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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2008-09 Women's Fencing

Kristen Hughes

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Weston
  • Hometown Weston, Mass.

Biography

2008-09: IFA Six-Weapon champion … Finished the dual-meet season with a 21-19 record … Began the season with a 3-0 meet against Sacred Heart at the Penn Multi-Meet (1/10) … 2-1 against Duke at the Princeton Multi-Meet (1/25) … 3-0 against Boston College at the New England Invitational (2/1) … Won nine bouts at the IFA Championships (2/28) to help Penn to the six-weapon championship.


2007-08: IFA Championships epee team champion ... Finished the regular season with a 21-18 record ... Went 3-0 against North Carolina (1/13) ... Had six Ivy League wins.

2006-07: Went 22-25 overall in epee and posted an Ivy League record of 1-10 ... Went 6-0 against Sacred Heart and Drew (12/2) ... Was 6-3 at the Philadelphia Invitational, including a 3-0 performance against Northwestern (1/20) ... Went 6-3 at the MIT Multi-Meet (2/4).

2005-06: Went 31-14 in the regular season and 11-7 in Ivy League bouts ... Placed 20th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional (3/5) ... Finished eighth in the B-Division at the IFA Championships (2/26) ... Went 3-0 against her opponents from Yale (2/5) ... Went 4-2 against her opponents from Haverford and St. John’s at the Penn State Invitational (1/28) ... Was 6-0 against her opponents from Rutgers and Duke at the Philadelphia Invitational Multi-Meet (1/22). 

High School: Placed sixth at the 2004 Junior Olympics U-19 and sixth in Division 1A at 2004 Summer Nationals ... Finished 12th at the Louisville World Cup Event in 2004 ... Was the New England Division U-19 Champion in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and Senior New England Division Champion in 2003 and 2004 ... Boston Fencing Club Junior Team Captain in 2005 ... Earned a National Merit Letter of Commendation ... Girl Scout Gold Award recipient in 2005 ... National Honor Society member.    

Personal: Daughter of Susan and Robert Hughes ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.  

Historical Player Information

  • 2005-06Freshman

    EPEE
  • 2006-07Sophomore

    EPEE
  • 2007-08Junior

    EPEE
  • 2008-09Senior

    EPEE