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Hunter Martin

Men's Fencing March 22, 2022

Fencing Sending Nine to NCAA Championships; 13 Named USFCA All-Region

PHILADELPHIA –The University of Pennsylvania's fencing teams will send four men and five women to the NCAA Championships at the Castellan Family Fencing Center on the campus of the University of Notre Dame March 24-27.

In addition to the nine selected for NCAA's, 13 fencers were named United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA) First Team, Second Team, or Honorable Mention All-Region.

The NCAA Championship participants paired strong regular season records (40 percent of selection criteria) with high finishes at Regionals (60 percent of selection criteria), earning the opportunity to compete for a National Championship. All nine NCAA competitors won at least 57.8 percent of their bouts during the regular season and finished in the top 12 in their respective weapon at Regionals, including two regional champions in Emon Daroian (men's epee) and Vanessa Dib (women's epee).

The USFCA All-Region selections were determined based on results and field size at each of the NCAA Regional Competitions.

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The Format
All competitors will take part in a round-robin format of five-touch bouts. After the round-robin, the top-four finishers in each weapon will fence in semifinal 15-touch bouts, with the winners advancing to determine first and second places, and the non-advancing fencers being awarded a tie for third place.

Penn's NCAA Competitors (Class Year, Weapon, Season Record, Regional finish)

Men's
Emon Daroian (Senior, epee, 26-19, Champion)
Eliot Herbst (Senior, epee, 31-18, 2nd)
Blake Broszus (Sophomore, foil, 54-14, 12th)
Xiteng Lin (Senior, sabre, 45-29, 8th)

Women's
Vanessa Dib (Senior, epee, 39-28, Champion)
Chloe Daniel (Junior, epee, 48-19, 8th)
Sabrina Cho (Sophomore, Foil, 30-15, 5th)
Vivian Lu (Freshman, Sabre, 32-15, 7th)
Amber White (Junior, Sabre, 40-20, 12th)

Penn's USFCA All-Region Selections and Regional Finish

Mid-Atlantic/South All-Region First Team
Emon Daroian, Penn – men's epee, Champion
Vanessa Dib, Penn – women's epee, Champion
Eliot Herbst, Penn – men's epee, 2nd
Isaac Herbst, Penn – men's epee, 4th

Mid-Atlantic/South All-Region Second Team
Sabrina Cho, Penn – women's foil, 5th
Raymond Zhao, Penn – men's sabre, 6th
Vivian Lu, Penn – women's sabre, 7th
Xiteng Lin, Penn – men's sabre, 8th
Chloe Daniel, Penn – women's epee, 8th

Mid-Atlantic/South All-Region Honorable Mention
Eric Yu, Penn – men's foil, 10th
Katina Proestakis Ortiz, Penn – women's foil, 11th
Blake Broszus, Penn – men's foil, 12th
Amber White, Penn – women's sabre, 12th

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Players Mentioned

Blake Broszus: Foil; 5' 10"; Sophomore

Emon Daroian: Epee; 6' 3"; Senior

Xiteng Lin: Sabre; 6' 2"; Senior

Raymond Zhao: Sabre; 6' 1"; Junior

Eliot Herbst: Epee; 6' 0"; Senior

Isaac Herbst: Epee; 5' 10"; Freshman

Eric Yu: Foil; 6' 1"; Freshman

Sabrina Cho: Foil; 5' 9"; Sophomore

Chloe Daniel: Epee; 5' 8"; Junior

Vanessa Dib: Epee; 5' 7"; Senior

Amber White: Sabre; 5' 6"; Junior

Vivian Lu: Sabre; 5' 8"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Blake Broszus
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: Foil

Emon Daroian
: 6' 3"; Senior
: Epee

Xiteng Lin
: 6' 2"; Senior
: Sabre

Raymond Zhao
: 6' 1"; Junior
: Sabre

Eliot Herbst
: 6' 0"; Senior
: Epee

Isaac Herbst
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: Epee

Eric Yu
: 6' 1"; Freshman
: Foil

Sabrina Cho
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: Foil

Chloe Daniel
: 5' 8"; Junior
: Epee

Vanessa Dib
: 5' 7"; Senior
: Epee

Amber White
: 5' 6"; Junior
: Sabre

Vivian Lu
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: Sabre