruszczak Logan Koester Tyler La Tourrette Wesley McDowell Gregory Milani Christopher Moakler Jeffrey Paine Stephen Rienzi Michael Ruotolo Andy Shu Timothy Steinberg Adam Suter Michael Szczesniak Nathan Tahbaz Daniel Tracey Kirk Visser Brennan Wu Justin Yu
Yr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. So. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr.
Weapon Foil Epee Epee Sabre Sabre Foil Epee Epee Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Epee Epee Sabre Epee Epee Sabre Epee Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Sabre Epee Foil Epee Sabre Foil
Head Coach: Jim Carpenter Assistant Coaches: Aleks Ochocki, David Gordon
Hometown Bloomsbury, N.J. Cincinnati, Ohio Montgomery, N.J. Moorestown, N.J. Lincoln Park, NJ East Lyme, Conn. Staten Island, N.Y. Manasquan, N.J. San Diego, Calif. Berkeley Heights, N.J. West Orange, N.J. Westfield, N.J. Colleyville, Texas Stony Brook, N.Y. Atlanta, Ga. Brewster, N.Y. Staten Island, N.Y. New Providence, N.J. Warren, N.J. Huntington Station, N.Y. Bayside, N.Y. Yorktown Heights Wayne, N.J. Linden, N.J. Pelham, N.Y. Livingston, N.J. Nyack, N.Y. Basking Ridge, N.J. Holmdel, N.J.
The Temple Invitational
Fencing at a Glance Object of a Fencing Bout The object of a fencing match (called a bout in fencing) is to score 5 touches (in preliminary pool play) or 15 touches (in direct elimination play) before your opponent, or to have a higher score than your opponent when the time limit expires. Touches are received by hitting your opponent in the appropriate target area. Pool bouts consist of one 3-minute period, or 5 touches, whichever comes first. Direct elimination bouts consist of three 3-minute periods, or 15 touches, whichever comes first.
Following the Action The fencer being attacked defends himself by use of a “parry”, a motion used to deflect the opponent’s blade, after which the defender can make a “riposte”, and answering attack. Whenever a hit is made, the referee will stop the bout, describe the action, and decide whether to award a touch. Fencers seek to maintain a safe distance from each other – that is out of range of the opponent’s attack. Then, one will try to break this distance to gain the advantage for an attack. At times, a fencer will make a false attack to gauge the types of reactions of their opponent. When a fencer lands a hit, the referee stops the bout and – in foil and saber – determines who was the attacker, if the opponent successfully defended themselves, and which fencer should be awarded a touch, if any. Valid touches are indicated by a red or a green light on the scoring machine, each fencer has a different color light. In-valid touches are indicated by a white light on the scoring machine. Every time a light is shown on the scoring machine the referee will stop the action, even if there was no valid hit. In foil and saber, only one fencer may score a touch at a time, but in epee, both fencers may each score a touch at the same time if the both land a valid hit, and both lights come on the scoring machine. While it may be difficult to follow the referee’s calls, the referee always clearly raises their hand on the side of the fencer for whom they have awarded a point. Watching these hand signals can make it easier for newcomers to follow the action.
The Scoring Machine The scoring machine will light up on the side of the fencer who hits their opponent. A red or green light (depends on which side the fencer is one) indicates a hit in valid target area, and white light indicates a hit on in-valid target area. The scoring machine also keeps score of the total overall points each fencer has accumulated, and in most cases, it also keeps time. The times counts down from 3 minutes, stopping each time the action stops.
The Temple Invitational
The Weapons Foil The foil is a descendant of the light court sword formally used by nobility to train for duels. The foil has a flexible rectangular blade, approximately 35 inches in length and weighs less than one pound. Points are scored with the tip of the blade and must land within the torso of the body. The valid target area in foil (i.e. the only places that you can hit to score a touch) is the torso from the shoulders to the groin in the front and to the waist in the back (indicated in orange in the figure above). It does not include the arms, neck, head, and legs. This concept of on-target and off-target evolved from the theory of 18th century fencing masters who instructed their students to only attack the vital areas of the body (i.e. the torso). Of course, the head is also a vital area of the body, but attacks to the face were considered unsporting and therefore discouraged. Off-target hits are indicated by a white light on the scoring machine, while on-target hits are indicated by the red or green light. The foil fencer’s uniform includes a metallic vest (called a lamé in fencing) which covers the valid target area so that a valid touch will register on the scoring machine. This metallic material also covers the bottom of the bib of the mask, which is also valid target area. The flexible nature of the foil blade permits the modern elite foil fencer to attack and opponent from seemingly impossible angles.
