Feb. 21, 2014
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -
The Penn State Nittany Lions will travel to Temple University in Philadelpia, Pa. this weekend and compete against five schools in the 2014 Temple Invitational. Those five schools include Temple University, Duke University, St. John's University, Princeton University, and University of Pennsylvania. Competition is set to begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Competing for the women's team this weekend are:
Women's Epee: Seniors Ana Countinho (Brazillia, Brazil) and Annie Stephenson (Washington, D.C), junior Rebecca Stanley (Willis, Texas), sophomore Jessica Lyublinsky-O'Niell(North Salem, N.Y.), freshman Jessie Radanovich (Frisco, Calif.),
Women's Foil: Freshmen Daniella Ortiz (Bayside, N.Y.) and Desree Ortega-Furgeson (Wyoming, Mich.), sophomore Clarisse Luminet (Lyon, France), juniors Kane Gladnick (Wynnewood, Pa.), Alina Antokhina (Moscow, Russia), and Elizabeth Rapp (Portland, Ore.).
Women's Saber: Graduate student Heather Nelson (Albany, N.Y.), Senior Nicole Glon (State College, PA), sophomore Brianne Cavaliere (Wayne, N.J.), junior Elizabeth Rapp (Portland, Ore.), and freshman Teodora Kakihani (Tbilisi, Georgia).
Competing for the men's team this weekend are:
Men's Epee: Senior Benjamin Freiman (The Woodlands, Texas), juniors Maxwell Kleeman (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Jeffrey Miller (Centennial, Colo.), sophomores Oskar Tang (Stockholm, Sweden) and Yasser Mahmoud (Quincy, Mass.), and freshman Conor Shepard (Colleyville, Texas).
Men's Foil: Seniors David Willette (Lafayette, Calif.) and Jeremy Goldstein (Westport, Conn.), junior David Gomez-Tanamachi (Mexico City, Mexico), sophomore Nobou Bravo (San Francisco, Calif.) and freshman Howie Chan (Hong Kong).
Men's Saber: Senior Adrian Bak (Franklin Lakes, N.J.), juniors Pawel Puchalski (Lake Forrest, Ill.) and Alex Schneller (Billerica, Mass.), sophomore Kaito Streets (Redwood City, Calif.), and freshmen Adam Lewicki (Oakland, Calif.).
Results will be posted here on gopsusports.com as the competition takes place. Fans are encouraged to follow Penn State Fencing via Twitter www.twitter.com/pennstateFEN and on Penn State Fencing's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatefencing.