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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2025-26 Women's Fencing Roster

Diego Zubieta-Soto

Leah Blum

  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Newton South
  • Hometown Newton, Mass.

Biography

2025-26: NCAA QualifierFirst Team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region … Went 44-16 overall on the year … Made season debut at Elite Invite (11/8-9), sweeping Air Force and Cleveland State … Posted a perfect 20-0 record at the Dave Michanik Penn Invite (1/17-18) … Battled at the 2026 Ivy League Championships (2/7-8) … Closed out the regular season with sweeps over Penn State and St. John’s at the Temple Invite (2/22) … Placed tied for fourth in the saber field at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional to earn First Team All-Region … Ended the season qualifying for the 2026 NCAA Championships.

2024-25: NCAA QualifierSecond Team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region … Recorded a 42-31 during the regular season … Went 7-5 at the Elite Invitational (11/16-17) with wins against LIU, Cleveland State, and Stanford ... Completed the Philadelphia Invitational (1/18-19) with a 22-11 record, sweeping Sacred Heart, NJIT, and FDU ... Posted two wins against Haverford and Penn State at the Penn State Invitational (1/26) … Placed fifth in saber at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional (3/8) to earn a bid to the NCAA Championships … Finished the season placing 21st at the NCAA Fencing Championships (3/20-23) off a 7-22 record.
2023-24: Won 44 bouts on the season … .603 winning percentage … Went 3-0 on bouts against UNC, NJIT, NYU, Temple, Ohio State, LIU, and Penn State … Finished 7-8 against Ohio State, Stanford, Air Force, Northwestern, and Notre Dame at the Elite Invitational … Went 6-6 at the Penn State Invitational against UNC, Yale, Columbia, and Penn State … Finished 20-4 at the Philadelphia Invitational against NJIT, NYU, Duke, Wagner, Temple, St. John’s, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Northwestern … Went 6-3 against LIU, Princeton, and St. John’s at the LIU invitational … Finished 3-3 against Temple and Penn State at the Temple Invitational.  

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Sabre
    5'7"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Sabre
    5'7"
  • 2025-26Junior

    Saber
    5'7"