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Sacred Heart University Pioneers
NFC Meet 1 - MFence HEADER
Penn State Athletics / Craig Houtz

Four Wins for Men’s Fencing at the First NFC Meet

The Pioneers shutout University of New Hampshire in the opening round, 27-0.

11/20/2021 9:34:00 PM

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — After starting out strong in round one of the first Northeast Fencing Conference meet of the season with a 27-0 shutout, the Sacred Heart University men's fencing team secured four wins on Saturday.

The Red & White improve to 11-3 overall with a 4-3 record amongst league opponents. 

The saber squad consisting primarily of Domenic Bartolo, Vijay Ganta and Mateo Villarreal dominated the weapon with four wins. Ganta led the trio with a 10-4 record across five rounds.

The epee and foil units each secured three individual wins during the meet. 

Cameron Silver had the best overall record of the day after going 11-3 in the epee. First-year Connor Kravit was success on the strip with a 8-6 bout record.

In the foil, standouts Lawrence Tan and Tomas Koeck dominated their matchups with a 11-4 and 10-5 record, respectively.

The team did not participate in rounds four and eight and received a win by forfeit in round seven over Tufts University.

The Pioneers host their only home meet of the season at 10 a.m. on December 5 in the William H. Pitt Center.

For complete results, click here.

Round 1: 
SHU v. UNH
 
Foil: 9-0
Epee: 9-0
Saber: 9-0
Total: 27-0
 
Round 2: 
SHU v. Brown
 
Foil: 6-3
Epee: 7-2
Saber: 6-3
Total: 19-8
 
Round 3: 
SHU v. MIT
 
Foil: 4-5
Epee: 4-5
Saber: 3-6
Total: 11-16
 
Round 5: 
SHU v. Brandeis
 
Foil: 7-2
Epee: 3-6
Saber: 5-4
Total: 15-12
 
Round 6: 
SHU v. Boston College
 
Foil: 1-8
Epee: 3-6
Saber: 1-8
Total: 5-22
 
Round 7: 
SHU v. Tufts
 
Foil: 9-0
Epee: 9-0
Saber: 9-0
Total: 27-0 (Win by forfeit)
 
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