Samantha Viqueira 2018-19 Fencing Roster

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• 2017 ACC Championships Women’s Foil Third Place
• 2017 Ted Hodges Award

AS A SENIOR:

• Compiled a 44-17 record after competing in all six regular season meets
• Season best performance came at the Northwestern Duals after she went 12-1 on the weekend
• Earned ACC Fencer of the Week honors after her performance at Northwestern
• Went 6-0 during the team competition at the ACC Championships, helping the Irish win the team title
• Placed fifth at the Midwest Regional in Detroit
• Ended her Irish career with a 93-37 overall record

AS A JUNIOR:

• Opened the season with an 11th-place showing at the Penn State Garret Open
• Went 20-12 on the season in dual competition
• Opened the dual slate with an 8-1 showing at the Elite Invitational
• Went 5-1 at the Philadelphia Invite
• Improved career record to 69-32

AS A SOPHOMORE:

• Competed in four contests for the Irish, racking up a 15-9 record
• Went 4-2 at the St. John’s Invitational
• Posted a 3-1 record at the NYU Invitational
• Concluded the season witha  4-2 record at the Northwestern Duals

AS A FRESHMAN:

• Went 34-11 during a standout freshman campaign
• Opened the year with a 5-2 weekend in New York (3-2 at St. John’s, 2-0 at NYU)
• Posted a 12-2 mark at the DeCicco Duals
• Went 12-6 during Northwestern Duals
• Turned in a 5-1 record during the ACC Championships to help the Irish women to their third straight team title
• Went 11-4 to earn the No. 2 seed in individual ACC semifinals
• Fell to teammate Sabrina Massialas in the semifinal, but rallied to take third place by defeating Duke’s Julia Lee in the consolation bout
• Earned the team’s Ted Hodges Award, which is given periodically to a fencer “who, when faced with adversity, did not merely endure, but prevailed.”
• Earned a monogram

PREP AND PERSONAL:

• Member of the New York Fencers Club
• Posted a 54-1 foil record through three high school seasons
• Helped guide her team to two state championships and one bronze medal
• A two-time Men of Essex Scholar-Athlete award recipient and team captain
• Has placed in the top 10 at 12 national and international fencing events during the 2014-15 season at the cadet, junior and Division I levels
• Club team, the New York Fencers Club, claimed first place at the 2015 Junior Pan-American Games team event, while she claimed an individual third place
• Also placed second at two junior North American Cup events in 2015 and seventh at the 2015 Junior Olympics
• Majoring in Gender Studies