Epee The epee (pronounced “epp-pay”, meaning sword in French), is the descendant of the dueling sword, and is similar in length to the foil, but heavier, weighing approximately 27 ounces, with a larger guard (to protect the hand from a valid touch), and a much stiffer blade. Touches are scored only with the point of the blade, and the entire body, head-to-toe, is the valid target area, imitating an actual duel (indicated in orange in the figure above). A full-body target naturally makes epee a competition of careful strategy and patience. Therefore, rather than attacking outright, epeeists often spend time probing their opponents defenses and maneuvering for distance before risking an attack. Others choose to stay on the defensive throughout the entire bout.
Sabre The sabre is the modern version of the slashing cavalry sword, is similar in length and weight to th foil. The major difference is the use of the blade. The sabre is a cutting weapon as well as a thrusting weapon; therefore, sabreists can score with the edge of their blade as well as the point. The target area is from the bend of the hips (both front and back), to the top of the head (indicated in orange in the figure above). This simulates the cavalry rider on a horse. The sabre fencer’s uniform includes a metallic jacket (lamé), which fully covers the target area to register a valid touch on the scoring machine. Because the head is also valid target, the fencer’s mask is also electrically wired. In sabre, the rules strongly favor the fencer who attacks first, and a mere graze by the blade against the lamé registers a touch. These circumstances naturally make saber a fast, aggressive game, with fencers rushing their opponent from the moment the referees gives the instruction to fence.
The Temple Invitational
9:30 Round 1
11:00 Round 2
1&2
Temple-Princeton
Temple-Brown
9&10
Penn-PSU
Princeton-PSU Penn-SJU
BYE
SJU-Brown
5&6
12:30 Lunch
1:00 Round 3
2:30 Round 4
4:00 Round 5
Temple-Penn
Temple-SJU
SJU-Princeton
PSU-SJU PSU-Brown Princeton-Brown Penn-Princeton Penn / Brown/Temple/PSU
MEN Strip
9:30 Round 1
11:00 Round 2
3&4
Stevens-Princeton
Stevens-Brown Princeton-PSU
11&12
Penn-PSU
Penn-SJU
BYE
SJU-Brown
7&8
12:30 Lunch
1:00 Round 3
2:30 Round 4
4:00 Round 5
Stevens-Penn PSU-SJU
Stevens-SJU PSU-Brown
SJU-Princeton
Princeton-Brown Penn-Princeton Penn/Brown/Stevens/PSU
Temple Invitational Referees Jon Moss, Head Referee Marcus Balog Ralph Bellantoni Jeff Bukantz Mary Frye Charles Greene Vladimir Lilov Samir Mahmoud Dave Micahnik Nadia Nazarova Tomasz Stusinski Lindsay Stapleton Kate Thomas Hussein Tolba Jelena Zeljkovic
The Temple Invitational
Name Gloria Aguilar Demi Antipas Quinn Duwelius Fiona Fong Jessica Hall Safa Ibrahim Alexandra Keft Kristen Kemnitzer Petra Khan Fatima Largaespada Miranda Litzinger Auset Muhammad Blessing Olaode Jessica Rockford Becca Stanford Victoria Suber Olivia Wynn
Yr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr.
Ht. 5-4 5-1 5-5 5-4 5-7 5-8 5-7 5-5 5-8 5-4 5-9 5-1 5-4 5-9 5-7 5-2 5-5
#10 Temple Owls
Weapon Sabre Foil Epee Epee Epee Epee Epee Foil Sabre Foil Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Foil Sabre Foil/Sabre
Hometown Madrid, Spain Stony Brook, N.Y. Gales Ferry, Conn. Warren, N.J. Parsippany, N.J. Bronx, N.Y. Las Vegas, Nev. West Windsor, N.J. Beaverton, Ore. Puebla, Mexico Los Gatos, Calif. Chicago, Ill. Maplewood, N.J. Livingston, N.J. Brooklyn, N.Y. Lexington, Mass. Somerville, N.J.
