UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- After two weekends off from competition the Penn State Nittany Lion fencing teams will travel south to Durham, N.C., this weekend for the Duke Invitational. This two-day event will start with the men's team competing on Saturday, Feb. 8 and will conclude with the women's team fencing on Sunday, Feb. 9.
Competition will begin at 8 a.m. each day. Penn State will be competing against Brandeis, Duke, Notre Dame, North Carolina, and MIT.
Fencing for the men will be (Team record 13-8):
Foil - Sebastiano Bicego (Vicenza, Italy), Andrew Grass (Burke, Va.), Shane Iverson (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Andrey Ostatnigrosh (Fresno, Calif.), Nicholas Prince (Brooklyn, N.Y.), and Felipe Rosario (Maplewood, N.J.).
Epee - Tylen Butler (Charlotte, N.C.), Elias Cole (Chappaqua, N.Y.), Ryan Griffiths (Fair Lawn, N.J.), Jonathan Piskovatskov (Houston, Texas), Devin Tafoya (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), and Demetri Zacharakis(Houston, Texas).
Saber - Michal Wisniowski (Clark, N.J.), Inti Farfan-Bayerl (Morrison, Colo.), Ethan Mullennix (San Francisco, Calif.), Maksymilian Mateja (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Samuel Cohen (Kensington, Md.) and Chase Pflueger (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).
Fencing for the women will be (Team record 14-8):
Foil - Jasmine Bajaj (Commack, N.Y.), Lodovica Bicego (Vicenza, Italy), Ximena Iriarte-Estrada(Huixquilucan, Mexico), Sofia McGoff-Medero (Gurabo, Puerto Rico), Jade Rowland (Princeton Junction, N.J.), and Isabella Zuzulo (Newtown, Pa.).
Epee - Catherine Cao (South Setauket, N.Y.), Julia Duffy (Stony Brook, N.Y.), Nirali Igoe (Washington, D.C.), Halah Keramane (Alpharetta, Ga.), Axelle Wasiak (Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium), and Barbara VanBenthuysen(Spring, Texas).
Saber - Carlee Beaty (State College, Pa.), Pauline Conscience (Paris, France), Sara Cunningham (Dectur, Ga.), Zara Moss (Cranberry Township, Pa.), and Kelli Wozniak (Westerville, Ohio).
The Duke matches will be available via ACC Network Extra and can be viewed using WatchESPN.com or via the ESPN mobile app. Due to the advent of the new ACC Network these matches are likely only able to be seen for viewers whose TV provider has the ACC Network as a part of their TV package.
After this weekend's action in Durham, select Penn State fencers will head to Columbus, Ohio, for a four-day Junior Olympics event. Fans can keep up with Penn State Fencing at GoPSUsports.com. Follow the team on Facebook at Penn State Fencing and on Twitter @pennstateFEN.
