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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2025-26 Women's Fencing Roster

Diego Zubieta-Soto

Victoria Kuznetsov

  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Millburn
  • Hometown Short Hills, N.J.

Biography

2025-26: Honorable Mention All-AmericanFirst Team All-Mid-Atlantic/South RegionNCAA Qualifier … Went 47-18 overall on the season … Opened the year with sweeps over Air Force, Northwestern, Duke, and North Carolina at the Elite Invite (11/8-9) … Posted back-to-back 3-0 victories over Penn State and Wagner at the Brian Palestis Memorial Invite (2/1) … Placed tied for seventh in the epee field at the 2026 Ivy League Championships (2/7-8) off an 11-7 record … Topped Penn State and St. John’s 3-0 at the Temple Invite (2/22) to close out the regular season … Earned bronze in the epee field at the 2026 NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional (3/7) to land First Team All-Region … Garnered Honorable Mention All-America honors off a 11th place finish and 11-12 record at the NCAA Championships (3/19-20).

2024-25: NCAA QualifierFirst Team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region … Posted a 47-31 record during the regular season … Went 14-8 at the Elite Invitational (11/16-17), with wins against LIU, Northwestern, North Carolina, Stanford, and Cornell … Finished 14-8 at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/18-19) with wins against UC San Diego, Ohio State, NYU, NJIT, and FDU …Went 9-9 at the Ivy League Championship (2/8-9) … Placed fourth in epee at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional to earn a bid to the NCAA Championships … Finished the year placing 13th at the NCAA Fencing Championships (3/20-23) off an 11-23 record.

2023-24: Won 43 bouts on the season … .667 winnings percentage … Won all three bouts against UNC, Wagner, Temple (2x), Ohio State, LUI, and Johns Hopkins … Went 6-2 against UNC, Yale, Columbia, and host school Penn State at the Penn State Invitational … Finished 20-7 against NIJT, NYU, Cornell, Duke, Wagner, Temple, St. John’s, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Northwestern at the Philadelphia Invitational … Went 11-7 at the Ivy League Championships … 5-2 in the Temple Invitational against Penn State, John Hopkins and Temple.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Epee
    5'11"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Epee
    5'11"
  • 2025-26Junior

    Epee
    5'11"