High School Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ward Melville Ledyard Watchung Hills Parsippany Home-schooled Ed W. Clark West Windsor-Plainsboro Beaverton Providence Home-schooled Chicago Waldorf Columbia Livingston Stuyvesant Lexington Somerville
Head Coach: Nikki Franke (Brooklyn College ’72) – 44th – Foil Coach Assistant Coach: Josh Herring (Millersville ’11) – 3rd year – Sabre Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach: Margo Szabunia (Temple ‘89) – 1st year – Epee Coach Graduate Extern: Erica Szpynda (Widener ’14) – 1st year
2015-16 SCHEDULE - OVERALL RECORD: 21-10
Date
Meet
Nov. 7
Penn State Open
Oct. 31 Nov. 21
Temple Open
Sacred Heart Invitational (Harvard, NYU, Sacred Heart, Vassar)
Jan. 9-10
January NAC
Jan. 16
Jan. 30
Jan. 31 Feb. 7
Feb. 20
Philadelphia, Pa. (Penn) Fairfield, Conn.
McGonigle Hall
Penn State Invitational (PSU, Penn, UNC, Columbia, Haverford, Yale) Northwestern Duals
Northwestern Duals
Duke Meet (UNC, Duke, Notre Dame, Brandeis, Penn)
Temple Invitational (PSU, St. John’s, Brown, Princeton, Penn)
Philadelphia Invitational (Cornell, FDU, Northwestern)
March 12
NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Championships
March 24-27
University Park, Pa.
Alumnae Meet
Feb. 21
Feb. 27
Liacouras Center
Elite Invitational (Columbia, Ohio State, Air Force, JHU, NJIT)
Dec. 6 Jan. 3
Location
NIWFA Championships NCAA Championships
St. Louis, Mo.
Result
3-2
3-1
University Park, Pa.
4-1
South Bend, Ind.
4-2
South Bend, Ind.
Durham, N.C.
McGonigle Hall
Philadelphia, Pa. (Penn) West Point, N.Y.
Easton, Pa.
Waltham, Mass. (Brandeis)
4-2
3-2
2016 Senior Day GLORIA AGUILAR In just two years at Temple, Gloria has made her mark with the program. She is the sabre squad leader this season and recently finished with a winning record of 2-1 against #2 Notre Dame at the Duke Meet on February 7th. Gloria's two-year career record stands at 72-62, and she placed 10th at her first NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional last season. At the conclusion of her junior season, Gloria was named Most Valuable Player on the sabre squad. She is a psychology major from Madrid, Spain, and was named to the 2015 Athletic Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.0 or above. DEMI ANTIPAS The overall team captain this season as well as the foil squad leader, Demi has achieved much success in her four years with the program. Her overall career record stands at 135-102 heading into today's meet, and she placed seventh overall in foil at last year's NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. Earlier this season, Demi tied for sixth at the Temple Open before placing sixth yet again at the Penn State Open. Demi is a psychology major from Stony Brook, New York, and has been named to Temple's President's Honor Roll each year for having a GPA of 3.5 or above. Her high school coach was Jennie Salmon, a member of the 1992 Temple NCAA Foil Championship Team. JESSICA HALL Currently serving as the epee squad leader for a second year in a row, Jess has had a very strong final season for the Owls. Her record stands at 42-25 heading into today's meet, and she has a career mark of 166-102. At the Elite Invitational on November 21st, Jess went 9-2 against competition that included two top-10 teams. She finished 7-3 at the Penn State Invitational, going 2-1 in a team win against #8 Penn State. Jess is a speech, language and hearing science major from Parsippany, New Jersey, and has twice been named to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.0 or above. PETRA KHAN After an injury kept her off the strip for much of last season, Petra has returned strong and is having an impressive senior year. Her season record stands at 35-20, and she has an overall career mark of 114-77. Petra placed sixth in sabre at the Temple Open to start the season, and was ninth at the Penn State Open. Her 13-8 overall mark at the Northwestern Duals included a 2-1 record against #2 Notre Dame and another 2-1 performance in a sabre squad win vs. #6 Ohio State. Petra is a public relations major from Beaverton, Oregon, and has been named to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for the past two years for having a GPA of at least 3.0. FATIMA LARGAESPADA Having earned a trip to the NCAA Championships in each of her three years so far at Temple, Fatima has made her mark for the Owls' foil squad. This season she has already amassed an impressive record of 38-21, and she stands at 174-101 for her career. Fatima started the season with Gold Medal at the Temple Open, and earned a medal yet again when she tied for third at the Penn State Open. She had the top record of 7-1 for the foil squad at Sacred Heart on December 6th, and her 10-2 mark on January 16th at the Penn State Invitational included a 3-0 record against #8 Penn State. Fatima is a public relations major from Puebla, Mexico, and has been named to both the Athletic Director's and President's Honor Rolls in her career at Temple. OLIVIA WYNN Despite switching weapons halfway through her collegiate career, Olivia has continued to find success. Now a member of the sabre squad, she has amassed a mark of 27-9 this season, and is 94-38 overall in her career including two years of foil. Olivia went a perfect 7-0 at the Elite Invitational in November and completed the Northwestern Duals in late January with an overall record of 12-2. In her first year fencing sabre last season, she was a finalist at the NIWFA Championships and placed eighth overall. Olivia is a therapeutic recreation major from Somerville, New Jersey, and has been named to both the President's and Athletic Director's Honor Rolls during her four years at Temple.
The Temple Invitational
Name David Adler Alexander Catoya TRyan Connor Gian Ignacio Robert Iverson Simon Jones Kyle Kennedy Samuel Koch David Liu Umar Masood Alex Palabrica Carlos Rotger James Yoon
Head Coach: Atilio Tass Assistant Coach: Alex Ripa
Name Clarissa Allen Lauren Altman Tamsin Board Ebba Brunnstrom Yoojin Cha Sasha De Lotbiniere Signe Ferguson Mika Gross Stephanie Hojsak Claudia Jiang Audrey Lee Phoebe McAuliffe Adetola Sylvan Clara Tondato Da Ruos Katherine Zeven
Head Coach: Atilio Tass Assistant Coach: Alex Ripa
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Brown Bears (M)
Weapon Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Foil Epee Foil Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Sabre Epee
Hometown Bellevue, Wash. Rutherford, N.J. Lincoln, R.I. Los Angeles, Calif. Basking Ridge, N.J. Louisville, Colo. Wall, N.J. San Francisco, Calif.
Pittsford, N.Y. Los Angeles, Calif. Melrose, Mass. Austin, Texas
Brown Bears (W)
Weapon Foil Sabre Foil Foil Epee Epee Epee Epee Sabre Sabre Foil Epee Foil Sabre Epee
Hometown North Adams, Mass. New York, N.Y. Cambridge, Mass. London, England Seoul, South Korea New York, N.Y. Wilmington, Del. Newton, Mass. Tenafly, N.J. Basking Ridge, N.J. Upper Saddle River, N.J. Setauket, N.Y. Concord, Mass. Milan, Italy Boston, Mass.
High School Newport Bergen County Academies - AASLincoln The Buckley School Newark Academy Watershed School Wall The Bay School of San Francisco
Pittsford Sutherland Loyola Boston University Academy Westwood
High School Council Rock North Clarkstown South Commonwealth School St. Paul's Girls' School Northfield Mount Hermon School Marymount School The Dwight School Newton South Academy of the Holy Angels The Pingry School Northern Highlands Regional Ward Melville Concord Academy International School of Milan Boston University Academy
Name Aaron Ahn Pierre Aymerich Isaac Buchwald Raymond Chen Adam Elkassas Zsombor Garzo Shaul Gordon Robert Guo Ayyub Ibrahim Dalton Kamish Denes Marton Harry McGuire Julian Merchant Joseph Mitrani Jake Raynis Faran Savitz Ira Schlosberg R.J. Shipp John Vaiani Raphael Van Hoffelen Justin Yoo
Yr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. So. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr.
#3 Penn Quakers (M)
Weapon Foil Foil Sabre Foil Foil Epee Sabre Epee Epee Foil Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Epee Foil Foil Epee Foil Sabre Epee
Head Coach: Andy Ma Assistant Coaches: Slava Danilov, Randall LeMaster
Name Aleina Edwards Sabrina Elkassas Catherine Hua Sara Jones Shriya Joshi Nithya Kasi Kathryn Khaw Sabrina Kim Alice Ko Dana Kong Kelli Liu Ashley Marcus Naomi Popkin Gleeson Ryan Caroline Sands Cassidy Seidl Katherine Sizov Casey Smith Alejandra Trumble Arabella Uhry Simone Unwalla Stephanie Wolf
Weapon Epee Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Epee Foil Sabre Sabre Foil Foil Epee Epee Foil Epee Foil Epee Sabre Foil Epee
Hometown Los Angeles, Calif. Saint Germain-en-Laye, France Redwood City, Calif. Dallas, Texas DuBois, Pa. Budapest, Hungary Richmond, BC (Canada) Ontario, Canada Bronx, N.Y. Haddonfield, N.J. Bellaire, Texas Cos Cob, Conn. New Rochelle, N.Y. Bay Harbor, Fla. Chatsworth, Calif. Greenwich, Conn. Bellaire, Texas Orem, Utah Wall, N.J. Vallauris, France Los Angeles, Calif.
Previous School New Covenant Academy Lycee International in Saint Germain en Laye Summit Preparatory Charter High School St. Mark's School of Texas DuBois Area Veres Peter Gimnazium Richmond High Secondary Upper Canada College The Dwight School Haddonfield Memorial Bellaire Greenwich) New Rochelle Scheck Hillel Community Day Harvard-Westlake Greenwich HSPVA Houston Pleasant Grove Christian Brothers Academy Centre International de Valbonne
#9 Penn Quakers (W) Yr Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. So.
Head Coach: Andy Ma Assistant Coaches: Slava Danilov, Randall LeMaster
Hometown Los Angeles, Calif. DuBois, Pa. Minneapolis, Minn. Basking Ridge, N.J. Cherry Hill, N.J. New City, N.Y. Plainsboro, N.J. Dix Hills, N.Y. Closter, N.J. Princeton, N.J. Pasadena, Calif. Miami, Fla. Ridgewood, N.J. North Branford, Conn. The Woodlands, Texas Redmond, Wash. Alexandria, Va. New York, N.Y. Cambridge, Mass. New York, N.Y. Great Falls, Va. Newton, Mass.
High School Windward School DuBois Area The Blake School Ridge Cherry Hill East Clarkstown High School North West-Windsor Plainsboro Half Hollow Hills West Issaquah West-Windsor-Plainsboro Polytechnic School University School of NSU
Hopkins School The John Cooper School Emerson Thomas Jefferson School of the Future Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Fieldston School Langley Dana Hall
The Temple Invitational
Name Akrami, David Alejandro, Andrade August, Patrick Barnett, Stephen Bravo, Nobuo Chan, Howie Cho, Richard Cole, Joshua Devito, Brad Dolegiewicz, Marcel Fevry, Julian Freiman, Sam Galeno, Alfred Graziano, Nicolas Gregory, Ian Gumagay, Ethan Karimi, Farzaan Lara, Eduardo Lesznik, Gaspar Lewicki, Adam Lewis, Jarrett Mackiewicz, Andrew Metryka, Karol Piskovatskov, Anton Pyne, Dylan Shepard, Conor Streets, Kaito Swanson, Lars Tang, Oskar Thompson, Khalil Turner, Gavin Valigorsky, Paul
#4 Penn State Nittany Lions (M) Weapon Saber Saber Epee Foil Foil Foil Foil Epee Saber Saber Foil Epee Epee Foil Epee Foil Epee Saber Saber Saber Saber Saber Saber Epee Foil Epee Saber Epee Epee Saber Saber Foil
Yr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. So. S\r. Jr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So Fr. Sr.
