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2021-22 Men's Fencing Roster

Xiteng Lin

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Guangzhou, China
  • Highschool Valley Catholic

Biography

2021-22: Second-team All-Region… 8th at NCAA Regionals… 23rd at NCAA Championships… Sabreist finished among team leaders in wins (45) and total bouts (74) … Posted nine wins in 12 bouts at Penn State Invitational, including a 7-2 mark against UNC, Duke, and host Nittany Lions (1/16) … Finished Philadelphia Invitational 19-8, including 12-0 against Johns Hopkins, NJIT, NYU, and Sacred Heart (1/22-1/23) … Went 2-1 against both Princeton and Yale at Ivy Round-Robins (2/12-2/13).

2019-20: Second-team All-America ... Second-team All-Region ... Second-team All-Ivy ... Academic All-Ivy ... Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area ... NCAA Championships qualifier …Competed in 31 of 39 team bouts with men’s sabre, going 54-22 … Began the season going 4-2 at the Elite Invitational (11/16) … Recorded a 10th-place finish at the Penn State Garret Open (11/23) … Went 9-3 at the Penn State Invitational, earning 3-0 sweeps against North Carolina and Yale (1/12) … Turned in a dominant showing at home for the Philadelphia Invitational, going 23-5 overall including a 16-1 first-day showing with 12 straight victories (1/18 & 1/19) … Notched an 8-2 showing at the Sollee Invitational, sweeping MIT and Boston College (2/1) … Went 7-5 in the Ivy League Round-Robins, sweeping Brown to propel himself to All-Ivy honors (2/8 & 2/9) … Finished fifth at the NCAA Regional (3/7) … All 2020 NCAA winter postseason competition was canceled on Thursday, March 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2018-19: Placed ninth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South regional ... Finished 17th at the NCAA Championships ... Posted 26-22 record in sabre ... Started career with a 7-3 record at the Elite Invitational (11/18) ... Posted 3-0 marks against UNC (11/18), Ohio State (11/18), Brown (1/19), NYU (1/20), Cal Tech (2/2), Stevens (2/24). 

High School: Place second at the October NAC ... All-American academic first-team ... member of the National Honor Society ... President of the International Club ... Senior class secretary. 

Personal: Son of Qian Xiang ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences. 
 
Career Statistics
Year W-L Pct. 
2018-19 26-22 .542
2019-20 54-22 .711
2020-21
2021-22 45-29 .608
Career 125-73 .631

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Sabre
    6'2"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Sabre
    6'2"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Sabre
    6'2"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Sabre
    6'2"