UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State women's fencing team opened up action Saturday in Philadelphia at the Temple Open.
Leading the women's foil team was junior Lodovica Bicego (Vicenza, Italy) who took first and is Penn State's first champion of the weekend. Teammates Jade Rowland (Princeton Junction, N.J.) and Sofia McGoff-Medero (Gurabo, Puerto Rico) placed in the top ten, finishing tied-for-fifth and tenth, respectively.
Three freshman fencers made their NCAA collegiate debut this weekend in epee events. Axelle Wasiak (Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium) finished 18th, Evelyn Pham (Houston, Texas) finished 27th, and Nirali Igoe (Washington, D.C.) finished 32nd.
Women's saber was the final event of the day. Also making her NCAA collegiate debut, junior Pauline Conscience (Paris, France) had an impressive showing finishing in second place. Sara Cunningham (Decatur, Ga.) finished in 19th place.
The Temple Open continues tomorrow with the men's team in action starting at 8:30am. Live stats can be found here:
https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/BED8667181334BBDB7C0B078ADCF7ED4#today
After this weekend's action in Philadelphia, select Penn State fencers will travel to Milwaukee, Wi. for a four-day long NAC event Friday, Nov. 8th – Monday Nov. 11th.
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