Head Coach: Wieslaw 'Wes' Glon Assistant Coaches: Johanna Hall, Alexei Sintchinov, George Abashidze
Name Adnan, Hanan Cavaliere, Brianne Charpin, Kathryn Clark, Najiyyah Fanning, Christine Gavazzi, Lia Higson, Julia Hofmann, Alissa Iverson, Kasey Kakhiani, Teodora Kalonji, Anastasia Kaplan, Shelby Luminet, Clarisse McCarthy, Medora McLoughlin, Erin O'Neill-Lyublinsky, Jessica Oliver, DeAna Ortega-Furgeson, Desree Radanovich, Jessie Rozpedowski, Jacqueline Vigna, Nicolette Waller, Sarah
Hometown Plano, Texas Quito, Ecuador Las Vegas, Nev. Clinton, Conn. San Francisco, Calif. Walnut, Calif. Seoul, South Korea Chappaqua, N.Y. Ridgefield, Conn. Park Ridge, Ill. St. Albans, N.Y. The Woodlands, Texas Queens, N.Y. Brooklyn, N.Y. State College, Pa. Vienna, Va. Medfield, Mass. Queretaro, Mexico Wyckoff, N.J. Oakland, N.J. Montclair, N.J. Westwood, Mass. Linden, N.J. Houston, Texas Princeton, N.J. Colleyville, Texas Redwood City, Calif. Mendham, N.J. Gothenburg, Sweden Teaneck, N.J. Rehoboth, Mass. DuBois, Pa.
#6 Penn State Nittany Lions (W) Weapon Saber Saber Saber Foil Foil Epee Epee Epee Foil Saber Epee Epee Foil Epee Saber Epee Saber Foil Epee Saber Epee Epee
Yr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr.
Head Coach: Wieslaw 'Wes' Glon Assistant Coaches: Johanna Hall, Alexei Sintchinov, George Abashidze
Hometown Singapore, Singapore Wayne, N.J. Setauket, N.Y. Maplewood, N.J. Wheeling, W.Va. Warriors Mark, PA State College, Pa. Cambridge, Mass. Basking Ridge, N.J. Tbilisi, Georgia Rennes, France Niantic, Conn. Lyon, France Los Altos Hills, Calif. San Jose, Costa Rica North Salem, N.Y. Montclair, N.J. Wyoming, Mich. Tollhouse, Calif. Flemington, N.J. Thornwood, N.Y. McKinney, Texas
Name Jason Cai Jeffrey Chen Rodney Chen Edward Chin Jason Choi Michael Dudey Thomas Dudey Alex House Jack Hudson Wesley Johnson Chris Kang Alex Lam Andrew Meyers Peter Pak Michael Popovici Arjuna Subramanian
#8 Princeton Tigers (M)
Weapon Sabre Foil Foil Sabre Foil Foil Foil Epee Epee Epee Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Epee Epee
Yr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr.
Head Coach: Zoltan Dudas Assistant Coaches: Hristo Hristov, Szilvia Voros
Name Audrey Abend Diana Chin Taylor Chin Riya Dave Isabel Ford Allison Lee Charlene Liu Desirae Major Kate Northrop Sage Palmedo Gracie Stone Ashley Tsue
Hometown Livingston, N.J. Cupertino, Calif. Dallas, Texas Livingston, N.J. Suwanee, Ga. Bellaire, Texas Bellaire, Texas Upton, Mass. Houston, Texas Pleasant View, Utah Seoul, South Korea Lake Oswego, Ore. Scarsdale, N.Y. Roslyn, N.Y. Katy, Texas Silver Spring, Md.
High School Livingston Monta Vista St. Mark's School Livingston North Gwinnett Bellaire Bellaire Worcester Academy Awty International School Weber Korea Int'l School Catlin Gabel Scarsdale Roslyn Taylor Montgomery Blair
#3 Princeton Tigers (W)
Weapon Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Sabre Foil
Yr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr.
Head Coach: Zoltan Dudas Assistant Coaches: Hristo Hristov, Szilvia Voros
Hometown New York, N.Y. Mercer Island, Wash. Cupertino, Calif. Ardsley, N.Y. Portland, Ore. Upper Saddle River, N.J. Bridgewater, N.J. Olathe, Kan. Bridgewater, N.J. Portland, Ore. Chicago, Ill. Overland Park, Kan.
High School Brearley School University Prep Monta Vista Ardsley Home schooled Northern Highlands Bridgewater-Raritan Culver Military Academy Pingry Stanford Online Home schooled Pembroke Hill
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#6 St. John’s Red Storm (M)
Name Weapon Michele Caporizzi Foil Alex Cotter Epee Luis-Antonio Daniel Dealba-Yount Epee Yevgeniy Karyuchenko Epee Curtis McDowald Epee Ben Natanzon Saber Andras Nemeth Foil Cooper Schumacher Epee Trevor Shepard Epee Jayson Shu Foil Roman Sydorenko Saber Ferenc Valkai Saber Andre Varnado Jr. Saber Sean White Epee Hunter Williams-Burrows Foil
Yr. G.S. So. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. So. So. Fr.
