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

Saturday, November 20

Cambridge, Mass.

9 a.m.

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

University of New Hampshire

Photo by: Penn State Athletics / Craig Houtz

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

11/20/2021 9:34:00 PM | Men's Fencing

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

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)