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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2006-07 Women's Fencing

Holly Buechel

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Oak Knoll School
  • Hometown South Orange, N.J.

Biography

2007: Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area ... Went 39-23 overall and 10-8 against Ivy League opponents ... Went 6-0 against opponents from Sacred Heart and Drew (12/2) ... Went 9-2 at the MIT Multi-Meet (2/4) ... Went 3-0 against opponents from Fairleigh Dickinson (1/20), Haverford (1/27) and Brandeis (2/4) ... Swept opponents from Brown, 3-0, at the second Ivy League Round Robin (2/25).

2006: First-team All-Ivy ... Went 35-10 on the season and 13-5 in Ivy League bouts ... Placed 21st at the NCAA Championships (3/17) ... Finished fifth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional (3/10) ... Earned the gold medal in the individual competition and a fifth-place finish in the A-Division at the IFA Championships (2/26) ... Went 6-0 against her opponents from Columbia and Yale (2/5) ... Swept her opponents from Northwestern, Temple, Rutgers and North Carolina at the Philadelphia Invitational Multi-Meet (1/21-22). 

2005: First-team All-America ... Second-team All-Ivy ... Academic All-Ivy ... Compiled a 47-12 record ... Finished fourth at the NCAA Championships ... Placed first at the NCAA Regionals ... Took the bronze at the IFA’s on Feb. 26 ... Swept her opponents from Johns Hopkins and Rutgers, going 6-0 (1/30) ... Was undefeated against Temple and Princeton (2/9). 

2004: Honorable mention All-America ... First-team All-Ivy ... Earned a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championships ... Amassed a 28-10 overall mark and a 7-2 Ivy record ... Placed eighth at Temple Open in collegiate debut (11/2) ... Finished 12th at Penn State Open on (11/22) ... Went 8-2 in season debut at Penn State Multi-Meet (1/24), going 3-0 against North Carolina and St. John’s ... Went 2-1 in Ivy League opener against Yale (1/31) ... Posted seven victories at Brandeis Multi-Meet (2/1) ... Went 9-1 at Penn Multi-Meet (2/7), sweeping all three opponents from Harvard and Northwestern 

High School: Four-year letterwinner in fencing ... Served as weapon captain as a junior and senior ... Fencing awards included MVP as a junior and senior, Most Improved as a sophomore, and junior varsity Most Outstanding as a freshman ... NJSIAA Epee Champion ... NJIS Prep School Epee Champion ... Two-time USFA Mid-Atlantic Epee Sectional Champion (2002 and 2003) ... Also lettered in softball (one) and soccer (two) ... Served as soccer team captain as a junior. 

Personal: Born Aug. 13, 1985 ... Daughter of Kathleen and Frederick Buechel ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as a fine arts and visual studies major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2004-05Sophomore

    EPEE
  • 2005-06Junior

    EPEE
  • 2006-07Senior

    EPEE