Hometown Milan, Italy St. Albans, N.Y. Burbank, Calif. Kharkiv, Ukraine Jamaica, N.Y. Manalapan, N.J. Budapest, Hungary Pompton Lakes, N.J. Castaic, Calif. Fresh Meadows, N.Y. Kiev, Ukraine Gödöllő, Hungary Chicago, Ill. Manassas, Va. Jersey City, N.J.
Previous School Liceo Volta
Private Gymnasium OCHAG
SciCore Academy
Pompton Lakes Valencia
Republican High School of Physical Culture Petőfi Sándor Gymnasium
Osbourn Park
Head Coach: Yury Gelman Assistant Coaches: Mikhail Shimshovichk, Boris Vaksman, Boris Vaksman, Oleg Brusilovsky
Name Kailyn Gillick Melissa Gillick Marta Hausman Takara Latmore Christina Masiakos Margaret McDonald-Smith Destiny McIntosh Caitlin McKenna Abby Murray Judith Russell Ally Ryf Irene Spezzamonte Mathilda Taharo Dominique Tannous Veronika Zuikova
#7 St. John’s Red Storm (W)
Weapon Saber Epee Foil Saber Foil Saber Foil Epee Epee Foil Epee Foil Saber Epee Epee
Yr. Fr. Fr. G.S. RS-Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. So.
Hometown Nanuet, N.Y. Nanuet, N.Y. Torun, Poland Queens, N.Y.
Atlanta, Ga. Queens, N.Y. Los Angeles, Calif. Gainesville, Va. Washington, D.C. Houston, Texas Spinea, Italy Lyon, France North Providence, R.I. Tallinn, Estonia
Previous School
Richmond Hill Grady
Head Coach: Yury Gelman Assistant Coaches: Mikhail Shimshovichk, Boris Vaksman, Boris Vaksman, Oleg Brusilovsky
Stevens Institute of Technology (M)
Name George Allen Leonard Behrens Brennan Casey Zhaoyang Cheng Daniel Cleary Timothy Dana Jake Dellaria Christopher DiCostanzo Ryan Edelstein Ian Fan Benjamin Hughes Dominik Jedruszczak Logan Koester Tyler La Tourrette Wesley McDowell Gregory Milani Christopher Moakler Jeffrey Paine Stephen Rienzi Michael Ruotolo Andy Shu Timothy Steinberg Adam Suter Michael Szczesniak Nathan Tahbaz Daniel Tracey Kirk Visser Brennan Wu Justin Yu
Yr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. So. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr.
Weapon Foil Epee Epee Sabre Sabre Foil Epee Epee Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Epee Epee Sabre Epee Epee Sabre Epee Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Sabre Epee Foil Epee Sabre Foil
Head Coach: Jim Carpenter Assistant Coaches: Aleks Ochocki, David Gordon
Hometown Bloomsbury, N.J. Cincinnati, Ohio Montgomery, N.J. Moorestown, N.J. Lincoln Park, NJ East Lyme, Conn. Staten Island, N.Y. Manasquan, N.J. San Diego, Calif. Berkeley Heights, N.J. West Orange, N.J. Westfield, N.J. Colleyville, Texas Stony Brook, N.Y. Atlanta, Ga. Brewster, N.Y. Staten Island, N.Y. New Providence, N.J. Warren, N.J. Huntington Station, N.Y. Bayside, N.Y. Yorktown Heights Wayne, N.J. Linden, N.J. Pelham, N.Y. Livingston, N.J. Nyack, N.Y. Basking Ridge, N.J. Holmdel, N.J.
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Fencing at a Glance Object of a Fencing Bout The object of a fencing match (called a bout in fencing) is to score 5 touches (in preliminary pool play) or 15 touches (in direct elimination play) before your opponent, or to have a higher score than your opponent when the time limit expires. Touches are received by hitting your opponent in the appropriate target area. Pool bouts consist of one 3-minute period, or 5 touches, whichever comes first. Direct elimination bouts consist of three 3-minute periods, or 15 touches, whichever comes first.
