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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2009-10 Men's Fencing

Benjamin Scholom

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • Highschool Walter Peyton College Prep

Biography

2009-10: Finished the season with a 5-7 record ... Opened the season with a victory over Drew (1/10) ... Also was unbeaten against Johns Hopkins (1/23) and Boston College (1/30) ... Went 2-2 at the Ivy League Championships in helping Penn tie for second place (2/21-2/28) ... Finished 1-1 against Columbia in the Ivy Championships (2/28).

2008-09: Went 10-5 on the season in dual bouts … Began his campaign with a 6-1 day at the Penn Multi-Meet (1/11) … Was a perfect 3-0 against both NJIT and Sacred Heart on his home strips … Went 3-0 against Yeshiva at the New England Invitational (2/1).


2007-08: Compiled a record of 8-4 in the regular season ... Went 4-2 at the Penn State Open (1/26), going 2-1 against both Haverford and Cleveland State ... Fenced one Ivy bout, earning a win against Brown (2/10).


2006-07: Posted a 13-25 regular-season record in epee and went 0-4 in Ivy League bouts ... Was 2-0 against opponents from North Carolina at the Penn State Invitational (1/27) ... Went 2-1 against NYU at the MIT Multi-Meet (2/4).

High School: Fenced with the Chicago Athletic Association ... Earned second place at the Midwest High School Championships and the 2005 Burton Open ... Secured a fifth-place finish at the 2003 Stevenson Invitational ... Was a National Merit Finalist and an AP Scholar.

Personal: Son of Laura Esimoff and Allan Scholom... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Freshman

    Epee
  • 2007-08Sophomore

    Epee
  • 2008-09Junior

    Epee
  • 2009-10Senior

    Epee