PHILADELPHIA — The University of Notre Dame fencing program opened the 2019-20 season against stiff competition Saturday at the Elite Invitational at Penn’s Tse Center.
How It Happened
The Irish women went 4-1 on the day, scoring victories over NJIT (20-7), Yale (15-12), Cornell (18-9) and Penn (15-12) and falling to Princeton (17-10). The foil squad led the way with a 29-16 record across the five matches, with Morgan Partridge (9-2) and Stefani Deschner (8-4) setting the pace.
Senior epeeist Amanda Sirico went 9-4 on the day, including 3-0 in the win over Cornell. In sabre, Regina O’Brien posted a 9-5 mark, while Reghan Ward went 9-6.
The men’s team was 3-2 with wins over NJIT (16-11), Princeton (16-11), and Penn (23-4) and dropping two tight matches to Yale (15-12) and Ohio State (15-12). The foil squad amassed a 30-15 record, while sabre went 28-17 on the day.
Sophomore sabreur Jared Smith started the season 10-4, while sophomore foilist Andrew Machovec (10-3) and freshman foilist Marcello Olivares (10-5) also hit the 10-win mark. Junior foilist Joseph Marino was 9-3, as well.
Up Next
The Irish will return to collegiate competition in 2020 when they compete at the St. John’s Invitational on Saturday, January 18, before returning to Penn for the Philadelphia Invitational on Sunday, January 19.
Results
Elite Invitational
Tse Center
Philadelphia, Pa.
Nov. 16, 2019
Women’s Results
Notre Dame 20, NJIT 7
Foil (7-2): Morgan Partridge 2-0, Finnula Mageras 1-0, Isabelle Elizondo 1-0, Stefani Deschner 2-1, Samantha Viqueira 1-1
Epee (7-2): Amanda Sirico 2-0, Dasha Yefremenko 2-1, Miriam Grady 2-1, Giorgia Giordano 1-0
Sabre (6-3): Kara Linder 2-1, Reghan Ward 2-1, Regina O’Brien 2-1
Princeton 17, Notre Dame 10
Foil (5-4): Partridge 2-1, Deschner 2-1, Viqueira 1-2
Epee (4-5): Grady 2-1, Sirico 1-2, Yefremenko 1-2
Sabre (1-8): O’Brien 1-1, Linder 0-3, Ward 0-3, Sienna Wilson 0-1
Notre Dame 15, Yale 12
Foil (6-3): Partridge 2-1, Mageras 2-1, Deschner 2-1
Epee (3-6): Grady 2-1, Sirico 1-1, Yefremenko 0-2, Giordano 0-1, Victoria Tontcheva 0-1
Sabre (6-3): Ward 3-0, O’Brien 2-1, Linder 1-0, Boitano 0-2
Notre Dame 18, Cornell 9
Foil (5-4): Elizondo 2-1, Mageras 2-1, Viqueira 1-2,
Epee (7-2): Sirico 3-0, Grady 2-1, Yefremenko 2-0, Giordano 0-1
Sabre (6-3): Linder 2-1, O’Brien 2-1, Ward 2-1
Notre Dame 16, Penn 11
Foil (7-2): Partridge 3-0, Viqueira 2-1, Deschner 2-1
Epee (3-6): Sirico 2-1, Yefremenko 1-2, Grady 0-3
Sabre (6-3): Linder 2-1, O’Brien 2-1, Ward 2-1
Men’s Results
Notre Dame 16, NJIT 11
Foil (6-3): Joseph Marino 2-0, Andrew Machovec 2-0, Marcello Olivares 2-1, Robert Wong 0-1, Matthew Tichacek 0-1
Epee (4-5): Darius Zacharakis 2-1, Zachary Zeller 1-1, Valentin Matveev 1-0, Harrison Kimatian 0-2, Joshua Zhang 0-1
Sabre (6-3): Jared Smith 3-0, Guram Lortkipanidze 1-0, Colin Campbell 1-0, Logan Kanary 1-1, Malcolm Fields 0-2
Notre Dame 16, Princeton 11
Foil (5-4): Machovec 2-1, Marino 2-1, Olivares 1-2
Epee (6-3): Kimatian 3-0, Matveev 2-1, Zacharakis 1-1, Gareth Spiteri 0-1
Sabre (5-4): Smith 2-1, Fields 2-1, Lortkipanidze 1-2
Yale 15, Notre Dame 12
Foil (4-5): Olivares 2-1, Machovec 2-1, Marino 0-2, Wong 0-1
Epee (1-8): Matveev 1-2, Zacharakis 0-2, Kimatian 0-2, Zeller 0-1, Zhang 0-1
Sabre (7-2): Fields 3-0, Smith 2-1, Lortkipanidze 2-1
Ohio State 15, Notre Dame 12
Foil (7-2): Marino 3-0, Olivares 2-1, Machovec 2-1
Epee (2-7): Kimatian 1-0, Zeller 1-1, Zacharakis 0-3, Matveev 0-3
Sabre (3-6): Fields 2-1, Smith 1-2, Kanary 0-1, Campbell 0-1, Lortkipanidze 0-1
Notre Dame 23, Penn 4
Foil (8-1): Olivares 3-0, Machovec 2-0, Tichacek 1-1, Marino 1-0, Wong 1-0
Epee (8-1): Matveev 3-0, Zacharakis 2-0, Kimatian 1-0, Zhang 1-0, Zeller 1-0, Spiteri 0-1
Sabre (7-2): Smith 2-0, Lortkipanidze 2-0, Fields 2-1, Campbell 1-0, Kanary 0-1
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