Following the Action The fencer being attacked defends himself by use of a “parry”, a motion used to deflect the opponent’s blade, after which the defender can make a “riposte”, and answering attack. Whenever a hit is made, the referee will stop the bout, describe the action, and decide whether to award a touch. Fencers seek to maintain a safe distance from each other – that is out of range of the opponent’s attack. Then, one will try to break this distance to gain the advantage for an attack. At times, a fencer will make a false attack to gauge the types of reactions of their opponent. When a fencer lands a hit, the referee stops the bout and – in foil and saber – determines who was the attacker, if the opponent successfully defended themselves, and which fencer should be awarded a touch, if any. Valid touches are indicated by a red or a green light on the scoring machine, each fencer has a different color light. In-valid touches are indicated by a white light on the scoring machine. Every time a light is shown on the scoring machine the referee will stop the action, even if there was no valid hit. In foil and saber, only one fencer may score a touch at a time, but in epee, both fencers may each score a touch at the same time if the both land a valid hit, and both lights come on the scoring machine. While it may be difficult to follow the referee’s calls, the referee always clearly raises their hand on the side of the fencer for whom they have awarded a point. Watching these hand signals can make it easier for newcomers to follow the action.
The Scoring Machine The scoring machine will light up on the side of the fencer who hits their opponent. A red or green light (depends on which side the fencer is one) indicates a hit in valid target area, and white light indicates a hit on in-valid target area. The scoring machine also keeps score of the total overall points each fencer has accumulated, and in most cases, it also keeps time. The times counts down from 3 minutes, stopping each time the action stops.
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The Weapons Foil The foil is a descendant of the light court sword formally used by nobility to train for duels. The foil has a flexible rectangular blade, approximately 35 inches in length and weighs less than one pound. Points are scored with the tip of the blade and must land within the torso of the body. The valid target area in foil (i.e. the only places that you can hit to score a touch) is the torso from the shoulders to the groin in the front and to the waist in the back (indicated in orange in the figure above). It does not include the arms, neck, head, and legs. This concept of on-target and off-target evolved from the theory of 18th century fencing masters who instructed their students to only attack the vital areas of the body (i.e. the torso). Of course, the head is also a vital area of the body, but attacks to the face were considered unsporting and therefore discouraged. Off-target hits are indicated by a white light on the scoring machine, while on-target hits are indicated by the red or green light. The foil fencer’s uniform includes a metallic vest (called a lamé in fencing) which covers the valid target area so that a valid touch will register on the scoring machine. This metallic material also covers the bottom of the bib of the mask, which is also valid target area. The flexible nature of the foil blade permits the modern elite foil fencer to attack and opponent from seemingly impossible angles.
Epee The epee (pronounced “epp-pay”, meaning sword in French), is the descendant of the dueling sword, and is similar in length to the foil, but heavier, weighing approximately 27 ounces, with a larger guard (to protect the hand from a valid touch), and a much stiffer blade. Touches are scored only with the point of the blade, and the entire body, head-to-toe, is the valid target area, imitating an actual duel (indicated in orange in the figure above). A full-body target naturally makes epee a competition of careful strategy and patience. Therefore, rather than attacking outright, epeeists often spend time probing their opponents defenses and maneuvering for distance before risking an attack. Others choose to stay on the defensive throughout the entire bout.
Sabre The sabre is the modern version of the slashing cavalry sword, is similar in length and weight to th foil. The major difference is the use of the blade. The sabre is a cutting weapon as well as a thrusting weapon; therefore, sabreists can score with the edge of their blade as well as the point. The target area is from the bend of the hips (both front and back), to the top of the head (indicated in orange in the figure above). This simulates the cavalry rider on a horse. The sabre fencer’s uniform includes a metallic jacket (lamé), which fully covers the target area to register a valid touch on the scoring machine. Because the head is also valid target, the fencer’s mask is also electrically wired. In sabre, the rules strongly favor the fencer who attacks first, and a mere graze by the blade against the lamé registers a touch. These circumstances naturally make saber a fast, aggressive game, with fencers rushing their opponent from the moment the referees gives the instruction to fence.
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