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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2018-19 Men's Fencing

Julian Merchant

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Rochelle, N.Y.
  • Highschool New Rochelle

Biography

2018:19: Helped the Quakers to a win over No. 1 Notre Dame (2/2) ... Tallied 3-0 marks against Duke (1/13), Brown (1/19 & 2/9), NYU (1/19) ... Put together a 31-23 record in sabre. 

2017-18: Helped the Quakers to their third-straight Ivy League championship ... NCAA Championships qualifier via an at-large bid ... Helped team to eighth place finish at NCAA Championships ... Finished 23rd at NCAA Championships ... Earned 10th place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals ...  First-team All-Ivy ... Went 11-4 at Ivy League Championships ... Recorded 35 wins in saber ... Earned 100th career win against Haverford at the Penn State Invitational.

2016-17: Helped the Quakers to their second-straight Ivy League championship … NCAA Championships qualifier … Finished 20th at the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis (March 23) … Tallied a third-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals (March 11) ... Registered a 38-26 record in dual matches … Went 8-3 at the Ivy League Championship (Feb. 12) … Went 7-3 at the Elite Invitational (Nov. 5) … Placed eighth at the PSU Open (Nov. 20) … Posted an 8-3 record at the Philadelphia Invitational (Jan. 21).

2015-16: Second-team All-Ivy … Placed 16th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Picked up the second-most wins on sabre, finishing the season with a record of 49-33 …. Helped the Quakers to their first-ever No. 1 National ranking, and first Ivy team title since 2009 … Member of second-place saber squad at the United States Collegiate Squad Championships (third-straight team title) … Went 8-5 at the Ivy League Championships … Complied 11-7 mark at the PSU Invitational (1/16) … Closed the regular season with a 10-4 mark at the Philadelphia Invitational (2/21). 

High School: Placed third at 2014 Division I NAC (December) ... Finished 15th at the Junior World Cup in Hungary ... Earned New Rochelle's Eric Tutera Sports Leadership Award.

Personal: Son of Lianne and Greg Merchant ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

 

Career Statistics
Year W-L Pct. 
2015-16 49-33 .598
2016-17 38-26 .594
2017-18 35-22 .614
2018-19 31-23 .574
Career 153-104 .595

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Sabre
    5'11"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Sabre
    5'11"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Saber
  • 2018-19Senior

    Saber