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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2008-09 Women's Fencing

Cassandra Partyka

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Burnt Hills-Ballston
  • Hometown Charlton, N.Y.

Biography

2008-09: 2-1 on the season … Fenced in one meet, going 2-1 against Drew at the Princeton Multi-Meet (1/25).


2007-08: IFA Championships sabre team co-champion ... Compiled a 21-21 record in the regular season ... Went 3-0 against Cleveland State(1/26) ... Had eight Ivy wins ... Had nine wins at the IFA Championships (3/1) to lead Penn to a co-championship.

2006-07: First-team All-Ivy ... NCAA Championships qualifier in sabre ... Posted an overall record of 49-11 and went 13-5 in Ivy League bouts ... Was undefeated against Sacred Heart and Drew, going 6-0 (12/2) ... Went 9-3 at the Philadelphia Invitational, going undefeated against fencers from Rutgers, Northwestern and Fairleigh Dickinson (1/20) ... Was 10-4 at the Penn State Invitational, going 3-0 against opponents from Haverford (1/27) ... Went undefeated with a perfect 11-0 record at the MIT Multi-Meet, beating opponents from Brandeis, MIT, Boston College and NYU (2/4) ... Recorded four sweeps in Ivy League matches, over opponents from Harvard (2/11), Princeton (2/11), Yale (2/11) and Brown (2/25) ... Part of a sabre squad that finished second at IFAs (3/15).

2005-06: Went 29-16 in the regular season and 10-6 in Ivy League bouts ... Finished 23rd at the NCAA Championships (3/17) ... Placed fourth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional (3/5) ... Took fourth in the A-Division at the IFA Championships (2/26) ... Went 3-0 against opponents from Cornell (2/12) and Princeton (2/5) ... Was 5-1 against opponents from Haverford and St. John’s at the Penn State Invitational (1/28) ... Went 5-1 against opponents from North Carolina and Duke at the Philadelphia Invitational Multi-Meet (1/22). 

High School: Finished in the top 16 at the USFA Division I-A 2004 Summer Nationals ... Placed third at the Division III 2004 Summer Nationals ... Earned academic high honors for four years.    

Personal: Daughter of Karen and Frederick Partyka ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2005-06Freshman

    SABRE
  • 2006-07Sophomore

    SABRE
  • 2007-08Junior

    SABRE
  • 2008-09Senior

    SABRE