Temple Open Results

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's fencing team opened the 2022-23 season Saturday at the Temple Open from the Liacouras Center, earning a pair of runner-up finishes and placing seven fencers in all in respective Top 16's.

Meet Results
> Foilist Sabrina Cho qualified 15th but won three razor-close bouts in the Round of 16, quarterfinal round, and semifinal round, knocking off the #6 and #3 qualifiers along the way. She dropped the final to Zander Rhodes of Columbia, the discipline's top qualifier
> Sabreist Sarah Hilado qualified 13th, but knocked off the #4 qualifier Megan Liang of Columbia in the Round of 16, and the #12 qualifier Katarina Hone of Boston College to advance to the semifinal, where a medical withdraw put her in the final before dropping the final bout to the #2 qualifier Chloe Gouhin of Columbia.
> Jessica Liang, Shirley Guo and Chloe Daniel all placed in the Top 20 in epee (out of 79 fencers), placing 12th, T-14th, and 20th, respectively.
> Foilists Katina Proestakis Ortiz and Justin Lam took 14th and 15th, respectively.
> Jessica Vivian Lu finished 14th in sabre, nearly knocking off Sky Miller of Northwestern, the #1 qualifier, in the Round of 16.
> Freshman Elizabeth Wang placed 30th in epee in her first collegiate competition
 
Full Penn Results

Epee (79 fencers)
Jessica Liang, 12th
Shirley Guo, T14th
Chloe Daniel, 20th
Elizabeth Wang, 30th
Yunice Pyo, 35th

Foil (77 fencers)
Sabrina Cho, 2nd
Katina Proestakis Ortiz, 14th
Justina Lam, 15th
Lenna Choi, 25th
Julia Thompson 27th
Talia Becker Calazans, 33rd
Grace Hao, T43rd
 
Sabre (76 fencers)
Sarah Hilado, 2nd
Vivian Lu, 14th
Erica Wu, 34th
Sapphira Ching, 35th

Up Next
The men will take to the strips at Liacouras tomorrow morning starting at 8:00 a.m. to conclude the event.