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2017-18 Men's Fencing

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Zsombor Garzo

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Budabest, Hungary
  • Highschool Veres Peter Gimnazium

Biography

2017-18: Helped the Quakers to their third-straight Ivy League Championship ... Team Captain ... Second-team All-Ivy (fifth-place) on epee ... Qualified for NCAA championships ... Went 9-6 at the Ivy Championships including two, 3-0 marks in wins against Harvard and Brown ... Finished career with 218 career wins becoming the first fencer to win century award twice since the program started giving out the award in 2010 ... Earned 200th win at the Philadelphia Invitational. 

2016-17: Helped the Quakers to their second-straight Ivy League championship … Second-team All-Ivy (fourth-place) on epee … NCAA Championships qualifier … Finished 17th at the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis (March 23) … Placed ninth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals (March 11) … Went 10-5 at the Ivy League Championships (Feb. 12) … Finished eighth at the PSU Open (Nov. 20) … Posted a 13-3 record at the Philadelphia Invitational (Jan. 21) … Picked up a team-high 12 wins at the Northwestern Duals (Feb. 4).

2015-16: Tallied a team-best 62-15 (.805) record in dual matches this season … Led the way for a Penn team that earned the program’s first-ever No. 1 national ranking, and first Ivy League team title since 2009 … First-team All-Ivy honoree … Third-team All-America selection …. Led the epee squad to a first-place finish at the United States Collegiate Squad Championships, which helped Penn to a third-straight overall title … Placed sixth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Went 8-5 at the Ivy League Championships (2/7) … Opened the season with an 11-2 record at the Elite Invitational (11/22) … Went 16-2 at the Penn State Invitational (1/16) ... Registered a mark of 8-1 at the Temple Invitational (2/20).

2014-15: Third-team All-America … NCAA Championship qualifier and placed 10th in epee … Placed 4th at NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Championships … Led the epee squad with a 43-20 record and a .683 winning percentage ... Made collegiate debut at the Philadelphia invitational with perfect 3-0 marks against Haverford, Sacred Heart, Johns Hopkins, and Lafayette en route to 15-3 performance (1/25) … Picked up 12 more victories at the NU Duals with a 3-0 mark against UCSD and 2-1 marks against OSU, Notre Dame, Air Force, and UNC (1/31) ... Picked up nine wins at the Ivy League Round Robins, including a 3-0 mark against Yale and 2-1 marks against Harvard and Columbia (2/8-9) ... Added seven wins at the USCSC, going 3-0 against Penn State (2/21).

High School: Participated in club fencing … Hungarian Student Olympics Champion (2012).

Personal: Son of Krisztina Denes and Peter Garzo … Mom, Krisztina Denes, was a member of the National Hungarian Basketball Team and Champion … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences … Intends to major in Earth and Environmental Science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Epee
    6'5"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Epee
    6'5"
  • 2016-17Junior

    Epee
    6'5"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Epee