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2015-16 Men's Fencing

Shaul Gordon

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Richmond, B.C.
  • Highschool Richmond High Secondary

Biography

2015-16: Second-team All-America (sixth place) … Third-straight NCAA berth … Ivy League champion in sabre (14-1 record at Ivy Round Robins) … Placed fourth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional (3/13) ... Finished the year 60-18 (.789) in dual matches … Helped the Quakers to the program’s first-ever No. 1 ranking, and first Ivy team title since 2009 … Went 10-3 at the Elite Invitational (11/21) … Registered a 9-3 mark at the PSU Invitational (1/17) … Tallied an 11-3 mark at the Northwestern Duals (1/30) … Wrapped up career with a 143-30 record in dual matches.

2014-15: NCAA Championship qualifier and placed 15th in sabre ...Placed 4th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … First-team All-Ivy …Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area At Large ... Finished the season with a 30-5 record and led the team with a .857 winning percentage ... Opened season with a 9-2 performance at the Penn State Invitational, including 3-0 marks against Columbia and UNC (1/17) ... Recorded a 9-0 performance at the Philadelphia Invitational against Sacred Heart, Duke, and NJIT (1/25) … Ended the Ivy League Round Robins with the third-best sabre record at 12-3 including 3-0 marks against Brown, Princeton, and Yale (2/8-9).

2013-14: First-team All-America … First-team All-Ivy … Tied for third place at the NCAA Fencing Championship with 18 bout wins … Finished in a three-way tie for first at the Ivy League Round Robins with 12 bout wins including 3-0 marks against Columbia, Yale, Princeton, and Brown … Finished second at the 2014 NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Led Penn's sabre team with a record of 53-9 … In first dual of season, went 3-0 against Ohio State at the Penn-Princeton Invitational (11/23) … Went 10-2 at the Penn State Invitational, including 3-0 marks against Duke and Haverford (1/12) … Had a perfect 9-0 record at the Philadelphia Invitational with 3-0 wins against Haverford, Sacred Heart, and Duke (1/25) … Recorded 12 wins at the NU Duals with 3-0 marks against Notre Dame and Stanford (2/1-2) … Added seven bout wins at the Temple Invitational, including a 3-0 mark against Penn State.

2012-13 (at Penn State): Used first year of eligibility fencing at Penn State before transferring to Penn … Second-place finish at the NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honors … First place at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Finished the season with 23-10 record … Had 3-0 performances against UNC, Columbia, Ohio State and Notre Dame … Placed third at PSU's Garret Open ... Dean's List student.

High School: Honor Roll student … Member of the Canada's Cadet National Team in 2010 and the CFF's Junior National Team in 2010 and 2011. 

Personal: Son of Monica and Eliahu Gordon … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Sabre
    6'1"
  • 2014-15Junior

    Sabre
    6'1"
  • 2015-16Senior

    Sabre
    6'1"