University Park, Pa. – The Penn State men's and women's fencing teams be on the road this weekend in Durham, N.C. Penn State will be competing on Saturday, Feb. 12 and Sunday, Feb. 13 against Duke, North Carolina, Brandeis, Air Force, Johns Hopkins and Temple. The men's team will compete Saturday, and the women's team will compete Sunday.
Fencing for the women will be:
Epee: Kateryna Chorniy (Kyiv, Ukraine), Sabine Desamours (Warrington, Va.), Nirali Igoe (Washington, D.C.), Jaclyn Khrol (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Evelyn Pham (Houston, Texas), and Axelle Wasiak (Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium)
Foil: Samantha Catantan (Quezon City, Philippines), Claire Haas (Port Matilda, Pa.), Ximena Iriarte-Estrada (Huixquilucan, Mexico), Sofia McGoff-Medero (Gurabo, Puerto Rico), Arianna Proietti (Como, Italy), Ariel Rastep (San Francisco, Calif.), and Mikaela Yhip (Chico, Calif.)
Saber: Pauline Conscience (Paris, France), Steph Jen (Taichung, Taiwan), and Ola Stralkowski (Littleton, Colo.),
Fencing for the men will be:
Epee: Elias Cole (Chappaqua, N.Y.), Ryan Griffiths (Fair Lawn, N.J.), Peter Kambeseles (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jonathan Piskovatskov (Houston, Texas), Devin Tafoya (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), and Evan Xu (Sugarland, Texas)
Foil: Sebastiano Bicego (Vicenza, Italy), Arwen Borowiak (Tauberbischofsheim, Germany), Shane Iverson (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Aidan Johnson (Oceanport, N.J.), Donavyn Martinez (Fresno, Calif.), Nicholas Prince (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Saber: Jeffrey Basalyga (Saddle River, N.J.), Carlos Fernando Chacon (La Paz, Bolivia), Ethan Mullenix (San Francisco, Calif.), Clement Perrier (Allauch, France), Kamar Skeete (Duluth, Ga.), and Nicholaus Zielinski (Prospect Heights, Ill.)
Following this weekend, Penn State fencing will travel to Salt Lake City, Utah for the Junior Olympics.
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